Modeling of experimental studies of fluid and particle transport in porous media

• Main Author: Härlin Lennermark, Mikael
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Örebro universitet, Akademin för naturvetenskap och teknik 2009
• Subjects: Mikael Härlin; Mikael Lennermark; Mikael Härlin Lennermark; Mikael Härlin-Lennermark; Örebro Universitet; Örebro University; Modeling of experimental studies of fluid and particle transport in porous media; Andreas Oberstedt; Peter Johansson; MTM; Bergkraft; Bergskraft; Bergslagen; Kopparberg; Stefan Karlsson; Methods for characterisation and remediation of historical mine waste; Physical Sciences; Fysik
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-7407

To extract metals and increase the pH value of water around a historical mine waste deposit a series of barrels are used. Polluted water is forced to pass inside these barrels where different filter materials purify the water. This research project is carried out in Sweden by MTM at Örebro University and Bergkraft in Kopparberg, titled “Methods for characterisation and remediation of historical mine waste”.   The fluid flow trough the filter materials in the barrels are needed to be understood, in order to improve the extracting process.   In this work a small transparent model filled with sand was made to visualise the fluid flow. In that model coloured water is representing the polluted water. To describe the flow in the transparent model a mathematical model is presented. The theory used in this work is the complex variable method in fluid dynamics together with numerical methods and computer programming. There is a pretty good match between the theoretical and experimental results presented in two dimensions. Continuing work could result in a three dimensional model with different geometries using the same technique.