A simple optode based method for imaging O2 distribution and dynamics in tap water biofilms

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 5027-5037

  Staal, M ^a   Prest, E I ^a,b   Vrouwenvelder, J S ^b,c   Rickelt, L F ^a   Kuhl M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Imaging; Lifetime; Membrane fouling simulator; Oxygen sensing; Planar optodes

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; LUMINESCENCE; MEMBRANE FOULING; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BIOFILM REACTOR; LIFETIME; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; MEMBRANE FOULING SIMULATOR; OPTODES; OXYGEN-SENSING; PLANAR OPTODES; RATIOMETRIC; SIMPLE++; TAP WATER;

BIOFILMS;

GLASS; OXYGEN; RHODAMINE; TAP WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DYE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOULING; IMMOBILIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEMBRANE; OXYGEN; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYMER; RADIOMETER; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITY IMAGING; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 80052267391     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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