EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD- SIMULATION OF POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA

Efforts were made in this search to design a physical and computer model using the CFD techniques to simulate the problem of transporting pollutants through a porous media in unsteady state case. A physical model was built to measure the transmission of a copper nitrate pollutant at an initial conc...

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Main Authors: Nebras Q. Hussein, Sadiq S. Muhsun, Zainab T. Al-Sharify, Huda T. Hamed
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Mustansiriyah University/College of Engineering 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development
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Online Access:https://jeasd.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/jeasd/article/view/44
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author Nebras Q. Hussein
Sadiq S. Muhsun
Zainab T. Al-Sharify
Huda T. Hamed
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Zainab T. Al-Sharify
Huda T. Hamed
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description Efforts were made in this search to design a physical and computer model using the CFD techniques to simulate the problem of transporting pollutants through a porous media in unsteady state case. A physical model was built to measure the transmission of a copper nitrate pollutant at an initial concentration of 25 mg/l in a medium consists of (sand + gravel) and study the movement of the pollutant through. Then the results of the pollutant transport through used in the physical model were entered as entry data to the CFD simulated model using COMSOL 5.4. Software. The results of the CFD simulated model showed that the change in the inlet velocity to more than 20% of the initial velocity increases the pollutant concentration and reduces the time wanted to reach the highest value of the pollutant, while reducing the inlet velocity to less than 20% of the initial velocity, cause to decrease the concentration and increase the time to reach the highest pollutant value. When changing the porosity by (30%, -15%) of the initial porosity, it was noticed that increasing the porosity value reduces the pollutant concentration and increases the time required to reach the highest value of the pollutant. while when the porosity decreases to 15% of the initial porosity, the concentration increases the time decreases to reach the highest value of the pollutant at all control points. The adsorption factor has a noticeable effect on the emergence of the pollutant, while the temperature change was almost imperceptible for all degrees. However, the results of laboratory work were compared with the results of the CFD simulated model, which showed a good match between them.
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spelling doaj.art-967fb7fa9ce044b1a8b6313fb34c089e2023-09-15T22:01:02ZaraMustansiriyah University/College of EngineeringJournal of Engineering and Sustainable Development2520-09172520-09252021-07-01254EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD- SIMULATION OF POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIANebras Q. Hussein0Sadiq S. Muhsun1Zainab T. Al-Sharify2Huda T. Hamed3Environmental Engineering Department, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, IraqWater Resources Engineering Department , College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, IraqDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, Birmingham, (United Kingdom)Water Resources Engineering Department , College of Engineering, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq Efforts were made in this search to design a physical and computer model using the CFD techniques to simulate the problem of transporting pollutants through a porous media in unsteady state case. A physical model was built to measure the transmission of a copper nitrate pollutant at an initial concentration of 25 mg/l in a medium consists of (sand + gravel) and study the movement of the pollutant through. Then the results of the pollutant transport through used in the physical model were entered as entry data to the CFD simulated model using COMSOL 5.4. Software. The results of the CFD simulated model showed that the change in the inlet velocity to more than 20% of the initial velocity increases the pollutant concentration and reduces the time wanted to reach the highest value of the pollutant, while reducing the inlet velocity to less than 20% of the initial velocity, cause to decrease the concentration and increase the time to reach the highest pollutant value. When changing the porosity by (30%, -15%) of the initial porosity, it was noticed that increasing the porosity value reduces the pollutant concentration and increases the time required to reach the highest value of the pollutant. while when the porosity decreases to 15% of the initial porosity, the concentration increases the time decreases to reach the highest value of the pollutant at all control points. The adsorption factor has a noticeable effect on the emergence of the pollutant, while the temperature change was almost imperceptible for all degrees. However, the results of laboratory work were compared with the results of the CFD simulated model, which showed a good match between them. https://jeasd.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/jeasd/article/view/44Soil contaminantporous mediacontaminant numerical modelingFCD model
spellingShingle Nebras Q. Hussein
Sadiq S. Muhsun
Zainab T. Al-Sharify
Huda T. Hamed
EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD- SIMULATION OF POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
Journal of Engineering and Sustainable Development
Soil contaminant
porous media
contaminant numerical modeling
FCD model
title EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD- SIMULATION OF POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
title_full EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD- SIMULATION OF POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
title_fullStr EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD- SIMULATION OF POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
title_full_unstemmed EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD- SIMULATION OF POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
title_short EXPERIMENTAL AND CFD- SIMULATION OF POLLUTANT TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
title_sort experimental and cfd simulation of pollutant transport in porous media
topic Soil contaminant
porous media
contaminant numerical modeling
FCD model
url https://jeasd.uomustansiriyah.edu.iq/index.php/jeasd/article/view/44
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