Applied Contaminant Transport Modeling: Theory and Practice - Hardcover

Zheng, Chunmaio; Bennett, Gordon D.; Chunmiao Zheng

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0442013485 ISBN 13: 9780442013486

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1995

Synopsis

This resource is designed to provide clear coverage of the basic principles of solute transport simulation - including the theory behind the most common numerical techniques for solving transport equations and step-by-step guidance on the development and use of field scale models. It presents detailed case histories illustrating how hydrologists, geologists, chemists and environmental engineers apply transport models in real-life situations including landfills, hazardous waste sites and contaminated aquifers.

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Review

"Introduces theory...then applies...to practical contaminant transport problems." ( SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)

"...well–written, lucid, well–structured, informative, thorough, and above all provides a good balance between theoretical rigor and practical model application...a must for a hydrogeologist′s and transport specialist′s bookshelf..." (Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 32, July–August 2003)

"Introduces theory...then applies...to practical contaminant transport problems." ( SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)

"...well–written, lucid, well–structured, informative, thorough, and above all provides a good balance between theoretical rigor and practical model application..." (Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 32, July–August 2003)

From the Back Cover

An authoritative treatment of contaminant transport modeling now significantly revised and expanded

The challenges facing groundwater scientists and engineers today demand expertise in a wide variety of disciplines geology, hydraulics, geochemistry, geophysics, and biology. As the number of the subdisciplines has increased and as each has become more complex and quantitative, the problem of integrating their concepts and contributions into a coherent overall interpretation has become progressively more difficult. To an increasing degree transport simulation has emerged as an answer to this problem, and the transport model has become a vehicle for integrating the vast amount of field data from a variety of sources and for understanding the relationship of various physical, chemical, and biological processes.

Applied Contaminant Transport Modeling is the first resource designed to provide coverage of the discipline’s basic principles, including the theories behind solute transport in groundwater, common numerical techniques for solving transport equations, and step–by–step guidance on the development and use of field–scale modeling.

The Second Edition incorporates recent advances in contaminant transport theory and simulation techniques, adding the following to the original text:

• An expanded discussion of the role of aquifer heterogeneity in controlling solute transport
• A new section on the dual–domain mass transfer approach as an alternative to the classical advection–dispersion model
• Additional chemical processes and reactions in the discussion of reactive transport
• A discussion of the TVD (total–variation–diminishing) approach to transport solution
• An entirely new Part III containing two chapters on simulation of flow and transport under variable water density and under variable saturation, respectively, and a third chapter on the use of the simulation–optimization approach in remediation system design

Applied Contaminant Transport Modeling, Second Edition remains the premier reference for practicing hydrogeologists, environmental scientists, engineers, and graduate students in the field. In 1998, in recognition of their work on the first edition, the authors were honored with the John Hem Excellence in Science and Engineering Award of the National Ground Water Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0442013485
• ISBN 13: 9780442013486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544