In situ bioremediation in heterogeneous porous media: Dispersion-limited scenario

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6131-6140

  Song, Xin ^a,b   Seagren, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ARCADIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); EXPERIMENTS; MICROBIOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; POROUS MATERIALS;

BIOKINETICS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FLOW CELLS; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIUM; IN PHASE; IN SITU BIOREMEDIATION; IN-SITU; INTRINSIC BIODEGRADATION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OVERALL RATE; PHASE I; PHASE II; RATE-LIMITING PROCESSES; TRANSVERSE DISPERSION; TWO LAYERS; TWO PHASES;

BIODEGRADATION;

NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHORUS; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADVECTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DISPERSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POROSITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAPHTHALENES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 49749108923     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0713227     Document Type: Article

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