Numerical simulation of the transport and diffusion of dissolved pollutants in the changjiang (Yangtze) river estuary |
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| Authors: | De’an Wu Yixin Yan |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
2. College of Harbor, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China
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| Abstract: | Based on a coupled hydrodynamic-ecological model for regional and shelf seas (COHERENS), a three-dimensional baroclinic model
for the Changjiang (Yangtze) River estuary and the adjacent sea area was established using the sigma-coordinate in the vertical
direction and spherical coordinate in the horizontal direction. In the study, changing-grid technology and the “dry-wet” method
were designed to deal with the moving boundary. The minimum water depth limit condition was introduced for numerical simulation
stability and to avoid producing negative depths in the shallow water areas. Using the Eulerian transport approaches included
in COHERENS for the advection and dispersion of dissolved pollutants, numerical simulation of dissolved pollutant transport
and diffusion in the Changjiang River estuary were carried out. The mass centre track of dissolved pollutants released from
outlets in the south branch of the Changjiang River estuary water course has the characteristic of reverse current motion
in the inner water course and clockwise motion offshore. In the transition area, water transport is a combination of the two
types of motion. In a sewage-discharge numerical experiment, it is found that there are mainly two kinds of pollution distribution
forms: one is a single nuclear structure and the other is a double nuclear (dinuclear) structure in the turbid zone of the
Changjiang River estuary. The rate of expansion of the dissolved pollutant distribution decreased gradually. The results of
the numerical experiment indicate that the maximum turbid zone of the Changjiang River estuary is also the zone enriched with
pollutants. Backward pollutant flow occurs in the north branch of the estuary, which is similar to the backward salt water
flow, and the backward flow of pollutants released upstream is more obvious. |
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