Contaminant transport analysis was performed for four selected solid waste landfill designs using the computer code POLLUTE. The diffusion coefficients were determined for the natural soils (aquitard) and compacted soils from the Urumia landfill site, using the diffusion tests. These coefficients along with the geometrical, physical, and chemical parameters of the natural soil and engineered la...

Alternative fractional models of contaminant transport lead to a new travel time formula for arbitrary concentration levels. For an evolving contaminant plume in a highly heterogeneous aquifer, the new formula predicts much earlier arrival at low concentrations. Travel times of contaminant fronts and plumes are often obtained from Darcy's law calculations using estimates of average pore velocit...

In order to predict the fate of contaminant transport in plants, experiments were conducted and simple models were used to simulate the processes. Diffusion experiments were carried out to estimate contaminant diffusivity within plant roots, while adsorption experiments were used to investigate the adsorption of contaminant in plant stems. We found that plants can enhance the removal of trichlo...

UNLABELLED Quick information on airborne infectious disease transmission in airliner cabins is essential to reduce the risk of infection of passengers and crew members. This investigation proposed a one-dimensional analytical model that can predict the longitudinal transmission of airborne contaminants or disease viruses inside an airliner cabin. The model considered both diffusive and convecti...

The Modeling with De Hoog and Laplace (MDL) Groundwater software is a contaminant transport-modeling program offering a suite of models suitable for simulating subsurface transport of contaminants (i.e., chromium and organics), biotracers, and microorganisms. The MDL Groundwater software provides solutions to a wide range of contaminant transport models that do not have closed-form analytical s...

There are few techniques available to numerically solve contaminant transport equation. In this paper we show that the Sinc-Galerkin method is a very effective tool in numerically solving contaminant transport equation. The numerical results demonstrate the reliability and efficiency of using the Sinc-Galerkin method to solve such problems.

A hybrid numerical model for simulating atmospheric contaminant dispersion is developed. The hybrid numerical scheme employs an hp-adaptive finite element method coupled with a Lagrangian particle transport technique to solve the governing equations for atmospheric flow and species transport. A random walk/stochastic approach is used to generate Lagrangian particles that define the contaminant ...

Abstract It is essential to investigate person-to-person contaminant transport in mechanically ventilated spaces to improve air distribution design and reduce the infection risk from airborne infectious diseases. This paper provides a systematic study of the effects of ventilation mode, ventilation rate, and person-to-person distance on person-to-person contaminant transport. This study first c...

Uncertainty, Sensitivity and Geostatistical Studies of Flow and Contaminant Transport in Heterogeneous Unsaturated Zone by Feng Pan Dr. Zhongbo Yu, Examination Committee Chair Associate Professor of Hydrology University of Nevada Las Vegas Dr. Jianting Zhu, Examination Committee Co-Chair Associate Professor of Hydrologic Science Desert Research Institute The objectives of this study are: (1) to...