Although charcoal is just considered a nuisance dust, inhalation of large amounts of charcoal dust can create chronic lung problems through a mechanical irritation and clogging effect.
The oxygen deficiency caused by long traveling length and clogging effect of liquid water reverses this relationship.
In general, non-sporulating filamentous fungi are preferred over sporulating microbes, because of severe clogging effect on the separating membranes.
In some cases a porosity and flow reduction (clogging) effect is desired and intended to inhibit fluid and solute migration (e.g. mitigation strategies for CO2 leakage along wellbores [8] or for microbial-enhanced-hydrocarbon-recovery [9]).
If anything, the added sweat from being in the sun or the clogging effect of tanning oils can exacerbate the very problem you want to clear.
Iron-depositing bacteria play an important role in technical water systems (water wells, distribution systems) due to their intense deposition of iron oxides and resulting clogging effects.
Other experiments were carried out in an infiltration basin located in the pumping well field of Crépieux-Charmy (Lyon, France), in order to assess the ability of the automated infiltrometer to check clogging effects on Ks.
Thus, the derived mean parameter set can be used as a basis for quantitative and predictive simulations of particle distributions and clogging effects at both lab and field scale.
The clogging effects of iron oxide nanoparticles reduce the root hydraulic conductivity by inhibiting the adequate water uptake [117, 156, 157].
Moreover, as deduced from the presented results, during the wet seasons and especially during winter, a high precipitation intensity variability is anticipated along with overall decrease in total precipitation heights that could potentially lead to: (a) increased flash flood events, (b) soil clogging effects, (c) decreased natural recharge of groundwater bodies.
