• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.3B
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• pp.221-230
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• 2009

In Korea, many water intake plants are easily affected by effluents of sewage treatment plants because sewage treatment plants are usually located upstream or nearby the plants of the same riverine area. Furthermore, the inflow of harmful contaminants owing to pollutant spills or transportation accidents of vehicles using the roads and bridges intersecting the river causes significant impact on the management of water intake plants. Paldang lake, the main water intake plants in Korea, is especially exposed to various water pollution accidents, because the drainage basin area is significantly large compared to the water surface area of the lake. Therefore it is necessary to predict the possible pollutant spill in advance and consider measurements in case of water pollution. In this study, water quality prediction was performed in Paldang Lake in Korea durig the dry season using two-dimensional numerical models. In order to represent the cases of pollutant accidents, the difference of pollutant transport patterns with varying injection points was analyzed. Numerical simulations for hydrodynamics of water flow and water quality predictions were performed using RMA-2 and RAM4 respectively. As a result of simulation, the difference of pollutant transport with the injection points was analyzed. As a countermeasure against the pollutant accident, the augmentation of the flow rate is proposed. In comparison with the present state, the rapid dilution and flushing effects on the pollutant cloud could be expected with increase of flow rate. Thus, increase of flow rate can be used for operation of water intake plants in case of pollutant spill accidents.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.61-70
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• 1999

The two-dimensional Random-Walk model in which fluid and pollutant particles are tracked using statistical concept was developed to simulate dispersion processes in natural streams. The calibration of the model shows that the error decreases as the number of grid increases, and/or the number of particles in each grid increases. The proposed model is tested against the dispersion data collected in the Grand River, Canada. The simulation results show that the 2-D Random-Walk model describes two-dimensional mixing phenomena occurred in the irregular meandering stream very accurately.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1741-1745
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 하천에 유입되는 오염물질 중 대부분을 차지하는 비보존성 오염물질의 확산거동을 예측하기 위해 2차원 수심평균된 이송분산방정식에 유한요소모형을 적용하였다. 수치모형 구성을 위해 Galerkin법을 이용한 가중잔차법을 사용하였으며, 복잡한 하천경계를 보다 정확히 재현할 수 있도록 삼각 및 사각요소망의 혼용이 가능하도록 하였다. 모의대상 수질인자는 BOD, DO, 질소화합물, 인화합물, 수온, pH 및 대장균군수이며, 이 가운데 BOD와 DO는 상호 쌍을 이루는 방정식을 풀어야 하는 특수한 형태이므로 별도로 취급하였다. 순간주입 및 연속주입에 의한 비보존성 오염물질의 확산거동을 모의하였으며, 시간에 따른 민감도를 분석하기 위해 보존성 오염물질의 확산거동과 비교하였다. 해석해를 이용해 순간주입된 오염물질의 오염운을 구하는 식을 유도하고 해석해와 본 연구에서 개발한 수치모형에 의한 수치해를 비교하였다.