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A Two Dimensional Numerical Model for Simulating the Movement and Biodegradation of Contaminants in a Saturated Aquifer

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Subsurface Processes

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Mass Transport

2.3 Mass Transfer

Chapter 3. Model Implementation

3.1	Introduction
3.2	Numerical Method Overview
3.3	Aquifer Discretization
3.4	Estimating Groundwater Velocities
3.5	Estimating fluxes for Advection and Dispersion
3.6	Simulating Kinetic Reactions
3.7	Incorporating Equilibrium Reactions
3.8	Oscillations and Stability

Chapter 4. Model Performance

4.1	Introduction
4.2	Measures of Performance
4.3	Use of Dimensionless Variables
4.4	One-Dimensional Conservative Solute with a Continuous Source
4.5	One-Dimensional Conservative Solute from a Pulse Injection
4.6	Two-Dimensional Conservative Solute Transport
4.7	One-Dimensional Solute with First Order Decay
4.8	Kinetic Reactions
4.9	Stratified Porous Media
4.10	One-Dimensional Biostimulation Experiment

Chapter 5. Example Problem

5.1	Introduction
5.2	Problem Description
5.3	No-action
5.4	Pump and Treat
5.5	Pump and Treat with Biodegradation
5.6	Conclusions

Chapter 6. Conclusions
References

Appendices

Appendix A	Monod Kinetics and Competitive Inhibition
Appendix B	Integrated Operator-Splitting Method
Appendix C	Solute Transport Equation
Appendix D	Linear Integrated Method
Appendix E	Global Timestep Calculation
Appendix F	Additional Kinetic Reaction Verification Tests
Appendix G	User’s Manual


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