Dispersion in open-channel flow subject to the processes of sorptive exchange on the bottom and air-water exchange on the free surface Project supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Project Nos: HKU 7081/02E, HKU 7199/03E)

An analytical study is presented of dispersion in steady and oscillatory open-channel flow under the combined effects due to reversible sorptive phase exchange with the bed and irreversible air-Cwater exchange on the free surface. The free-surface reaction is assumed to be so weak that the asymptoti...

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Published inJournal of hydrodynamics. Series B Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 57 - 64
Main Author NG, Chiu-on
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2006
Subjects
environmental transport processes
homogenization method
Taylor dispersion
environmental transport processes
homogenization method
Taylor dispersion
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Summary:An analytical study is presented of dispersion in steady and oscillatory open-channel flow under the combined effects due to reversible sorptive phase exchange with the bed and irreversible air-Cwater exchange on the free surface. The free-surface reaction is assumed to be so weak that the asymptotic mean concentration can be developed well before undue substantial loss to the air occurs. The effective advection-Cdispersion transport equation, which is derived using a multiple-scale homogenization technique, contains formal expressions for the various components of the dispersion coefficient arising from the two chemical effects. Numerical calculations demonstrate that, as long as the bed is sorbing, the kinetics of the sorptive exchange plays a key role in controlling the overall dispersion mechanism. The otherwise weak effects of the free-surface loss can be significantly enhanced by the presence of kinetic phase exchange on the bottom.
ISSN:1001-6058
DOI:10.1016/S1001-6058(06)60031-0