Numerical modeling and performance evaluation of passive convergence-permeable reactive barrier (PC-PRB)

● A 2D finite-element solute transport model, PRB-Trans, is developed. ● PC-PRB can significantly improve the remediation efficiency of PRB. ● PC-PRB can considerably reduce the required PRB dimensions and materials costs. ● The required PRB length decreases with the increase of pipe length, L _p. The passive convergence-permeable reactive barrier (PC-PRB) was proposed to address the limitations of traditional PRB configurations. To evaluate the hydraulic and pollutant removal performance of the PC-PRB system, we developed a simulation code named PRB-Trans. This code uses the two-dimensional (2D) finite element method to simulate groundwater flow and solute transport. Case studies demonstrate that PC-PRB technology is more efficient and cost-effective than continuous permeable reactive barrier (C-PRB) in treating the same contaminated plume. Implementation of PC-PRB technology results in a 33.3% and 72.7% reduction in PRB length (L_PRB) and height (H_PRB), respectively, while increasing 2D horizontal and 2D vertical pollutant treatment efficiencies of PRB by 87.8% and 266.8%, respectively. In addition, the PC-PRB technology has the ability to homogenize the pollutant concentration and pollutant flux through the PRB system, which can mitigate the problems arising from uneven distribution of pollutants in the C-PRB to some extent. The L_PRB required for PC-PRB decreases as the water pipe length (L_p) increases, while the H_PRB required initially decreases and then increases with increasing L_p. The effect of passive well height (H_w) on H_PRB is not as significant as that of L_p on H_PRB. Overall, PC-PRB presents a promising and advantageous PRB configuration in the effective treatment of various types of contaminated plumes.     

空气幕对抑制收费亭内污染物侵入作用的数值模拟

针对高速公路收费亭内空气质量差、污染严重的问题,为改善收费亭内工作环境、保障作业人员的身体健康,采用空气幕隔断方式抑制污染物进入亭内.运用Airpak软件对空气幕不同送风速度和送风角度下的抑制效果进行数值模拟,计算结果表明:空气幕可以有效抑制污染物侵入收费亭内;竖直向下送风时,随着送风速度的增加,抑制效果有所增加,当送...     

关于间歇通风烘焙法技术流程的CFD数值模拟研究

耦合间歇通风烘焙法是利用建筑装饰材料中的化学物质在高温下更容易挥发的特性,通过提升材料的局部温度来加速建筑装修材料内挥发性有毒有害气体的排出,并在加热期间进行间歇通风的方法。本研究利用板材VOC散发模型与CFD的结合,对烘焙过程中的室内VOC浓度随时间变化和分布进行动态模拟,对最优的烘焙时长和通风时长进行了初步探讨,并与传统烘焙法进行污染物去除效果的比较,为今后烘焙法的实际应用提供了理论依据。     

SK标准静态混合器应用于压缩空气泡沫系统的可行性研究

引入工业上应用较成熟的SK标准静态混合器作为压缩空气泡沫灭火系统的气液混合结构,基于FLUENT数值模拟,研究了不同混合单元个数和长径比混合器的混合效果,从压损和混合均匀性两方面进行评价,选定5个混合单元,长径比为1:1的SK混合器为较优结构,并进行了试验验证,研究结果可以为混合室的设计提供参考。     

Integrating Large Wood Jams into Hydraulic Models: Evaluating a Porous Plate Modeling Method

Large wood (LW) jams are key riverine habitat features that affect hydraulic processes and aquatic habitat. The hydraulic influence of LW jams is poorly understood due to the complexity of fluid dynamics around irregular, porous structures. Here we validated a method for two‐dimensional hydraulic modeling of porous LW jams using the open‐source modeling software Delft3D‐FLOW. We sampled 19 LW jams at three reaches across the Columbia River Basin in the United States. We used computer‐generated porous plates to represent LW jams in the modeling software and calibrated our modeling method by comparing model outputs to measured depths and velocities at validation points. We found that modeling outputs are error‐prone when LW jams are not represented. By representing LW jams as porous plates we reduced average velocity root mean square error (RMSE) values (i.e., improved model accuracy) by 42.8% and reduced average depth RMSE values by 5.2%. These differences impacted habitat suitability index modeling. We found a 15.1% increase in weighted useable area for juvenile steelhead at one test site when LW jams were simulated vs. when they were ignored. We investigated patterns in average RMSE improvements with varying jam size, bankfull obstruction, porosity, and structure type, and river complexity. We also identified research gaps related to field estimation of LW jam porosity and porous structure modeling methods.     

Enhanced remedial amendment delivery through fluid viscosity modifications: experiments and numerical simulations

Low-permeability zones are typically bypassed when remedial fluids are injected into subsurface heterogeneous aquifer systems. Therefore, contaminants in the bypassed areas may not be contacted by the amendments in the remedial fluid, which may significantly prolong remediation operations. Laboratory experiments and numerical studies have been conducted to investigate the use of a shear-thinning polymer (Xanthan gum) to improve access to low-permeability zones in heterogeneous systems. The chemicals sodium mono-phosphate and the surfactant MA-80 were used as the remedial amendments. The impact of polymer concentration, fluid injection rate, and permeability contrast in the heterogeneous systems has been studied in a series of eleven two-dimensional flow cell experiments. The Subsurface Transport over Multiple Phases (STOMP) simulator was modified to include polymer-induced shear-thinning effects. The experimental and simulation results clearly show that using the polymer leads to an enhanced delivery of remedial amendments to lower-permeability zones and an increased sweeping efficiency. An added benefit of using the polymer is the stabilization of the displacing front when density differences exist between displaced and displacing fluids. The modified STOMP simulator was able to predict the experimental observed fluid displacing behavior well and might be used to predict subsurface remediation performance when a shear-thinning fluid is used to remediate a heterogeneous system at larger scales.     

Tracer transport model at Japan meteorological agency and its application to the ETEX data

This paper describes the JMA tracer transport model and its sensitivity to model physics and initial conditions by using the ETEX data. Compared with observations, the model overestimates ground-level concentration in the early stage within about one day from the emission, possibly due to underestimation of vertical diffusion. In the early stage, the enhanced vertical diffusion effectively transports the tracer upward and decreases the ground-level concentration, while in the later stage, it enhances downward transports from the upper layer and increases the ground-level concentration. A conceptual model is given for understanding the vertical transport due to vertical diffusion. The horizontal diffusion introduced to the model has preferable impacts on forecasts especially in the early stage. Finally, we discuss the predictability of this model based on sensitivity to initial conditions of emission time and height.     

Fe(OH)_2在湍流扩散火焰中抑制效果的CMC模拟研究

采用条件矩封闭模型(CMC)数值模拟了Fe(OH)2在湍流射流火焰中的灭火性能,计算结果表明该灭火添加剂在湍流燃烧中对H、OH和O的最大抑制效果要比层流下分别高出40%,10%,15%,其原因在于湍流扩散作用加强了某些不良输运特性组分的扩散,使得灭火添加剂的效果更强。不同Re数下的局部Damkholer数分布表明该灭火添加剂使得火焰变的不稳定,稳定燃烧位置沿轴向方向提高了3倍喷口直径的距离。     

Natural attenuation of chlorinated ethene compounds: model development and field-scale application at the Dover site

A multi-dimensional and multi-species reactive transport model was developed to aid in the analysis of natural attenuation design at chlorinated solvent sites. The model can simulate several simultaneously occurring attenuation processes including aerobic and anaerobic biological degradation processes. The developed model was applied to analyze field-scale transport and biodegradation processes occurring at the Area-6 site in Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The model was calibrated to field data collected at this site. The calibrated model reproduced the general groundwater flow patterns, and also, it successfully recreated the observed distribution of tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), dichloroethylene (DCE), vinyl chloride (VC) and chloride plumes. Field-scale decay rates of these contaminant plumes were also estimated. The decay rates are within the range of values that were previously estimated based on lab-scale microcosm and field-scale transect analyses. Model simulation results indicated that the anaerobic degradation rate of TCE, source loading rate, and groundwater transport rate are the important model parameters. Sensitivity analysis of the model indicated that the shape and extent of the predicted TCE plume is most sensitive to transmissivity values. The total mass of the predicted TCE plume is most sensitive to TCE anaerobic degradation rates. The numerical model developed in this study is a useful engineering tool for integrating field-scale natural attenuation data within a rational modeling framework. The model results can be used for quantifying the relative importance of various simultaneously occurring natural attenuation processes.