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| Titel: |
Mathematical Modeling of Chemotactic Bacterial Transport through a Two-Dimensional Heterogeneous Porous Medium |
| Auteur: |
Olson, Mira Stone Ford, Roseanne M. Smith, James A. Fernandez, Erik J. |
| Verschenen in: |
Bioremediation journal |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 10 (2006) nr. 1-2 pagina's 13-23 |
| Jaar: |
2006-07-01 |
| Inhoud: |
The impact of bacterial chemotaxis on in situ ground-water bioremediation remains an unanswered question. Although bacteria respond to chemical gradients in aqueous environments and under no-flow conditions, it is unclear whether they can also respond in porous media with advective flow to improve overall contaminant degradation. The effect of chemotaxis is most profound in regions with sharp chemical gradients, most notably around residual nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) ganglia and surrounding clay lenses or aquitards with trapped contamination. The purpose of this study is to simulate bacterial transport through a two-dimensional subsurface environment, containing one region of low permeability with trapped contaminant surrounded above and below by two regions of higher permeability. Using mathematical predictions of the effect of pore size on measured bacterial transport parameters, the authors observe a 50% decrease in both motility and chemotaxis in the finer-grained, low-permeability porous medium. The authors simulate how chemotaxis affects bacterial migration to the contaminated region under various flow and initial conditions. Results indicate that bacteria traveling through a high-permeability region with advective flow can successfully migrate toward and accumulate around a contaminant diffusing from a lower permeability region. |
| Uitgever: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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