Three-Dimensional Analytical Models for Virus Transport in Saturated Porous Media |
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Authors: | Sim Youn Chrysikopoulos Constantinos V |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 2697, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Analytical models for virus transport in saturated, homogeneous porous media are developed. The models account for three-dimensional dispersion in a uniform flow field, and first-order inactivation of suspended and deposited viruses with different inactivation rate coefficients. Virus deposition onto solid particles is described by two different processes: nonequilibrium adsorption which is applicable to viruses behaving as solutes; and colloid filtration which is applicable to viruses behaving as colloids. The governing virus transport equations are solved analytically by employing Laplace/Fourier transform techniques. Instantaneous and continuous/periodic virus loadings from a point source are examined. |
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Keywords: | virus transport analytical modeling multidimensional systems nonequilibrium adsorption filtration virus inactivation |
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