Biofouling and microbial corrosion problem in the thermo-fluid heat exchanger and cooling water system of a nuclear test reactor

Biofouling

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 581-591

  Rao, T S ^a   Kora, Aruna Jyothi ^b   Chandramohan, P ^a   Panigrahi, B S ^a   Narasimhan, S V ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b National Centre for Compositional Characterisation of Materials   (India)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Heat exchanger; Iron bacteria; Microbial corrosion; SRB; Thermo tolerant

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; IRON; SULFATE; WATER;

BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COOLING WATER; CORROSION; HEAT TRANSFER; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CORROSION; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORROSION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HOT TEMPERATURE; IRON; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIONELLACEAE;

EID: 70449434114     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010903016543     Document Type: Article

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