Biofilm affected characteristics of porous structures

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 574-581

  Shafahi, Maryam ^a   Vafai, Kambiz ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Permeability; Porosity; Porous media

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CAPILLARITY; EXPERIMENTS; LIQUIDS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLIDS;

BIOFILM FORMATIONS; BIOFILM MODELS; BIOFILM THICKNESSES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; MULTI SPECIES; OPEN SPACES; PERMEABILITY; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POROSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POROUS MATRIXES; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS STRUCTURES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOFILTERS;

EID: 57749101192     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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