Exact Analytical Solution to the One-Dimensional Advective-Dispersive Equation with a Decaying Source Term
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resource Congress 2006: Examining the Confluence of Environmental and Water Concerns
Abstract
This paper presents an exact analytical solution of one-dimensional transport of a contaminant undergoing advection, dispersion, sorption, and first-order decay, subject to unique boundary conditions, a first-order decaying contaminant concentration in time at the source with a constant concentration at infinity. This exact solution provides a method to study a new area of physical processes and to evaluate approximate methods and models that have been developed to analyze these problems. Recently two fields have developed interest in modeling physical processes that are best conceptualized using a decaying source boundary condition. These two fields are long-term modeling of recalcitrant non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) spills and radioactive waste disposal. Both of which can be approximated using a decaying source term. This paper briefly introduces some general field transport problems that can conceptually be described using a decaying source boundary condition. The paper then describes the governing equations, boundary and initial conditions, and the solution techniques used to develop the analytical solution. Next the analytic solution is provided and discussed along with some example cases. The results of the exact analytical solution are compared to another similar solution from the literature.
Get full access to this chapter
View all available purchase options and get full access to this chapter.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Copyright
© 2006 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Published online: Apr 26, 2012
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Advection
- Analysis (by type)
- Biological processes
- Boundary conditions
- Boundary value problem
- Chemical processes
- Chemicals
- Chemistry
- Contaminant transport
- Decomposition
- Differential equations
- Dimensional analysis
- Engineering fundamentals
- Environmental engineering
- Equations (by type)
- Flow (fluid dynamics)
- Fluid dynamics
- Fluid mechanics
- Hydrologic engineering
- Mathematics
- Models (by type)
- Nonaqueous phase liquids
- Organic chemicals
- Organic compounds
- Physical models
- Pollutants
- Sorption
- Waste management
- Water and water resources
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.