Fugacity Models

Fugacity models serve as an important model type for description of chemical fate, transport, and transformation in multiple environmental compartments. The first section of this chapter provides a brief review on the development and application of fugacity model since the beginning of the 1980s. Du...

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Published inDevelopments in Environmental Modelling Vol. 28; pp. 181 - 210
Main Authors Kong, X.-Z., Xu, F.-L., He, W., Liu, W.-X., Yang, B.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published 2016
Subjects
Aquatic vegetation
Fugacity models
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
QWASI model
Scale
Shallow lakes
Fugacity models
Scale
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
QWASI model
Shallow lakes
Aquatic vegetation
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Summary:Fugacity models serve as an important model type for description of chemical fate, transport, and transformation in multiple environmental compartments. The first section of this chapter provides a brief review on the development and application of fugacity model since the beginning of the 1980s. During the development process, fugacity models were extended via temporary (from Levels I to IV) and spatial (from regional to global) scale, as well as via the incorporation of important components (such as food webs). The second section of this chapter provides a case study of a quantitative water–air sediment interaction (QWASI) fugacity model, which was developed and applied to characterize the environmental behavior of 15 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a well-defined ecosystem, i.e., a vegetation-dominant lake in China. We conclude that fugacity models are powerful tools for environmental risk assessment, which are applicable for both small and large scale.
ISBN:0444636234
9780444636232
ISSN:0167-8892
DOI:10.1016/B978-0-444-63623-2.00009-8