ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN DECAY PARAMETER ON THE CONTAMINANT FLOW UNDER THE NEUMANN BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

Abstract

The advection-dispersion equation is commonly employed in studying solute migration in a flow. This study presents an analytical solution of a two-dimensional advection-dispersion equation for evaluating groundwater contamination in a homogeneous finite medium which is initially assumed not contaminant free. In deriving the model equation, it was assumed that there was a constant point-source concentration at the origin and a flux type boundary condition at the exit boundary. The cross-flow dispersion coefficients, velocities and decay terms are time-dependent. The modeled equation was transformed and solved by parameter expanding and Eigen-functions expansion method. Graphs were plotted to study the behavior of the contaminant in the flow. The results showed that increase in the decay coefficient declines the concentration of the contaminant in the flow.