Overview
- State of the Art of scientific knowledge in Marine and Industrial Biofouling
- Detailed overview on aspects of heat exchanger micro- and macrofouling, marine biofouling and approaches to integrated anti-fouling strategies, including reference to the EU biocide guideline
- Emphasis on methods to detect, analyze, mitigate and prevent biofouling
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Biofilms (BIOFILMS, volume 4)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Microbial Biofouling and Microbially Influenced Corrosion
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Macrofouling
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Back Matter
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About this book
Biofouling is a costly problem, and it is encountered in a wide spectrum of technical systems, ranging from the shipping industry, power industry, water purification, automobile industry, paint and pharmaceuticals, to the microelectronics and food industries. Micro- and macroorganisms attach to surfaces and accumulate there, forming biofilms that cause interferences – a fundamentally natural process. Usually, a medical paradigm is applied: kill biofilms and the problem is solved. This leads to excessive biocide use. However, the success of this strategy is very limited; furthermore it leads to equipment damage and environmental pollution. Simply trying to kill the fouling organisms is clearly not seen as a successful strategy while cleaning is put forward as much more important. In this book, strategies to prevent adhesion, to mitigate the extent and effects of biofouling, and to detect and remove fouling layers are presented. Holistic approaches to the fouling process are elaborated, taking into account options such as nutrient limitation, repellent and easy-to-clean surfaces for fouling layer limitation, and replacing biocides with more environmentally friendly methods – in other words: learning how to live with fouling biofilms without suffering the damage they can do.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marine and Industrial Biofouling
Editors: Hans-Curt Flemming, P. Sriyutha Murthy, R. Venkatesan, Keith Cooksey
Series Title: Springer Series on Biofilms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69796-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-69794-7Published: 10 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08918-3Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-69796-1Published: 11 December 2008
Series ISSN: 1863-9607
Series E-ISSN: 1863-9615
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 334
Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Applied Ecology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Applied Microbiology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology