Sediment Bed Borehole Advection Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Theory and Operation
2.3. Sand Tank Experimental Design
2.4. Simulator Media
2.5. Test Protocol
2.6. Tracer Concentration and Volume
2.7. Data Collection
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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TANK | Units | |
---|---|---|
Volume | m3/d | 0.21 |
Height | m | 0.9 |
Diameter | m | 0.58 |
Area | m2 | 0.264 |
Gravel Layer | m | 0.1 |
Sand Layer | m | 0.54 |
Standing Water | m | 0.17 |
SBBAM CASING | ||
Total Length | cm | 69.5 |
Outer Dia. (OD) (a) | cm | 6 |
Inner Dia. (ID) (r) | cm | 5 |
Screen Length (s) | cm | 5.4 |
Distance b/w Screens (p) | cm | 36.5 |
Nominal | Error ± 1-STD | Two-Tail 95% Confidence Interval | Extended-Tail Adj | % Diff | ||
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cm/day | cm/day | (%) | UB (+) | LB (−) | cm/day | (%) |
1 | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 20 ± 30 | 1.8 | 0.6 | * | - |
5 | 4.3 ± 1.3 | 14 ± 30 | 6.3 | 2.3 | * | - |
15 | 18 ± 3.0 | 19 ± 20 | 22.7 | 13.1 | 17 ± 3 | −5 |
29 | 34 ± 3.5 | 16 ± 12 | 39.2 | 28 | 33 ± 3.6 | −2 |
44 | 48 ± 2.3 | 9 ± 5 | 53.8 | 42.4 | 47 ± 3.6 | −2 |
59 | 66 ± 4.4 | 11 ± 7 | 76.5 | 54.7 | 63 ± 2.7 | −3 |
74 | 77 ± 5.4 | 4.6 ± 7 | 86 | 68.8 | 70 ± 3.9 | −11 |
90 | 99 ± 9.0 | 10 ± 10 | 113.3 | 84.7 | 85 ± 2.9 | −14 |
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Augustine, S.; Cho, J.; Klammler, H.; Hatfield, K.; Annable, M.D. Sediment Bed Borehole Advection Method. Water 2020, 12, 3380. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123380
Augustine S, Cho J, Klammler H, Hatfield K, Annable MD. Sediment Bed Borehole Advection Method. Water. 2020; 12(12):3380. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123380
Chicago/Turabian StyleAugustine, Scott, Jaehyun Cho, Harald Klammler, Kirk Hatfield, and Michael D. Annable. 2020. "Sediment Bed Borehole Advection Method" Water 12, no. 12: 3380. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12123380