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In this paper, the developed lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is used to model the solute transport in a filled fracture under a heterogeneous advective velocity field. The results of the developed LBM in modelling the solute transport are compared with the published experimental data. The numerically derived BTCs indicate that the distribution of the filled medium in the fracture has a significant effect on the characteristics of the BTCs, even with the same porosity. The heterogeneity of the filled medium is responsible not only for the heterogeneous advective velocity field but also for the early arrival and long tails of the BTCs. The long tailings of the BTCs increase their length with the increase of the duration of the input pulse. Furthermore, the BTCs obtained from the LBM simulations are well consistent with the two-region model (TRM). The fitting results show that the fractional mobile region varies with the distribution of the filled medium. The long tailings of the BTCs increase their length with the increase of the immobile region while the concentration peak value increases with the increase of the mobile region.
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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41172204, 51109139), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK2011110), and the Research Innovation Program for College Graduates of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. CXZZ11_ 0450).
Biography: DOU Zhi (1986-), Male, Ph. D., Lecturer
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Dou, Z., Zhou, Zf. Modelling of solute transport in a filled fracture: Effects of heterogeneity of filled medium. J Hydrodyn 27, 85–92 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(15)60459-0
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