Exam 3 Name: ___________

Due on Dec. 31, 2022

1. (10 pts) BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)

Dissolved oxygen content (DO) is a good indicator of the biochemical condition of water. For
example, fish and other clean-water biota enjoy aquatic environment with high DO levels. Polluted
streams with large loads of organic material (pollutions) are generally at low DO levels, which are
unfavorable for clean-water species. To quantify the pollution load, measurement of BOD of water
sample is often used.

Suppose the change of DO in water (i.e., ) can be described by a first order model (i.e.,
), use the concept of mass balance and we can formulate a 1 st order ODE that
describes the BOD temporal variation.

Please solve the first-order ODE by the method of separable variable, power series method,
Laplace transform, and the fourth order Runge-Kutta method.

2. (10 pts) Advection–diffusion equation

The convection–diffusion equation is a combination of the diffusion and convection (advection)
equations, and describes physical phenomena where particles, energy, or other physical quantities are
transferred inside a physical system due to two processes: diffusion and convection. It can be expressed as

Please solve the second-order ODE by the method of undetermined coefficient, power series
method, and Laplace transform.