A technique using a membrane flow cell to determine average mass transfer coefficients and tortuosity factors in biofilms

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 61-67

  Garcia Lopez L A ^a   Veiga, M C ^a   Nogueira, R ^b   Aparicio, A ^a   Melo, L F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Denitrifying biofilm; Flow cell; Mass transfer coefficients; Tortuosity factor

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DIFFUSION; FILM GROWTH; MASS TRANSFER;

MEMBRANE FLOW CELLS;

BIOFILMS;

LITHIUM;

BIOFILM;

BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; DENITRIFICATION; LIQUID; MASS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0037268778     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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