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In environmental protection, remediation of organic pollutants from the ground plays an important role. One possible way to achieve this goal is biodegradation, i.e. decomposition by suitable species of bacteria. In principle we can think of two different situations, in the first case a suspension of bacteria infiltrates the contaminated soil, in the second one contaminated air (e.g. from soil venting) streams through a porous filter containing the bacteria.
In this paper we will focus on the first situation and want to present some 2D-numericai examples showing the strong influence of several physical parameters on the spreading of the microbes.
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Schumacher, S., Slodicka, M. (1996). Bacterial Growth and Bioremediation. In: Keil, F., Mackens, W., Voß, H., Werther, J. (eds) Scientific Computing in Chemical Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80149-5_24
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