Biofilm physical structure, internal diffusivity and tortuosity

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Autor(a) principal: L. F. Melo
Data de Publicação: 2005
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/257
Resumo: The paper proposes tortuosity as a physical concept particularly useful to interpret internal diffusivities in terms of biofilm structure. Results from different authors are presented showing how average effective diffusivities in biofilms (measured with inert tracers) vary with the fluid velocity: in the case of biofilms formed under turbulent flow conditions, an increase in fluid velocity corresponds to a decrease in the diffusivity, although sometimes this decrease is very slight; however, in laminar flow situations, no common trend is found from research group to research group.
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title Biofilm physical structure, internal diffusivity and tortuosity
spellingShingle Biofilm physical structure, internal diffusivity and tortuosity
L. F. Melo
Ciências Tecnológicas
Technological sciences
title_short Biofilm physical structure, internal diffusivity and tortuosity
title_full Biofilm physical structure, internal diffusivity and tortuosity
title_fullStr Biofilm physical structure, internal diffusivity and tortuosity
title_full_unstemmed Biofilm physical structure, internal diffusivity and tortuosity
title_sort Biofilm physical structure, internal diffusivity and tortuosity
author L. F. Melo
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Ciências Tecnológicas
Technological sciences
topic Ciências Tecnológicas
Technological sciences
description The paper proposes tortuosity as a physical concept particularly useful to interpret internal diffusivities in terms of biofilm structure. Results from different authors are presented showing how average effective diffusivities in biofilms (measured with inert tracers) vary with the fluid velocity: in the case of biofilms formed under turbulent flow conditions, an increase in fluid velocity corresponds to a decrease in the diffusivity, although sometimes this decrease is very slight; however, in laminar flow situations, no common trend is found from research group to research group.
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