Particle-tracking Method Applied To Transport Problems In Water Bodies

In this work a particle-tracking model was implemented and applied to simulate the instantaneous injection of a dye tracer in the Setubal Lagoon, Santa Fe, Argentina. It focused on the study of the water quality problem generated in point sources of contaminated water through a rainfall drainage sys...

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Main Authors: Mascarenhas, F C B, Trento, A E
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Boundary conditions
Clouds
Computer simulation
Concentration gradient
Drainage systems
Finite element method
Interpolation
Lagoons
Point source pollution
Pollution sources
Rainfall
Representations
Simulation
Tracers
Tracking
Water pollution
Water quality
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Summary:In this work a particle-tracking model was implemented and applied to simulate the instantaneous injection of a dye tracer in the Setubal Lagoon, Santa Fe, Argentina. It focused on the study of the water quality problem generated in point sources of contaminated water through a rainfall drainage system. This problem is difficult to treat with the so-called Eulerian methods. The interpolation for the field velocity, the number of particles used in the simulations, the representation of boundary conditions and the mesh size for the calculation of concentrations are discussed. A field experiment using tracers is described in order to compare the numerical results and the simulations with real data. The diffusion coefficients calculated from the experiment and the hydrodynamic modelling give the necessary inputs for the simulations using the particle-tracking modelling of the measured four clouds. The results support the main advantages of this method in terms of strict mass conservation, good representation of high concentration gradients and point sources and as a consequence, a good representation of the maximum concentration and the general form of the clouds.
ISSN:1746-448X
1743-3541
DOI:10.2495/RAV060501