EXPERIMENTS ON SELF-PURIFICATION OF HEAVY METALPOLLUTANTS IN NATURAL RIVERS

1.INTRODUCTIONThemovementofwater,sedimentandpollutantsandtheinteractionamongtheminnaturalriversareverycomplicated.Movementofwater,sedimentandPOllutantsarerandom.ButfromastatisticalviewPOint,theirmovementfollowssomerules.Twokindsoftypicalcases,thatis,atributarywithheavymetalpollutantsjoiningamainstream,andanunPOllutedtributarywithmuchsedimententeringamainstreamcontaminatedbyheavymetals,arestudiedinthispaper.Besides,flowscenesinnaturalriversaredifferentindifferentseasons.InthenabPeriod,g…     

潮汐作用对河网区重金属输移的影响

根据相关文献,推导了只考虑溶解态和悬浮态输移过程的一维河流重金属输移模型的表达式。根据2005年12月北江镉污染事故背景资料,对该模型的参数进行率定,以分析珠江流域西、北江河网区潮汐对重金属输移的影响。设定北江上游突发污染事故与下游大、中、小潮相遭遇的情景,将情景资料代入重金属输移模型进行模拟,根据模拟结果评价了事故对佛山市水厂供水带来的影响。分析结果发现,潮汐作用造成河流内水流往复震荡,对污染物的迁移过程影响较大;不同的潮汐作用导致西江、北江的水流补给形式发生变化,进而影响污染物的传播途径;污染事故与大潮相遭遇时,对供水造成的危害要远大于与中、小潮相遭遇时。     

重金属污染物动态吸附试验及数学模拟

本文采用泥沙动力学中Ｒｏｕｓｅ等人用来研究泥沙浓度沿垂线分布的装置。对泥沙吸附重金属污染物进行了动态模拟。试验分有底泥和无底泥两种情况。研究中发现在Ｒｏｕｓｅ装置的水力、泥沙条件下泥沙吸附重金属污染物达到平衡状态需要６小时以上，由极坐标下的重金属迁移转化数学模型方程，在本文具体试验条件下进行数值求解，计算结果和试验结果合良好，说明数学模型是正确合理的试验是可靠的。计算时依据室内静态试验结果，对动态     

Modeling of sediment and heavy metal transport in Taihu Lake, China

With the current rapid economic growth, heavy metal pollution has become one of the key issues in the Taihu Lake. Although heavy metal pollution levels and distributions of the Taihu Lake have previously been described, an effective model to describe the transport process of heavy metals between the water column and sediment bed for this lake is not available. It is known that heavy metals in the water column can be related to the resuspension of sediment in the lake bed. In this study, we set up a coupled model of relating hydrodynamics, sediment and heavy metals based on Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC), and applied it to Taihu Lake, China. For calibration and validation of the model, we employed two series of field sampling data taken all over Taihu Lake during April and July of 2009. The results show that the hydrodynamics simulations of the coupled model agree with the observations reasonably well and the sediment and heavy metal model shows similar variation trends during the simulation. Our results indicate that the model can be used for simulating the sediment and heavy metal transport process in the Taihu Lake and here we provide an effective tool for water quality management at small time scales.     

挟沙水流中石油类污染物输移转化的数值模拟

利用一维数学模型模拟了挟沙水流中石油类污染物输移转化现象。在所使用的数学模型中引入了基于固-液两相流基本守恒关系得到的吸附态、溶解态污染物输移转化方程,用以反映泥沙运动、河床冲淤与污染物输移转化的强耦合过程。文中对水槽及天然河流中石油类污染物输移过程的模拟结果表明,本文结果较好地反映了泥沙运动、河床冲淤对污染输移的影响,可用于挟沙水流中石油类污染物输移转化的模拟。     

Improved formulations for rapid erosion of diverse solids in combined sewers.

For more than a decade, research carried out in Scotland has investigated the movement of sediment in sewers and the associated pollutant release. Pollution by discharges from combined sewer overflows can adversely affect watercourses, particularly those in urban areas. Solids and dissolved contaminants, many derived from in-sewer deposits during a storm event, can be especially significant. This phenomenon can occur during events known as 'foul flushes'. In combined sewers these typically occur in the initial period of storm flows, when the concentration of suspended sediments and other pollutants is significantly higher than at other times. It has become apparent that much of the suspended load originates from solids eroded from the bed. The 'near bed solids' which are re-entrained into the flow, together with solids eroded from the bulk bed, account for large changes in the suspended sediment concentration under time varying flow conditions. This paper describes some of the methods employed to investigate the solids eroding in combined sewers during peak flow events. The work examined the potential for sediment re-suspension under high flow conditions both in the laboratory and in the field.     

Analysis of Bed Load Equations and River Bed Level Variations Using Basin-Scale Process-Based Modelling Approach

Bed load transport is a key process in maintaining the dynamically stable channel geometry for restoring the form and function of river ecosystems. Bed load consists of relatively large sediment particles that are moved along the streambed by rolling, sliding or saltation. Currently, various empirical correlations are used to estimate bed load transport rates since no single procedure, whether theoretical or empirical, has yet to be universally accepted as completely satisfactory in this aspect. Bed load particles are primarily sourced from river bed materials or banks. The amount of bed load and its spatial distribution contributes significantly to river bed level changes. Hillslope sediment contribution, mostly available to the river in the form of suspended load, also plays an important role in river bed level changes. This study aims to analyse different bed load equations and the resultant computations of river bed level variations using a process-based sediment dynamic model. Analyses have revealed that different bed load equations were mainly deduced from the concept of relating bed shear stresses to their critical values which are highly factored by the slope gradient, water discharge and particle sizes. In this study, river bed level variations are calculated by estimating total surplus or deficit sediment loads (suspended loads and bed loads) in a channel section. This paper describes the application of different widely used bed load equations, and evaluation of their various parameters and relative performances for a case study area (Abukuma River Basin, Japan) using a basin-scale process-based modelling approach. Relative performances of river bed level simulations obtained by using different bed load equations are also presented. This paper elaborates on the modelling approaches for river bed load and bed level simulations. Although verifications were not done due to unavailability of field data for bed load, qualitative evaluations were conducted vis-à-vis field data on flow and suspended sediment loads as well as the bed loads presented in different past studies.     

Estimating Sediment Budget at a River Basin Scale Using a Process-Based Distributed Modelling Approach

The paper presents a process-based distributed modelling approach for estimating sediment budget at a river basin scale with partitions of suspended and bed loads by simulating sediment loads and their interactions. In this approach, a river basin is represented by hillslopes and a network of channels. Hillslopes are divided into an array of homogeneous grid cells for modelling surface runoff and suspended sediments. Channels are defined by incorporating flow hydraulic properties into the respective hillslope grids as sub-grid attributes for modelling both suspended and bed loads. Suspended sediment transport is modelled using one dimensional kinematic wave approximation of Saint-Venant’s principles of conservation of mass and momentum. Transport capacity of runoff or streamflow is used to set the limit of suspended sediment transport rate. Bed load in channels is estimated based on the instantaneous water and hydraulic parameters. Fractional interchange between suspended load and bed load is then back calculated. The performance of the model was evaluated through a case study application in a large river basin in Japan. The model satisfactorily calculated the sediment transport and total sediment budget in the basin. The simulated bed load was found to be reasonable and consistent with the water flow and suspended sediment flux. The results showed the bed load can be expressed as a linear function of the suspended load. The fractions of different sediment loads also exhibit linear relationships with water discharge for the rising and recession limbs of the flood hydrographs. The case study has demonstrated that the process-based distributed modelling approach can efficiently describe the basin-scale sediment budgets with due consideration of the suspended and bed loads and their interactions in the hillslopes and channels.     

Development and Calibration of a Fine-Grained Sediment Transport Model for the Buffalo River

A numerical model of the transport and fate of sediments in the Buffalo River (New York) was developed. The model framework consists of two-dimensional, vertically-integrated, time-dependent hydrodynamic and transport sub-models coupled with a three-dimensional, time-dependent sub-model of the sediment bed and its properties. The three-dimensional sediment bed model was necessary to accurately model bed properties that vary both spatially and temporally. Sediment settling speeds, resuspension parameters, and bed properties required by the model were directly measured or estimated from laboratory and field tests. Measured flow rates and suspended solids concentrations were used to estimate model loads. Numerical simulations of the Buffalo River were conducted to predict sediment transport over five time periods varying from three to six months in duration. Predicted sediment deposition and erosion patterns were compared to field measurements taken at seven transects across the river at the beginning and end of each time period simulated. The model successfully predicted sediment transport for the range of environmental conditions observed during the study period. An accurate sediment transport model is an important tool in, for instance, evaluating the remediation of in-place pollutants.     

Combination of Runoff Simulation with Sediment Modeling in Rivers and Its Application in the Lower Yellow River

Abstract

Previous research on runoff show flow and sediment movement in rivers, and river bed variations are usually separated. This paper, from the point of view of the basin as a whole system, presents an integrated approach by combining runoff simulation with numerical model of sediment transport in rivers to simulate the whole processes of hydrological variables and flow-caused bed variations from the very upper part of the basin to the river mouth. To accomplish this purpose, BTOPMC, a rainfall-runoff model, and NUSTM-1D, a well-developed numerical model for sediment transport and river bed variations, are selected to form a combined model. The application of the proposed model to the lower Yellow River shows that it can properly simulate rainfall-caused runoff, the change of suspended sediment concentration along the river, and river bed variation.     

沙波运动对冲积河流悬移质冲刷不平衡输沙的影响

基于冲积河流河床活动交换层动力学基本方程和悬移质不平衡输沙方程，利用数值方法计算了冲积河流冲刷不平衡输沙过程。结果表明，冲积河流床面沙波准周期性运动的动力学特征影响了河床中泥沙暴露至河床表面的速度，延缓了河床冲刷时由河床表面补充到水体中的速度，从而对悬移质不平衡输沙产生显著影响。分析结果同时表明，悬移质冲刷不平衡输沙恢复饱和系数的理论值是在不考虑沙波运动对河床内部泥沙暴露到河床表面的速度的制约条件下得到，使得理论值大于经验统计值。     

一维河网非恒定流及悬沙数学模型的节点控制方法

本文的一维河网非恒定流及悬沙数学模型，是根据以一维圣维南方程组，悬沙非平衡输运方程及水位、含沙量节点控制法而建立。首先，利用单一河流有限差分方程组转换形式和节点处质量、能量守恒性，写出所有节点的水位控制方程组。求解此不规则稀疏矩阵方程组得到得有节点的水位，再由单一河流非恒定流的求解方法可获得所有单一河流的断面水位和流量。基于水注的节点水位控制法，本文提出了节点悬沙控制法。假设节点处冲刷或淤积较小，所有节点的含沙量控制方程组可通过输沙量守恒方程用矩阵形式写出。求解此不规则稀疏矩阵方程组，得到所有节点处的含沙量。所有单一河流断面处的含沙量通过单一河流悬沙输运的求解方法获得。本文介绍的模型适用于各种河网类型。作为检验，该模型成功地应用于珠江三角洲流域河网水流及悬沙的数值计算。     

平面二维溃坝水沙输移动床数学模型研究

为数值模拟溃坝洪水作用下泥沙输移及河床变形,建立了无结构三角形网格的平面二维水沙耦合数学模型。水动力学模型采用浑水流动方程,考虑了泥沙输移及床面冲淤变化对水流动量的影响;泥沙输移采用不平衡泥沙输移模式。模型数值计算格式采用守恒性较好的有限体积法,单元界面的对流通量采用基于近似黎曼解的Roe格式计算,扩散通量采用中心格式,不平衡泥沙输移方程采用坡度限制的二阶空间精度格式离散。模型经经典算例和小尺度瞬间全溃的动床实验资料检验,水面、床面及流速等计算结果与实验资料或解析解等比较吻合,分析了动床与定床水面及洪水传播速度的差异。在上述检验的基础上,采用动床模型对某河道型水库溃坝诱发的水沙运动进行了数值模拟,结果表明溃坝洪水下水流、泥沙及河床变形发生强烈的相互作用,采用水沙及河床变形耦合的数学模型是必要的。     

Avulsions in a Simulated Large Lowland Braided River

The understanding of the complicated braiding mechanisms in braided rivers is closely related to avulsions. They control the channel generation, migration and disappearance in large lowland braided rivers, and are considered to be the key factor that keeps the river maintaining a dynamic braided pattern. However, their occurring processes and mechanisms are still not well understood due to the lack of detailed measurements with sufficient temporal and spatial data covering multiple bifurcations. In the present study, a numerical model based on the physical process of hydrodynamics and sediment transport is used to simulate the suspended sediment transport and river channel evolution in braided rivers. The model predicted braiding processes are comparable to those observed in nature. Efforts are made to investigate the morphological processes that are key for river braiding. Three types of avulsions observed in natural rivers have been identified in the model predicted river and their evolution processes and controlling factors are examined based on the predicted flow velocity, sediment concentration, bed elevation and sediment size distribution. It was found that, a curving channel bend is the key factor in introducing a constriction avulsion, while the choking avulsion and apex avulsion are controlled by the water surface slope and bed elevation. They are mostly affected by the upstream channel pattern changes.     

Simulation of Runoff and Suspended Sediment Transport Rate in a Basin with Multiple Watersheds

Accurate runoff and suspended sediment transport rate models are critical for watershed management. In this study, a physiographic soil erosion–deposition (PSED) model is used in conjunction with GIS, to simulate the runoff and sediment transport process during storm events in a multi-watershed basin. This PSED model is verified using three typhoon events and 33 storm events in Cho-Shui River Basin, located in central Taiwan. Cho-Shui River Basin has 11 sub-watersheds displaying a variety of hydrologic and physiographic conditions as well as high concentrations of suspended sediment in river flow and a steep average channel bed slope of 2%. The results show the capability, applicability, and accuracy of the PSED model for multi-watershed basins.     

闸控感潮河段重金属迁移转化规律研究

以长江感潮江段的某入江河道为典型案例,根据闸控条件下的水文特征、污染物迁移转化特性分别建立了由入江河道及长江相关河段构成的动态二维水动力及重金属数学模型,模拟分析了闸门控制下入江河道的水流运动规律、点源连续排放的重金属浓度随时间变化及二维平面分布特征。模拟结果表明:在长江潮汐、水闸控制影响下,入江河道内重金属浓度在一定范围内呈现周期性波动的现象,重金属浓度整体呈增大趋势,随着污水排放时间的推移,河道内各断面处重金属浓度最大值和波动区间均趋于稳定;典型超周期内,河道内落潮流污染带长度大于涨潮流。重金属在潮汐河道内的变化是一个非常复杂的过程,对这一过程的模拟,可以为河道水质治理和污染防治提供技术依据。     

水库排沙对下游河流鱼类影响研究进展

水库排沙对减轻水库淤积、延长水库寿命和恢复河流泥沙连续性等方面有着重要意义,但是水库进行水力排沙时水库下游河流水体的物理和化学性质的变化可能对鱼类等水生生物产生不利影响,严重时出现死鱼现象.国内外水库排沙时期下游河道含沙量及其颗粒级配、溶解氧浓度、污染物等水质变化对鱼类影响研究表明,微颗粒泥沙淤堵鱼鳃影响其摄入氧气功能和水体溶解氧下降是影响鱼类的两个主要因素,且含沙量及其持续时间、颗粒级配等对鱼类影响机理不同.最后展望了我国今后水库排沙对下游河流鱼类研究内容.     

The Impacts of Natural Flood Management Approaches on In‐Channel Sediment Quality

Natural Flood Management (NFM) techniques aim to reduce downstream flooding by storing and slowing the flow of stormwater to river channels. These techniques include a range of measures, including setback stormwater outfalls and the physical restoration of channels and floodplains, to improve the natural functioning of catchments. An additional benefit of NFM measures is the potential reduction in sediment and pollutant delivery to the channel. Urban development releases a variety of heavy metal and nutrient pollutants that enter rivers through stormwater outfalls with adverse effects on the aquatic ecosystem. In this study, the influence of channel modification and quality of the river habitat on the sediment quality surrounding stormwater outfalls was assessed. Sediment samples were taken at several outfalls within the Johnson Creek catchment, Oregon, USA, and analysed for a variety of urban pollutants. The level of river habitat quality and modification at each site were assessed using a semi‐quantitative scoring methodology. Significant increases in pollutant levels were observed at outfalls, with a greater and more variable increase at direct compared to setback outfalls. Removal efficiency of certain pollutants was found to be significantly correlated to the level of habitat quality or modification (for Fe, Ba, Sn, Mg, P, K) indicating that more natural reaches had greater potential for pollutant removal. The findings highlight the multiple benefits associated with NFM and river restoration approaches in relation to sediment quality and pollutant content. © 2016 The Authors River Research and Applications Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

悬移质近底参考面平衡浓度的一个计算公式--对Lane与Kalinske模式的改进

根据推移质与床沙交换、悬移质主要与推移质交换的物理背景，采用Einstein床面泥沙的起动概念及推移运动概率函数表征床面泥沙起动及推移运动，采用Lane与Kalinske提出的泥沙因水流垂向脉动而进入悬浮运动的模式表征推移质进入悬浮运动的过程，建议一个床面层高度，建立了一个悬移质近底平衡浓度的一个计算公式。公式的参数由实测资料确定，公式经过了独立资料的检验，计算精度在可以接受的范围内。基于本文建议的床面层高度及参考面平衡浓度公式，建立了悬移质输沙率计算方法，取得了满意的输沙率计算精度。对于细颗粒泥沙的悬移质输沙率计算，本文公式克服了Einstein方法的缺陷。