Modeling the effects of microbial competition and hydrodynamics on the dissolution and detoxification of dense nonaqueous phase liquid contaminants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 870-877

  Becker, Jennifer G ^a   Seagren, Eric A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENHANCEMENT; CHLORINATED ETHENES; CLEANUP GOALS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; DNAPL SOURCE ZONES; ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ELECTRON DONORS; GROUNDWATER VELOCITIES; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; KEY FACTORS; KINETIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS; MICROBIAL COMPETITIONS; MODELING RESULTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOURCE ZONES; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

BIOREMEDIATION; COMPETITION; DETOXIFICATION; ETHYLENE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; LIQUIDS; SUBSTRATES; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

DISSOLUTION;

GROUND WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHANE; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DETOXIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODELING; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPETITION; DESULFUROMONAS; DETOXIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LONGEVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; SOLUBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DESULFUROMONAS MICHIGANENSIS;

BACTERIA; ETHANE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 61649087438     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801616f     Document Type: Article

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