goldmrkr at fast.net wrote:
>> Colleagues -
>> Does anyone have a reference relating the ability of microorganisms to
> colonize walls of steel pipe under a given flow rate for nutrient media?
> Are there guidelines for maximum flow rates which prevent microbial
> growth
> in a continuous reactor?
I have no industrial references, but the best anology is bacterial
endocarditis. Bacteria growing on heart valves despite fast flowing
blood.
Regards
Gary
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