A new combined differential-discrete cellular automaton approach for biofilm modeling: Application for growth in gel beads

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 718-731

  Picioreanu, Cristian ^a   Van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a   Heijnen, Joseph J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cellular automata; Immobilized cells; Modeling; Reaction diffusiongrowth; Structure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMASS; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FILM GROWTH; GELS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; SUBSTRATES;

DISCRETE CELLULAR AUTOMATION ALGORITHM; INOCULATION DENSITY; REACTION DIFFUSION MASS BALANCE;

BIOFILMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELL DENSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL GROWTH;

EID: 0032549541     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980320)57:6<718::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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