Title

Advection Dispersion 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

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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 FDADVDIS 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

Comparative to Closed Form Solution
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. 1,000,000 s 11.6 days 0.03 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*
Beta Err:523 < 0.5 Err:523
v.dx/D check 0.6666666667 <= 2.0 Safe Peclet
v.dt/dx check Err:523 <= 1.0 Err:523 Courent

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

Max Time 3,155,692,600 s 36,524.2 days 100.00 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

Distance Boundary t t+dt Function Function erfc() erfc() Closed Frm

(m) Conditions Value 1 Value 2 1 2 Solution
0.00 1 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.01 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.02 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.03 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

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0.04 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

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0.22 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
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0.25 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
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0.38 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0.39 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

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0.40 0 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523

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5.00E-12 m^2/s

0.1 m/m

Times to Record Steps

Closed Frm Years 10 20 40 60 80
Seconds 3.16E+08 6.31E+08 1.26E+09 1.89E+09 2.52E+09
Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523 Err:523
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
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0.00
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0.45 Concentration

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100
3.16E+09
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0 2000000000 4000000000
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12.00 Concentration

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Err:523 12.00 Concentration

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