Simplified simulation of steady state bioreactive transport with kinetic solute uptake by the biomass

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Cirpka, Olaf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BIOMASS; ADVECTIVE-DISPERSIVE TRANSPORT; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; DISPERSIVE MIXING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIRST-ORDER; ITERATIVE SIMULATION; MASS-TRANSFER KINETICS; MASS-TRANSFER PROCESS; MONOD KINETIC; NARROW STRIPE; PHASE CONCENTRATION; RATE COEFFICIENTS; REACTION PARTNERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEADY STATE;

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOMASS;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CONVERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS TRANSFER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TRANSFORMATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DISPERSIVITY; SOLUTE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77955219391     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008977     Document Type: Article

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