Biofilm development and the dynamics of preferential flow paths in porous media

Biofouling

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1069-1086

  Bottero, Simona ^a   Storck, Tomas ^a   Heimovaara, Timo J ^b   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a   Enzien, Michael V ^c   Picioreanu, Cristian ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Dow Chemical Company   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm; channeling; clogging; decay; numerical model; porous media

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; LIQUID; LYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PRESSURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; WATER FLOW;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84888004661     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2013.828284     Document Type: Article

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