Abstract
A new mathematical model for virus transport in one-dimensional homogeneous, saturated porous media for a constant flux boundary condition is developed, accounting for first-order inactivation of suspended and filtered viruses with different inactivation constants. The virus attachment onto the solid matrix is considered as a filtration process which is suitable for viruses behaving as colloids. The closed-form analytical solutions are developed for a semi-infinite porous medium by Laplace transform techniques. The impact of the model parameters on virus transport is examined. -Authors
Original language | British English |
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Pages (from-to) | 73-80 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Unknown Journal |
State | Published - 1995 |