A methodology to assess the effects of biofilm roughness on substrate fluxes using image analysis, substrate profiling, and mathematical modelling

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1932-1941

  Pavissich, J P ^a   Aybar, M ^a   Martin, K J ^a   Nerenberg, R ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm model; Counter diffusion; Image analysis; Membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR); Substrate conversion

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

ANALYSIS AND MODELLING; BIOFILM MODELS; COUNTER-DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; SUBSTRATE CONVERSION; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE BIOFILM REACTOR; STEREOMICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84901484787     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.103     Document Type: Article

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