Application of colloidal filtration theory to bacterial attachment in textile fibrous media
A mechanism to remove Pseudomonas bacteria from contaminated water using textile fibrous media was proposed in this study. The attachment of Pseudomonas bacteria to nylon fibrous media was studied in a laboratory column experiment. A systematic study was carried out to investigate the attachment of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Tekstilec |
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| Online Access: | http://www.tekstilec.si/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/171-178.pdf |
| Summary: | A mechanism to remove Pseudomonas bacteria from contaminated water using textile fibrous media was proposed in this study. The attachment of Pseudomonas bacteria to nylon fibrous media was studied in a laboratory column experiment. A systematic study was carried out to investigate the attachment of bacteria to fibrous material as a function of media mass at a constant solution chemistry. The single-collector contact efficiency and collision efficiency from the interaction between bacteria and fibrous media were calculated applying a semi-empirical approach of clean-bed filtration theory. The experimental results indicate that removal efficiency increases with an increase in media mass up to a certain level. This is due to the change in single-collector contact efficiency and attachment/collision efficiency, as observed from experimental data regarding removal efficiency. |
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| ISSN: | 0351-3386 2350-3696 |