An improved pore-scale biofilm model and comparison with a microfluidic flow cell experiment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8370-8382

  Tang, Youneng ^a   Valocchi, Albert J ^a   Werth, Charles J ^a   Liu, Haihu ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; CELLULAR AUTOMATON METHOD; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW CELL;

BIODEGRADATION; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; POROUS MATERIALS; SHRINKAGE;

BIOFILMS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW FIELD; HERBICIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 84896698865     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013843     Document Type: Article

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