Use of tracer tests to investigate changes in flow and transport properties due to bioclogging of porous media

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 58-71

  Seifert, Dorte ^a   Engesgaard, Peter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioclogging; Biomass; Dispersion; Dual porosity model; Hydraulic conductivity; Immobile porosity; Mass transfer; Non equilibrium model; Porosity; Tracer tests

Indexed keywords

BIOCLOGGING; DUAL-POROSITY MODEL; IMMOBILE POROSITY; NON-EQUILIBRIUM MODEL;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

TRACER;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

DISPERSION; DISPERSIVITY; DUAL POROSITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TESTING METHOD; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ACETATES; ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POROSITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34547115965     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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