Numerical modeling of bacteria facilitated contaminant transport in fractured porous media

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 104-112

  Natarajan, N ^a   Suresh Kumar, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Contaminant transport; Fracture; Rock matrix; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE; IMPURITIES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORPTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AQUEOUS PHASE; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL TRANSPORT; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; COUPLED FRACTURE-MATRIX SYSTEM; COUPLED SYSTEMS; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; FLUID MASS; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE SURFACES; FRACTURE WALLS; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; FULLY IMPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MATRIX POROSITY; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROCK-MATRIX; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE;

BACTERIOLOGY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; GROWTH RATE; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80052149990     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.07.037     Document Type: Article

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