Reactive transport simulation of contaminant fate and redox transformation in heterogeneous aquifer systems

The transport of contaminants in groundwater system is strongly influenced by various aquifer heterogeneity factors such as spatial aquifer heterogeneity of hydraulic conductivity and reactive substances distribution. The contaminants transport can be simulated by using numerical reactive transport models, and their fate can be possibly even predicted. Furthermore, reactive transport modeling is an essential tool to get a profound understanding of hydrological-geochemical complex processes and to make plausible predictions of assessment. The goal of this work is to improve our understanding of the groundwater contaminants fate and transport processes in heterogeneous aquifer systems, with a focus on nitrate problems. A large body of knowledge of the fate and transport of nitrogen species has been achieved by previous works, however, most previous models typically neglect the interrelation of physical and chemical aquifer heterogeneities on the contaminant fate and redox transformation, which is required for predicting the movement and behavior of nitrate and quantifying the impact of uncertainty of numerical groundwater simulation, and which motivates this study. The main research questions which are answered in this work are how aquifer heterogeneity influences on the nitrate fate and transport and then, what is the most influential aquifer heterogeneity factor must be considered. Among the various type of aquifer heterogeneity, physical and chemical aquifer heterogeneities are considered. The first part of the work describes groundwater flow system and hydrochemical characteristics of the study area (Hessian Ried, Germany). Especially, data analyses are performed with the hydrochemical data to identify the major driving force for nitrate reduction in the study area. The second part of the work introduces a kinetic model describing nitrate removal by using numerical simulation. The resulting model reproduces nitrate reduction processes and captures the sequence of redox reactions. The third and fourth parts show the influence of physical and chemical aquifer heterogeneity with varying variance, correlation length scale, and anisotropy ratio. Heterogeneous aquifer systems are realized by using stochastic approach. Results, in short, show that the most influential aquifer heterogeneity factors could change over time. With abundant requisite electron donors, physical aquifer heterogeneity significantly influences the nitrate reduction while chemical aquifer heterogeneity plays a minor role. Increasing the spatial variability of the hydraulic conductivity increases the nitrate removal efficiency of the system in addition. If these conditions are reversed, nitrate removal efficiency varies by the spatial heterogeneity of the available initial electron donor. The results indicate that an appropriate characterization of the physical and chemical properties can be of significant importance to predict redox contamination transport and design long-term remediation strategies and risk assessment

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A Study of Skin Reflectance Using Kubelka-Munk Model

빛은 피부에서 개개인마다 상이한 반사, 흡수 및 산란 등의 광학적 거동을 보여준다. 특히, 피부에서 빛의반사는 분광반사율이라는 물리량 측정을 통해 개인의 피부 밝기지표로 널리 활용되어 왔다. 따라서 피부에서빛의 반사 거동 연구는 개인 맞춤형 화장품, 특히 메이크업 제품 개발에 있어 좀 더 효율적인 처방 개선에 기여하거나 새로운 평가법에 활용될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 Kubelka-Munk 모델을 이용하여 개인의 피부 특성에 따른 빛의 분광반사율 거동에 대해 다각적인 분석을 수행하였다. 또한, 상기 모델과 기존에 알려진 문헌 정보를이용하여 개인의 피부 분광반사율에 영향을 줄 수 있는 피부 두께 및 헤모글로빈 등의 다양한 파라미터들에 대한기여도 분석을 수행하였다. 이를 통해, 일반적인 여성의 피부에서의 분광반사율 이론치를 계산하였고, 분광반사율 실측을 통해 이론치와 실측치 간의 유사성을 확인하였다. Kubelka-Munk 모델을 이용한 피부 분광반사율연구는 향후 새로운 개인 맞춤형 메이크업 화장품 개발에 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. Light shows various optical behaviors such as reflection, absorption, and scattering on skin for individuals. In particular, reflection of light from the skin has been widely used as the brightness index of the skin of individuals through the measurement of the physical quantity of spectral reflectance. Therefore, the study of light behavior on skin would be useful for the preparation of new evaluation method in the development stage of make-up products. In this study, multi-dimensional analysis for spectral reflectance behavior of light on individual skin was performed using Kubelka-Munk model. Also, we analyzed the contribution of skin parameters such as skin thickness and hemoglobin, which could affect the spectral reflectance, using above model and literature information. Base on this, we calculated the theoretical reflectance of normal women for visual light, which showed good agreement with the measured reflectance. Our study of light propagation in skin based on Kubelka-Munk model provides useful insight for the development of personalized cosmetic in the near future.22Nkc