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CompLaB v1.0: a scalable pore-scale model for flow, biogeochemistry, microbial metabolism, and biofilm dynamics
Heewon Jung
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Department of Geological Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, South Korea
Hyun-Seob Song
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Department of Food Science and Technology, Nebraska Food for Health Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Microbial activity responsible for many chemical transformations depends on environmental conditions. These can vary locally, e.g., between poorly connected pores in porous media. We present a modeling framework that resolves such small spatial scales explicitly, accounts for feedback between transport and biogeochemical conditions, and can integrate state-of-the-art representations of microbes in a computationally efficient way, making it broadly applicable in science and engineering use cases.
Microbial activity responsible for many chemical transformations depends on environmental...
