13–16 May 2024
Asia/Shanghai timezone

Dynamic Effects on Solute Transport in an Unsaturated Soil

13 May 2024, 09:55
1h 30m
Poster Presentation (MS21) Non-linear effects in flow and transport through porous media Poster

Speaker

Luwen Zhuang (Sun Yat-sen University)

Description

The influence of flow regime and soil saturation on solute transport processes is significant, yet the associated effects have not been adequately addressed. To address this gap, we conducted three sets of solute transport experiments in a sandy soil, complemented by numerical modeling, under both steady-state and dynamic drainage conditions. The results from steady-state experiments revealed a non-monotonic relationship between dispersivity and saturation.Both classical advection-dispersion and dual-porosity (mobile-immobile) type transport equations were used to simulate the measurements. The fitted well defined dispersivity -saturation function was employed to the simulations of dynamic experiments. Taking into consideration the dynamic capillarity effect, our model accurately simulated solute transport processes and flow. Contrary to previous reports, our findings suggest that the flow regime does not significantly impact the dispersivity of solute transport.

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Primary author

Luwen Zhuang (Sun Yat-sen University)

Co-authors

Mr Han Zhu (Sun Yat-sen University) Prof. S. Majid Hassanizadeh (Utrecht University)

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