Quantification of detachment forces on rigid biofilm colonies in a roto-torque reactor using computational fluid dynamics tools

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 149-154

  Sudarsan, R ^a   Milferstedt, K ^b   Morgenroth, E ^b,c   Eberl, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Computational fluid dynamics; Detachment; Hydrodynamics; Shear forces

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SHEAR FLOW;

DETACHMENT FORCES; ROTO-TORQUE REACTOR; SHEAR FORCES;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM REACTOR; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR RATE; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28244437699     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0194     Document Type: Article

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