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Transport of viruses in water saturated columns packed with sand: Effect of pore water velocity, sand grain size, and suspended colloids

Chrysikopoulos Constantinos, Vasileios E. Katzourakis

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/718D1ADB-0182-42A9-AF4E-3A678B0826F3-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.03.001-
Languageen-
Extent12 pagesen
TitleTransport of viruses in water saturated columns packed with sand: Effect of pore water velocity, sand grain size, and suspended colloidsen
CreatorChrysikopoulos Constantinosen
CreatorΧρυσικοπουλος Κωνσταντινοςel
CreatorVasileios E. Katzourakisen
Content SummaryA conceptual mathematical model was developed to describe the simultaneous transport (cotransport) of viruses and colloids in three-dimensional, water saturated, homogeneous porous media with uniform flow. The model accounts for the migration of individual virus and colloid particles as well as viruses attached onto colloids. Viruses can be suspended in the aqueous phase, attached onto suspended colloids and the solid matrix, and attached onto colloids previously attached on the solid matrix. Colloids can be suspended in the aqueous phase or attached on the solid matrix. Viruses in all four phases (suspended in the aqueous phase, attached onto suspended colloid particles, attached on the solid matrix, and attached onto colloids previously attached on the solid matrix) may undergo inactivation with different inactivation coefficients. The governing coupled partial differential equations were solved numerically using finite difference methods, which were implemented explicitly or implicitly so that both stability and speed factors were satisfied. Furthermore, the experimental data collected by Syngouna and Chrysikopoulos [1] were satisfactorily fitted by the newly developed cotransport model.en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2015-09-23-
Date of Publication2014-
Bibliographic CitationV. E. Katzourakis , C. V. Chrysikopoulos , "Mathematical modeling of colloid and virus cotransport in porous media: Application to experimental data" ,Advanc. in Wat. Resour.,vol. 68,pp. 62–73,2014.doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.03.001en

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