Title

Advection Dispersion and Nonlinear

Retardation Equation - Finite Difference
Solution
By: Murray Fredlund
SoilVision Systems Ltd.
2109 McKinnon Ave. S, Saskatoon, Sask., S7J 1N3
Voice: (306) 477-3324
Fax: (306) 955-4575
Email: info@soilvision.com

Features:
Handles varying boundary conditions
Both finite difference and closed form solutions presented
1-Dimensional
Handles advection and dispersion and nonlinear retardation

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Help
The following help is provided to aid in the successful operation of the spreadsheet.

Only change cell values marked yellow

Changing non-yellow cells could disrupt normal calculation process
Procedure
Go to FDNNLRET sheet
Enter values for yellow cells
Goto Tools...Options...Calculation... on pulldown menus
Set Calculation to Manual
Select Iteration
Set Maximum Iterations to 100
Set Maximum Change to 0
Press the OK button
Press F9 to complete calculations
Set On/Off switch to zero
Press F9 to initialize calculations
Set On/Off switch to 1.0
Press F9 to start iteration
View results

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Finite Difference Solution to Advection-Dispersion Equation

Diffusion, Advection, and Nonlinear Retardation
22-Apr-99
by Murray Fredlund

Only change yellow cells

Solution to problem using Finite Difference
Values are in concentration On/Off 1

Height Increment 0.01 m

Max Time Inc. 100,000,000 s 1,157.4 days 3.17 yrs
Calc Time Inc. 3,200,000 s 37.0 days 0.10 yrs
Act. Time Inc. Err:523 s Err:523 days Err:523 yrs
DL 1.50E-11 m^2/s Dynamic Dis. 0.010 D*
Bulk Density 2,000 kg/m^3
Vol. Water Content 0.40
v.dx/D check 0.6666666667 <= 2.0 Safe Peclet
v.dt/dx check Err:523 <= 1.0 Err:523 Courant

Velocity 1.00E-09 m/s Permeability 1.00E-08 m/s Gradient, dh/dl

Max Time 172,800,000 s 2,000.0 days 5.48 yrs

Current Time Err:523 s Err:523 days Err:523 yrs
Counter Err:523
Max Iterations 1
Iteration Err:523
Update Values (1/0) Err:523

Err:523
Distance Boundary Kd Beta t t+dt
(m) Conditions (m^3/kg) < 0.5
0.00 1 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
0.01 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.02 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.00

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0.03 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.04 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.05 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.06 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.05
0.07 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.08 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.09 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.10 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.10
0.11 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.12 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.13 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.14 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.15
0.15 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.16 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.17 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.18 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.20
0.19 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.20 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.21 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.22 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.23 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.25
0.24 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.25 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.26 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.27 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.30
0.28 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.29 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.30 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.31 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.35
0.32 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.33 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.34 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.35 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.40
0.36 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.37 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.38 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

0.45 Concentration

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0.39 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

0.45 Concentration
0.40 0 1.00E-04 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

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5.00E-12 m^2/s

0.1 m/m

Times to Record Steps

Years 10 20 40 60 80 100
Seconds 3.2E+008 6.3E+008 1.3E+009 1.9E+009 2.5E+009 3.2E+009
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0 5 10 15 20 2
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.00
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

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Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.05
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.10
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.15
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.20
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.25
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.30
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.35
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.40
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

ncentration 0.45 Concentrat

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Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

ncentration Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 0.45 Concentrat

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