Numerical simulation of multi-species biofilms in porous media for different kinetics

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1846-1861

  Chen Charpentier, Benito M ^a   Dimitrov, Dobromir T ^b   Kojouharov, Hristo V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi species biofilms; Porous media; Reactive solute transport

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; POROUS MATERIALS;

BIOBARRIER; MULTI-SPECIES BIOFILMS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; POROUS MEDIA; REACTIVE SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 59349108845     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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