Study on Two Dimensional Dispersion of Pollutants through Porous Media
M.Priya , S. Yamini Roja, S. Sidhardhan, B. Perumal
Abstract
This paper on study of two dimensional dispersion of pollutants through porous media. The experimental setup consists of a transparent tank, made up of 6mm thick Acrylic Sheet with inner dimension of 100cm x 10cm cross-section and 75cm depth for soil compartment . An additional attachment of 40cm x 10cm cross-section and 100cm depth is divided into two compartment perforated (10mm dia holer at 5cm c/c) acrylic sheet of 6mm thick. The front and rear side of the sand compartment is graduated with 1 sq.cm. Drains are provided at 3 places at the bottom of the compartment to replace the media. Sand was used as a porous media. The properties of the sand were found out from various experiments. Chemical pollutant chloride is supplied in the form of Sodium Chloride injection. Various concentrations of pollutants were tried. At every 5 minutes interval, the outlet samples were collected and analyzed for Chloride concentration. From the observed readings the break through curves are drawn. The dispersion index and dispersion coefficient were also calculated using the empirical formulae. From the experimental results, it was understand that, the movement of the pollutant is depending upon the concentration and depth of the porous medium.
Dispersion, NaCl, Sand, pollutant.
[M.Priya , S. Yamini Roja, S. Sidhardhan, B. Perumal (2015) Study on Two Dimensional Dispersion of Pollutants through Porous Media] (ISSN 2347 - 5552). www.ijircst.org
M.Priya
Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering/Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology,Coimbatore/India