Hydraulic Roughness of Biofouled Pipes, Biofilm Character, and Measured Improvements from Cleaning

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 852-857

  Barton, Andrew F ^a   Wallis, Michael R ^b   Sargison, Jane E ^c   Buia, Alexandru ^c   Walker, Gregory J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Hydro Tasmania Consulting   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; FRICTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; PIPE FLOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER PIPELINES;

BIOLOGICAL GROWTH; FRICTION LAWS; HYDRAULIC EFFICIENCY; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; HYDRAULIC ROUGHNESS; HYDROELECTRIC SCHEMES; INTERNAL SURFACES; PRECLEANING; REYNOLD NUMBER; WALL ROUGHNESS;

PIPELINES; HYDRAULICS;

BIOFOULING MATERIAL; WALL ROUGHNESS;

BIOFOULING; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; PIPE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER PIPELINES;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; HYDRAULIC HEAD; PIPE FLOW; PIPELINE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS);

EID: 44049092711     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:6(852)     Document Type: Article

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