An Analytical Approach to Study the Environmental Transport of Fine Settling Particles in a Wetland Flow

Subham Dhar, Nanda Poddar, Kajal Kumar Mondal

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Abstract

The present research deals with an analytical solution of convection-diffusion equation which represents the water phase based superficial concentration in a vegetated wetland. Gill’s series expansion method is used to obtain the dispersion coefficient and mean concentration distribution of the settling particles. For the limiting case of vegetation factor, tortuosity and settling velocity, the dispersivity is compared with the earlier research work and an excellent agreement is achieved with them. Effects of settling velocity, tortuosity and vegetation factor, on the dispersion coefficient and mean concentration are observed. A physical application is performed to predict the critical length of the concentration cloud beyond the ecological safe level. It is seen that with the increment of settling velocity, the duration for safe level increases. Moreover, the study provides two important criteria for wastewater treatment namely critical length and duration of solute cloud in the wetland. The work may also be applicable to investigate the sedimentation process and flood damage control.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNonlinear Dynamics and Applications - Proceedings of the ICNDA 2022
EditorsSanto Banerjee, Asit Saha
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages339-349
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030997915
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2022
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics and Applications, ICNDA 2022 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 9 Mar 202211 Mar 2022

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Complexity
ISSN (Print)2213-8684
ISSN (Electronic)2213-8692

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics and Applications, ICNDA 2022
CityVirtual, Online
Period9/03/2211/03/22

Keywords

  • Critical length
  • Dispersion
  • Gill’s series expansion method
  • Settling velocity
  • Vegetated wetland

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Science Applications

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