Biofilms in porous media: Development of macroscopic transport equations via volume averaging with closure for local mass equilibrium conditions

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 463-485

  Golfier, Fabrice ^a   Wood, Brian D ^b   Orgogozo, Laurent ^a   Quintard, Michel ^c   Buès, Michel ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

^c IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Averaging; Biofilm; Dispersion; Homogenization; Local mass equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS;

AVERAGING; COMPLEX UNITS; EFFECTIVE DISPERSIONS; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; HOMOGENIZATION; INTER-PHASE MASS TRANSFERS; LOCAL MASS EQUILIBRIUM; MACRO-SCALE; MACROSCOPIC MODELS; MACROSCOPIC TRANSPORTS; MASS TRANSPORTS; MASS-BALANCE EQUATIONS; MEDIATED REACTIONS; ONE EQUATIONS; POROUS MEDIAS; POROUS MEDIUMS; VOLUME-AVERAGING;

BIOFILTERS;

BIOFILM; DARCY LAW; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 61449101352     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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