Estimation of longitudinal dispersivity in a porous medium using self-potential signals
Estimation of longitudinal dispersivity in a porous medium using self-potential signals
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.09.046
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发表时间:
2013-11
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
S. Straface;M. D. Biase
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作者:
S. Straface;M. D. Biase
This paper presents several approaches to deduce the longitudinal dispersivity in a sand column during experiments oftracer tests, by measuring the output fluid concentration and the self-potential signals in the electrodes inserted into the sand.These signals have been used to obtain an estimate of longitudinal dispersivity through a coupled and an uncoupled hydrogeophysical approach. The first approach uses electrical current density and solute mass continuity equations simultaneously: the dispersivity is conditioned directly by the self-potential signals. Instead, the uncoupled approach firstly converts self-potential signals into concentration values using the Planck-Henderson equation and then estimates the dispersivity using only the transport equation.Longitudinal dispersivities calculated using self-potential signals by means of these two approaches were compared with those obtained using the concentration derived from a conductometer on the top of the column. The results show the goodness of the hydrogeophysical approaches.