Inspectional Analysis of Convective-Dispersion Equation and Application on Measured Breakthrough Curves
M. K. Shukla*,a,
F. J. Kastanekb and
D. R. Nielsenc
a School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State Univ., 422A Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210
b Dep. of Hydraulics, Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 18-Muthgasse 1190, Vienna, Austria
c Dep. of Land, Air and Water Resources, Univ. of California, 1004 Pine Ln., Davis, CA 95616-1728

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Fig. 1. Observed and fitted Cl breakthrough curves using the equilibrium convective-dispersion equation for a slow, medium, and fast pore-water velocity through a 10-cm loam soil column.
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Fig. 2. Observed and fitted Cl breakthrough curves using the equilibrium convective-dispersion equation (a) for a slow, medium, and fast pore-water velocity in 10-cm loam soil columns, and (b) from 10-, 20-, and 30-cm loam soil columns for a pore-water velocity of 0.3 cm h-1.
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Fig. 3. Observed and fitted Cl breakthrough curves using the equilibrium convective dispersion equation (a) for a slow, medium, and fast pore-water velocity in 20-cm loam soil columns, and (b) from 10-, 20-, and 30-cm sandy loam soil columns for a pore-water velocity of 0.3 cm h-1.
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Fig. 4. The relationship between DD-10 and Peclet Number.
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Fig. 5. Measured Cl breakthrough curves in 10-cm loam soil columns for step Cl application (a) theoretical and (b) scaled.
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Fig. 6. Measured Cl breakthrough curves in 10-cm loam soil columns for pulse Cl application (a) theoretical and (b) scaled.
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Fig. 7. Measured Cl breakthrough curves in 20-cm loam soil columns for pulse Cl application (a) theoretical and (b) scaled.
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Fig. 8. Measured Cl breakthrough curves in 30-cm loam soil columns for pulse Cl application (a) theoretical and (b) scaled.
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Fig. 9. Measured Cl breakthrough curves in 10-cm sandy loam soil columns for pulse Cl application (a) theoretical and (b) scaled.
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Fig. 10. Measured Cl breakthrough curves in 20-cm sandy loam soil columns for pulse Cl application (a) theoretical and (b) scaled.
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Fig. 11. Measured Cl breakthrough curves in 30-cm sandy loam soil columns for pulse Cl application (a) theoretical and (b) scaled.
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