Evaluating dual-domain models for upscaling multicomponent reactive transport in mine waste rock
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
Citazione:
Evaluating dual-domain models for upscaling multicomponent reactive transport in mine waste rock / D. Pedretti, B. Vriens, E.K. Skierszkan, P. Bajak, K.U. Mayer, R.D. Beckie. - In: JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY. - ISSN 0169-7722. - 244:(2022 Jan), pp. 103931.1-103931.11. [10.1016/j.jconhyd.2021.103931]
Abstract:
Reactive transport models have proven abilities to simulate the quantity and quality of drainage from mine waste rock. Tracer experiments indicate the presence of fast and slow flow regimes in many heterogeneous waste-rock piles. Although multidomain models have been developed specifically for systems with such distinctive hydrodynamics, there have been limited applications of multidomain reactive transport models to simulate composite drainage chemistries from waste-rock piles to date. This work evaluated the ability of dual-domain multicomponent reactive transport models (DDMRTMs) to reproduce breakthrough curves of conservative (chloride) and reactive (molybdenum) solutes observed at a well-characterized experimental waste-rock pile at the Antamina Mine, Peru. We found that the DDMRTM simulations quantitatively matched eight-year-long records of conservative transport through the waste-rock pile when parameterized mainly with field-measured properties obtained from the site and limited calibration. The DDMRTM model also provided a reasonable match to field observations of the reactive solute. The limited calibrated parameters are physically realistic, corroborating the ability of these multidomain models to reproduce the complex reactive-transport processes governing polluted rock drainage from large-scale waste-rock piles.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
acid mine drainage; acid rock drainage; dual porosity; molybdenum; reactive transport modeling
Elenco autori:
D. Pedretti, B. Vriens, E.K. Skierszkan, P. Bajak, K.U. Mayer, R.D. Beckie
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