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    The finite volume method is a numerical method that calculates the value of conserved variables averaged across control volumes. It discretizes partial differential equations into cells where pollutant concentration is evaluated. The variation in concentration is identified at cell boundaries, assuming value lost by one cell is gained by the neighboring cell. The method calculates concentration advection at cell faces using an accurate scheme. It can write discrete forms of terms when double integrating the advection-dispersion equation over control volumes in time and space. The finite volume method is preferable to other methods as it can apply boundary conditions without invasion and is powerful on coarse, non-uniform grids tracking interfaces.

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    The finite volume method is a numerical method that calculates the value of conserved variables averaged across control volumes. It discretizes partial differential equations into cells where pollutant concentration is evaluated. The variation in concentration is identified at cell boundaries, assuming value lost by one cell is gained by the neighboring cell. The method calculates concentration advection at cell faces using an accurate scheme. It can write discrete forms of terms when double integrating the advection-dispersion equation over control volumes in time and space. The finite volume method is preferable to other methods as it can apply boundary conditions without invasion and is powerful on coarse, non-uniform grids tracking interfaces.

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    The finite volume method is a numerical method that calculates the value of conserved variables averaged across control volumes. It discretizes partial differential equations into cells where pollutant concentration is evaluated. The variation in concentration is identified at cell boundaries, assuming value lost by one cell is gained by the neighboring cell. The method calculates concentration advection at cell faces using an accurate scheme. It can write discrete forms of terms when double integrating the advection-dispersion equation over control volumes in time and space. The finite volume method is preferable to other methods as it can apply boundary conditions without invasion and is powerful on coarse, non-uniform grids tracking interfaces.

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    The finite volume method is a numerical method that calculates the value of conserved variables averaged across control volumes. It discretizes partial differential equations into cells where pollutant concentration is evaluated. The variation in concentration is identified at cell boundaries, assuming value lost by one cell is gained by the neighboring cell. The method calculates concentration advection at cell faces using an accurate scheme. It can write discrete forms of terms when double integrating the advection-dispersion equation over control volumes in time and space. The finite volume method is preferable to other methods as it can apply boundary conditions without invasion and is powerful on coarse, non-uniform grids tracking interfaces.

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    Finite Volume Method

    According to Weisstein (2018), the finite volume method is a numerical method that

    calculates value of the conserved variables averaged across the volume in partial differential

    equation form. In application with water quality modelling, partial differential equations is

    discretized into cells, inside which the pollutant concentration is conveniently evaluated. The

    variation of the concentration is identified in the cell boundary, with the assumption that the value

    lost by a cell is gained by the contiguous one. (Benedini, 2011).

    A solution based on a finite volume calculates the concentrate of solute or suspended

    sediment’s advection at each face of any control volume, by means of a modified form of the

    highly accurate ultimate quickest scheme (Kashefipour & Roshanfekr, 2012).

    The discrete forms of the terms when double integration is to perform in a one-dimensional

    advection-dispersion equation (ADE) with respect to time and volume over the control volume,

    using finite volume method can be written as follows (Kashefipour & Roshanfekr, 2012):

    t  Δt
     
    t V
    SA
    t
     n 1

    dVdt  SA i  SA i ΔV
    n
    (1)

    t
    t  Δt
     
    SQ
    V x
     n 1 n 1 n

    dVdt  ψSQAi 1/2  ψSQAi 1/2  1  ψ SQAi 1/2  SQAi 1/2 Δt 
    n 1


     n 1 n 1

    Δt ψ S i  S i 1  QAi 1/2  S i  S i 1  QAi 1/2  
    n 1 n 1


    (2)


    2 (1  ψ) S i  S i 1 n 1 QAin1/2
    1

     S i  S i 1  QAi 1/2 
    n 1 n 1
    t  Δt  S
     
    t V x
    AD 1
    x
    dVdt 

      2 n 1 S i 1  S i  n 1 S i  S i 1   
    n 1 n 1


    ψ  A D1 i 1/2 
    x i 1  x i
     A D1 i 1/2
    2
     
    x i  x i 1  
      (3)
     
    Δt  
     2 n 1 S i 1  S i     

        
    n n
    n S S i 1
    (1  ψ)  A D1 i 1/2 x  x  A D1 i 1/2 x  x 
    2 i

      i 1 i i i 1  

    t  Δt Q LSL
      t V Δx
    dVdt  Q L S L AΔΔ (4)

    1κASi 1/2  κASi 1/2 


    n 1 n 1
    t  Δt 
     V  S dVdt  S ΔVΔt   4 κASn  κASn ΔVΔt
    d d
    t t (5)
    t
     i 1/2 i 1/2 

    . Furthermore, the finite volume method is preferable to other methods as a result of the

    fact that boundary conditions can be applied noninvasively. Finite volume methods are especially

    powerful on coarse non-uniform grids and in calculations where the mesh moves to track interfaces

    or shocks (Weisstein, 2018).

    A finite volume solver for turbulent shallow water equations is presented on “Mathematical

    modeling of a river stream based on a shallow water approach” by Churuksaeva and Starchenko

    (2015). The applicability of the model was investigated thus, comparing between the numerical

    solution and experimental results, the depth averaged model correctly represents flow patterns.

    (Churuksaeva & Starchenko, 2015).

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