Assessment of kinetic and statistical models for predicting breakthrough curves of bio-colloid transport through saturated porous media.

The microbial contamination of groundwater and its prevention is a widespread concern in developing countries. The present study simulated the transportation and interception of bio-colloid, Escherichia coli in porous media experimentally using packed columns to address certain aspects of underexplored sorption potential and validated using several kinetic models. The breakthrough curves obtained through experiments are observed to be in good agreement with its prediction using kinetic models namely Thomas, Yoon-Nelson and Modified Dose-Response.