TY - GEN
T1 - Simple model of attachment and detachment of pathogens in water distribution system biofilms
AU - Schrottenbaum, I.
AU - Uber, J.
AU - Ashbolt, N.
AU - Murray, R.
AU - Janke, R.
AU - Szabo, J.
AU - Boccelli, D.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The influence of wall biofilms on the transport of pathogens through a water pipe is mathematically described using an attachment - detachment model. The process coefficients of attachment and detachment are estimated from experimental data. A biofilm annular reactor model is presented and model predictions are compared to experimentally derived bulk phase and biofilm-sorbed pathogen data. The resulting pair of parameters, through minimizing the weighted root mean square error, are used in a single pipe model, and the results are discussed.
AB - The influence of wall biofilms on the transport of pathogens through a water pipe is mathematically described using an attachment - detachment model. The process coefficients of attachment and detachment are estimated from experimental data. A biofilm annular reactor model is presented and model predictions are compared to experimentally derived bulk phase and biofilm-sorbed pathogen data. The resulting pair of parameters, through minimizing the weighted root mean square error, are used in a single pipe model, and the results are discussed.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/70350436479
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/70350436479#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1061/41036(342)15
DO - 10.1061/41036(342)15
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70350436479
SN - 9780784410363
T3 - Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers
SP - 145
EP - 157
BT - Proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009
T2 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers
Y2 - 17 May 2009 through 21 May 2009
ER -