A microfluidic approach to investigate the effects of bacteria deposition in porous media containing randomly packed microbeads via real-time pressure measurement

• Main Authors: Teo, Ting Wei, Shen, Xinhui, Tan, Pei Yen, Marcos
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics; Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Bacteria; Bacterial Deposition; Bacterial Distribution; Pressure Difference; Reduction of Permeability; Void Distribution
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160034
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We present a real-time microfluidic permeability characterization device for quantifying effects of bacterial deposition on permeability of porous media. Here, we demonstrate a microfluidic approach that allows the effect of bacterial deposition on permeability alteration to be quantified via the me...