Effect of reaction kinetics on predicted concentration profiles during subsurface bioremediation

摘要

The lack of a complete mechanistic description of subsurface interactions between contami- nant and microbes has limited the ability to predict the effectiveness of subsurface bioremediation processes. Important microbial processes which must be included in such mechanistic descriptions of bioremediation are microbial growth, death and transport, including microbial attachment to and detachment from the soil surfaces. recent advances have provided a better understanding of the relationships between contaminant destruction rates and such microbial processes. In this manuscrip, contaminant profiles predicted using more realistic descriptions are compared with those obtained using less complete, previously published mathematical models.