課程概述 |
Movements of groundwater and transport in the subsurface are responsible for a variety of environmental, engineering, and geological processes of importance. This course targets students from various disciplines (geosciences, environmental engineering, agricultural engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, and applied mathematics) that work with physical and chemical processes in natural subsurface. The course will introduce the fundamental concepts that are important in understanding subsurface (reactive) transport processes, as well as their quantitative representation and application. Covered topics include, for example, effects of dispersion, transformation reactions, porous-media heterogeneity on transport, aqueous (dissolved) and multiphase (immiscible liquid, gas) systems, and interphase mass transfer. Depending on the students’ interests, the course will discuss the applications of the principles in understanding and quantifying chemical weathering processes, environmental (bio)remediation, geological carbon sequestration, and reservoir souring. |
課程目標 |
Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course, students should demonstrate the ability to:
1. Have a good command of the vocabulary (nomenclature) used in the literature to describe solute transport through subsurface systems.
2. Mathematically describe physical and chemical processes contributing to the overall transport and fate of solutes through porous media (e.g., mechanical-mixing phenomena, advective and dispersive/diffusive, heterogeneity). How these factors affect (reactive) transport processes?
3. Recognize factors contributing to nonideal solute transport through porous media while describing ideal solute transport at various scales of interest (i.e., micro-, lab-, and field-scale).
4. Construct models and make prediction of flow and transport from 1 to 3 dimensions, for both steady-state and transient problems.
5. Develop the ability to communicate and collaborate within interdisciplinary teams.
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