PROBLEM:

When contaminants are stored in an earthen structure there is the potential that the contaminants may move into the local groundwater supply. It is becoming of increased concern around the world to determine the total environmental impact of many buried structures and surface storage facilities.

SOLUTION:

The ChemFlux software is designed to help determine “what if” scenarios. It is inherently a predictive model. The software can be used to determine where contaminants will potentially end up in 10, 20, 30, 50 or 100 years. The software allows for modeling a single contaminant and can model the processes of advection, adsorption, diffusion, and decay.

This model illustrates the ability of ChemFlux to represent contaminant movement around complex geo-strata. It also demonstrates the ability of ChemFlux to solve complicated problems with small regions.

Model filename: RegionalFlow > ComplexGeometry

This example will introduce you to the three-dimensional model in CHEMFLUX-Tutorial manual. It is used to investigate if contaminant from a reservoir will travel to a river channel due to advection and dispersion processes within a 400 day time period. The 400 day time period was chosen as the time necessary to install a pumping well between the river channel and the reservoir.

Model filename: Ponds > ResevoirChemFlux.svm