Diffusion and reaction in biofilms

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-425

  Wood, Brian D ^a,b   Whitaker, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Diffusion; Local mass equilibrium; Membrane transport; Reaction; Volume averaging

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EXTRACELLULAR PHASE; INTRACELLULAR PHASE; LOCAL MASS EQUILIBRIUM; VOLUME AVERAGING;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; DIFFUSION; MODEL; REACTOR;

EID: 0032004955     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00319-9     Document Type: Article

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