Behaviour of biofilm systems under varying hydrodynamic conditions

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 345-351

  Ohl, A León ^a   Horn, Harald ^b   Hempel, D C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES MAGDEBURG STENDAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofilm density; Mass transfer; Microelectrodes; Tube reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROELECTRODES; SUBSTRATES;

BIOFILM STRUCTURES; SUBSTRATE FLUXES;

BIOFILMS;

GLUCOSE;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 4344590854     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0877     Document Type: Article

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