| Main Title |
Modeling Substrate Transport into Biofilms: Role of Multiple Ions and pH Effects. |
| Author |
Flora, J. R. V. ;
Suidan, M. T. ;
Biswas, P. ;
Sayles., G. D. ;
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Risk Reduction Engineering Lab.;Cincinnati Univ., OH. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
| Publisher |
c1993 |
| Year Published |
1993 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/J-94/145; |
| Stock Number |
PB94-157328 |
| Additional Subjects |
Bioengineering ;
Waste water treatment ;
Diffusion ;
Mathematical models ;
Aquatic algae ;
Electrostatic charge ;
Ion transport ;
Mass transfer ;
Reaction kinetics ;
Diffusion coefficients ;
pH ;
Ion mobility ;
Transport properties ;
Trickling filters ;
Thin films ;
Reprint ;
GAC(Granular activated carbon) ;
Biofilms
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
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Checkout
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| NTIS |
PB94-157328 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
25p |
| Abstract |
Steady-state substrate utilization in biofilms has traditionally been modeled by coupling Fickian diffusion with Monod reaction kinetics. An inherent assumption in most of the previous models was that the pH remains constant within the biofilm. Experiments have shown differences between the pH in the bulk solution and in the biofilm. A fundamental approach incorporating the effects of pH in any chemical or biological system involving diffusion with reaction is presented. The approach is applied to a steady-state model of substrate utilization in carbon-limited algal biofilms. (Copyright (c) ASCE 1993.) |
