scholarly journals Contamination transport model by coupling analytic element and point collocation methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mohammadi ◽  
M. Ghaeini-Hessaroeyeh ◽  
E. Fadaei-Kermani
Keyword(s):  
Contaminant Transport ◽  
Present Model ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Unconfined Aquifer ◽  
Object Oriented Programming ◽  
Collocation Methods ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Point Collocation ◽  
Analytic Element ◽  
Contamination Transport

AbstractThe prediction of contaminant transport in porous media is an important problem in order to prevent the pollution propagation in groundwater. The present model is developed by coupling two mesh-free approaches in order to overcome the restrictions of mesh-dependent methods. In this model, the ground water flow model is developed by analytic-element method and the contaminant transport model is developed by point collocation method in an unconfined aquifer. The model was developed and implemented by Python object-oriented programming language. A particle swarm optimization algorithm has been also utilized to calibrate the model. The model was applied for contamination transport in Astaneh-Kuchesfahan groundwater in north of Iran. Comparison of the model results with the observed data represents a reasonable agreement and capability of the present model in contaminant transport modeling. Moreover, the calculated value for coefficient of determination (R2 = 0.89) indicates that the calibrated parameters are acceptable.

A detailed contaminant transport model for facility hazard assessment in urban areas

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohdan Cybyk ◽  
Jay Boris ◽  
Theodore Young, Jr. ◽  
Charles Lind ◽  
Alexandra Landsberg
Keyword(s):  
Contaminant Transport ◽  
Hazard Assessment ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Transport Model

scholarly journals Numerical Modeling of Contaminant Transport with Spatially-Dependent Dispersion and Non-Linear Chemical Reaction

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Chamkha
Keyword(s):  
Contaminant Transport ◽  
Chemical Reaction ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Dispersion Coefficient ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Contaminant Concentration ◽  
Dimensionless Time ◽  
Polynomial Type ◽  
Special Cases

A one-dimensional advective-dispersive contaminant transport model with scale-dependent dispersion coefficient in the presence of a nonlinear chemical reaction of arbitrary order is considered. Two types of variations of the dispersion coefficient with the downstream distance are considered. The first type assumes that the dispersivity increases as a polynomial function with distance while the other assumes an exponentiallyincreasing function. Since the general problem is nonlinear and possesses no analytical solutions, a numerical solution based on an efficient implicit iterative tri-diagonal finitedifference method is obtained. Comparisons with previously published analytical and numerical solutions for special cases of the main transport equation are performed and found to be in excellent agreement. A parametric study of all physical parameters is conducted and the results are presented graphically to illustrate interesting features of the solutions. It is found that the chemical reaction order and rate coefficient have significant effects on the contaminant concentration profiles. Furthermore, the scale-dependent polynomial type dispersion coefficient is predicted to obtain significant changes in the contaminant concentration at all dimensionless time stages compared with the constant dispersion case. However, relatively smaller changes in the concentration level are predicted for the exponentially-increasing dispersion coefficient.

scholarly journals Generalizing Source Geometry of Site Contamination by Simulating and Analyzing Analytical Solution of Three-Dimensional Solute Transport Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xingwei Wang ◽  
Jiajun Chen ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Jianfei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Solute Transport ◽  
Contaminant Transport ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fate And Transport ◽  
Source Area ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Plume Migration ◽  
Advective Diffusion ◽  
Source Geometry

Due to the uneven distribution of pollutions and blur edge of pollutant area, there will exist uncertainty of source term shape in advective-diffusion equation model of contaminant transport. How to generalize those irregular source terms and deal with those uncertainties is very critical but rarely studied in previous research. In this study, the fate and transport of contaminant from rectangular and elliptic source geometry were simulated based on a three-dimensional analytical solute transport model, and the source geometry generalization guideline was developed by comparing the migration of contaminant. The result indicated that the variation of source area size had no effect on pollution plume migration when the plume migrated as far as five times of source side length. The migration of pollution plume became slower with the increase of aquifer thickness. The contaminant concentration was decreasing with scale factor rising, and the differences among various scale factors became smaller with the distance to field increasing.

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