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Numerical simulation of multi-species biofilms in porous media for different kinetics

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  • Chen-Charpentier, Benito M.
  • Dimitrov, Dobromir T.
  • Kojouharov, Hristo V.

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There are bacteria that can form strong biofilms in porous media. These biofilms can be used as biobarriers to restrict the flow of pollutants. For certain contaminants, a second species of bacteria that can actually react with the contaminants can be added to the biobarrier to actually degrade the pollutants. We propose some mathematical models for the formation of these reacting biobarriers under different hypotheses, and numerically solve the resulting equations for the flow, transport and reactions. Qualitative comparisons with some experimental results are also given.

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  • Chen-Charpentier, Benito M. & Dimitrov, Dobromir T. & Kojouharov, Hristo V., 2009. "Numerical simulation of multi-species biofilms in porous media for different kinetics," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 79(6), pages 1846-1861.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:matcom:v:79:y:2009:i:6:p:1846-1861
    DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2007.03.002
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    1. Fumei Rong & Zhaoli Guo & Ting Zhang & Baochang Shi, 2010. "Numerical Study Of Bénard Convection With Temperature-Dependent Viscosity In A Porous Cavity Via Lattice Boltzmann Method," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 21(11), pages 1407-1419.

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