Simulation of biodegradation in infiltration seepage - Model development and hydrodynamic calibration

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 19-43

  Wanko, A ^a   Mose, R ^a   Carrayrou, J ^b   Sadowski, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Faculté de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

Infiltration seepage; Modeling; Numerical solution; Oxygen; Porous media; Splitting operator technique; Substrate; Unsaturated water flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; POROUS MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES;

INFILTRATION SEEPAGE; SPLITTING OPERATOR TECHNIQUE; UNSATURATED WATER FLOW;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; FLOW OF WATER; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; POROUS MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES;

BIODEGRADATION; CALIBRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; SEEPAGE; SIMULATION; SUBSTRATE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; POLLUTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33845480106     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-9046-1     Document Type: Article

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