Growth limiting conditions and denitrification govern extent and frequency of volume detachment of biofilms

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 218, Issue , 2013, Pages 368-375

  Derlon, Nicolas ^a,b,c,f   Coufort Saudejaud, Carole ^a,b,c,g   Queinnec, Isabelle ^d,e   Paul, Etienne ^a,b,c  

^a INSA   (France)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d LAAS CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

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

^g LABORATOIRE DE GÉNIE CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm structure; Detachment mechanisms; Growth conditions; Particles size distributions; Volume detachment

Indexed keywords

BASAL LAYER; BIO-FILM THICKNESS; BIOFILM DETACHMENT; BIOFILM MODELS; BIOFILM STRUCTURE; COUETTE-TAYLOR REACTOR; DISCRETE VOLUMES; GROWTH CONDITIONS; HETEROTROPHIC BIOFILM; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; LIMITING CONDITION; PARTICLES SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SMALL PARTICLES; SURFACE EROSION; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; VOLUME DETACHMENT;

EROSION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 84872839366     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.11.061     Document Type: Article

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