The impact of methanogenesis on flow and transport in coarse sand

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 48-57

  Ye, Shujun ^a   Sleep, Brent E ^b   Chien, Calvin ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Bioclogging; Gas pore blockage; Methanogenesis; Porous media

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CAPILLARITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELLS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; GAS DYNAMICS; GAS GENERATORS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HYDRAULICS; LIQUIDS; METHANE; METHANOL; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAND; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VOID FRACTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANAEROBIC; BIOCLOGGING; GAS PORE BLOCKAGE; METHANOGENESIS; POROUS MEDIA;

GASES;

METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; METHANOGENESIS; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SAND; TRACER; WATER FLOW;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EFFLUENT; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; WATER FLOW; WATER PERMEABILITY;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; CHLORINE; ELECTRONS; METHANE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLVENTS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 56949084288     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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