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CORMIX2: AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR HYDRODYNAMIC MIXING ZONE ANALYSIS OF CONVENTIONAL AND TOXIC MULTIPORT DIFFUSER DISCHARGES
Citation:
Aker, P. AND G. Jirka. CORMIX2: AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR HYDRODYNAMIC MIXING ZONE ANALYSIS OF CONVENTIONAL AND TOXIC MULTIPORT DIFFUSER DISCHARGES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/3-91/073 (NTIS PB93166924), 1991.
Description:
CORMIX is a series of software systems for the analysis, prediction, and design of aqueous toxic or conventional pollutant discharges into watercourses, with emphasis on the geometry and dilution characteristics of the initial mixing zone. ubsystem CORMIX1 deals with submerged single port discharges. ORMIX2 is concerned with submerged multiport discharges into flowing water environments, such as rivers, lakes,estuaries, and coastal waters. t includes effects of ambient stratification, dynamic attachment of the plume to the bottom of the receiving water, and the limiting case of stagnant conditions. ORMIX2 collects the relevant data for the ambient and discharge situation, computes the physical parameters, and classifies the given discharge into one of many possible hydrodynamic configurations. hen, CORMIX2 executes the corresponding hydrodynamic simulation for the flow, interprets the results of the simulation relative to legal requirements including toxic discharge criteria, and suggests possible design alternatives and improvements concerning the mixing characteristics. ith its emphasis on rapid initial mixing, CORMIX2 assumes a conservative pollutant discharge neglecting any physical, chemical, or biological decay processes. However, the predictions can be readily converted to adjust for first-order reaction processes. he results of the hydrologic simulation are in good agreement with field and laboratory data.
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