• AYAN CHATTERJEE

Articles written in Journal of Earth System Science

• Groundwater contamination in mega cities with finite sources

Groundwater contamination due to multiple sources occurring in mega cities was modelled. One constant source contamination was considered at the source boundary, whereas other sources may join in between at various locations at different times. Initially, the aquifer was contamination-free in mega cities and was subsequently contaminated by means of different sources in due course of time. One-dimensional ADE (Advection Dispersion Equation) for modelling groundwater contamination was used and solved analytically in the semi-infinite aquifer domain for a finite number of point sources. A numerical solution wasalso obtained for two sources to compare analytical solutions. Results were examined for different velocity profiles to show the maximum contaminant concentration level with distance. This may be helpful to model the maximum possible number of point sources of contamination (i.e., it represents approximately what happens in the field situation). Some remedial measures may be taken to overcome these kinds of contamination problems in mega cities by treating the sources so that recharge of the aquifer is not affected.

• Advances in analytical solutions for time-dependent solute transport model

This study adopts generalized dispersion theory in one-dimensional advection–dispersion equation (ADE), where time-dependent dispersion and velocity are considered. The generalized dispersion theory allows mechanical dispersion to be directly proportional to seepage velocity with power n, where n is any real number. Homotopy analysis method (HAM) that uses a simple algorithm is adopted to handle the non-linearity that occurred in the ADE under the generalized dispersion. A point source is introduced to the entry boundary and a line source is introduced to the entire model domain. Three time-dependent point sources in the form of (i) exponentially decreasing function, (ii) linear function and (iii) sinusoidal function, at the entry boundary are considered. Two-line sources are considered in the form of (i) linear space-dependent function and (ii) nonlinear space-time-dependent function. Using the HAM, semi-analytical solutions for any power n are derived and semi-analytical solutions for n = 1 and n = 1.5 are discussed in particular. Comparison with the analytical solution is discussed and found good agreement for 6th order of solution obtained by HAM.

$\bf{Highlights}$

$\bullet$ Generalized dispersion theory in 1-D ADE

$\bullet$ Generalized semi-analytical solution using HAM

$\bullet$ Compared with analytical solution

$\bullet$ Good agreement for 6th order of semi-analytical solution

• # Journal of Earth System Science

Volume 131, 2022
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Posted on July 25, 2019