Analytical Solutions of One-Dimensional Temporally Dependent Advection-Diffusion Equation along Longitudinal Semi-Infinite Homogeneous Porous Domain for Uniform Flow

Abstract

Analytical solutions are obtained for one-dimensional advection-diffusion equation with variable coefficients in longitudinal semi-infinite homogeneous porous medium for uniform flow. The solute dispersion parameter is considered temporally dependent while the velocity of the flow is considered uniform. The first order decay and zero-order production terms are considered inversely proportional to the dispersion coefficient. Retardation factor is also considered in present paper. Analytical solutions are obtained for two cases: former one is for uniform input point source and latter case is for increasing input point source where the solute transport is considered initially solute free. The Laplace transformation technique is used. New space and time variables are introduced to get the analytical solutions. The solutions in all possible combinations of increasing or decreasing temporally dependence dispersion are compared with each other with the help of graph. It is observed that the concentration attenuation with position and time is the fastest in case of decreasing dispersion in accelerating flow field.