Introduction to Chemical Transport in the Environment

This is a textbook for courses and independent study in environmental and chemical engineering, as well as in many other disciplines concerned with transport and diffusion of all manner of chemicals. Estimating the transport and fate of chemicals released into the environment is an interesting and challenging task. The global environment is large, on the chemical transport and fate scale. This text applies the mathematics of diffusion, turbulent diffusion and dispersion to the atmosphere, lakes, rivers, groundwater and the ocean, as well as transport between these media. The required theory is explained as a solution technique to solve the case studies and example problems. A large portion of the book is dedicated to examples and case studies, from which the important principles are derived.

Author Biography

Dr John S. Gulliver is the Ling Professor and Department Head of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Dr Gulliver’s background is in Chemical and Civil Engineering. His research has focused on environmental fluid mechanics, chemical transport in environmental systems, and flow and chemical transport at hydraulic structures, in which he has published numerous peer reviewed articles. He is an editor and major contributor to the Hydropower Engineering Handbook, editor of Air-Water Mass Transfer: Selected Papers from the Second International Symposium on Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, and Energy and Sustainable Development, Proceedings of the 27th Congress of the International Association for Hydraulic Research. He is currently the Coordinator of the Hydropower Institute. Dr Gulliver received the Rickey Medal in 2003 from the ASCE.