Influence of water hardness on concrete surface deterioration caused by nitrifying biofilms in wastewater treatment plants

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 489-498

  Leemann, Andreas ^a   Lothenbach, Barbara ^a   Siegrist, Hansruedi ^b   Hoffmann, Cathleen ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acid attack; Biodeterioration; Concrete; Erosion; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ACID ATTACK; AERATION TANKS; BIODETERIORATION; CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CONCRETE SAMPLES; CONCRETE SURFACE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH WATER; INFLUENCE OF WATER; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; NITRIFYING BIOFILMS; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; SURFACE EROSION; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER-TO-CEMENT RATIOS;

ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CEMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; DETERIORATION; DISSOLUTION; HARDNESS; METAL RECOVERY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE TANKS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ACID; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCRETE; HARDNESS; MASS TRANSFER; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); THERMODYNAMICS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77954956742     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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