Factors affecting efficiency of microbially induced calcite precipitation

A Al Qabany, K Soga, C Santamarina - Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) using ureolytic bacteria shows promise
in the field of geotechnical engineering for several different applications, such as ground …

Effects of environmental factors on microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation

BM Mortensen, MJ Haber, JT DeJong… - Journal of applied …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims: To gain an understanding of the environmental factors that affect the growth of the
bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii, the metabolism of the bacterium and the calcium …

A microfluidic chip and its use in characterising the particle-scale behaviour of microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP)

Y Wang, K Soga, JT Dejong, AJ Kabla - Géotechnique, 2019 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is an innovative ground
improvement technique which can enhance the strength and stiffness of soils and can also …

About calcium carbonate precipitation on sand biocementation

R Cardoso, R Pedreira, SOD Duarte, GA Monteiro - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The contribution of indigenous bacteria and of some possible precipitation due to chemical
reactions occurring during the treatment of sandy soils through microbially induced calcite …

Effect of chemical treatment used in MICP on engineering properties of cemented soils

AA Qabany, K Soga - Bio-and chemo-mechanical processes in …, 2014 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Despite the large number of studies concerned with microbially induced carbonate
precipitation (MICP) on soils, little attention has been paid to the effect of the chemical …

Influence of temperature on microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation for soil treatment

J Peng, Z Liu - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a potential method for
improvement of soil. A laboratory study was conducted to investigate the influence of …

Cementation of sand soil by microbially induced calcite precipitation at various degrees of saturation

L Cheng, R Cord-Ruwisch… - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
A newly emerging microbiological soil stabilization method, known as microbially induced
calcite precipitation (MICP), has been tested for geotechnical engineering applications …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of the factors affecting microbial-induced calcite precipitation and its potential application in soil improvement

WS Ng, ML Lee, SL Hii - International Journal of Civil and Environmental …, 2012 - Citeseer
Microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a relatively green and sustainable soil
improvement technique. It utilizes biochemical process that exists naturally in soil to improve …

Use of microfluidic experiments to optimize MICP treatment protocols for effective strength enhancement of MICP-treated sandy soils

Y Wang, C Konstantinou, K Soga, G Biscontin… - Acta Geotechnica, 2022 - Springer
Microbially induced calcium carbonate (CaCO3) precipitation (MICP) has been extensively
studied for soil improvement in geotechnical engineering. The quantity and size of calcium …

State-of-the-art review of microbial-induced calcite precipitation and its sustainability in engineering applications

MM Rahman, RN Hora, I Ahenkorah, S Beecham… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is a promising new technology in the area of
Civil Engineering with potential to become a cost-effective, environmentally friendly and …