<strong>POLYMIN</strong> 2005 y y 10 5 0 10 5 0 10 flow system O 2 pH y 5 y y 0 10 SO 4 5 0 10 Fe(III) 5 0 0 50 100 150 200 Distance (m) <strong>POLYMIN</strong> simulation results for example data set (provided in previous section), after 10 years. 36
<strong>POLYMIN</strong> 2005 5. STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS <strong>POLYMIN</strong> is a mass transport model which assumes a steady state velocity field. The velocity field can be obtained either from the FLONET model for saturated systems (Molson & Frind, 2004), or from the HYDRUS2D model (Simunek et al., 1999). In either case, the output files must converted to <strong>POLYMIN</strong> input format by running a “processing” code (process_flonetpoly.exe, or process_hydrus-poly.exe). Steps 1 & 2 below assume the flow field will be derived from the FLONET model. If running directly from a HYDRUS flow simulation, steps 1 & 2 can be skipped and replaced with steps 1b & 2b which follow. 1. Simulate the flow system (refer to the FLONET user guide) • edit the fnpcg.data file • make sure kp=1 to get required output files • run fnpcg.exe • transfer these file to your transport directory: flow.vxyst, flow.incid, flow.nodes 2. Convert flow system file formats for transport: • edit process_flonet-poly.in to adjust gradius, fs2, and source nodes for oxidation • run process_flonet-poly.exe • you should now have these files for input to <strong>POLYMIN</strong>: meshtria.txt, bdy.txt, v.txt, nodeprop.txt, th.txt (mesh, boundary nodes, velocities, nodal properties & water content) 3. Prepare transport input files • edit polymin.in (must contain the name <strong>of</strong> your input file; e.g. polymin.dat) • edit polymin.dat (primary input file), check path to data base • edit bkgrndpoly.min (contains background chemistry data) • check database files: alk.dbm, analy.dbm, compcp.dbm, error.dbm, thermcp.dbm, type6cp.dbm 4. Run polymin5.exe 5. Interpret results: • Check if job ran completely: check polymino.gen • Aqueous component output: polymin.ur1 (Tecplot-compatible file <strong>of</strong> x,z,O2, ph, aqueous components, etc) • Solid species (minerals) output: polymin.ur2 (x,z, solid species) • Edit polyminbrkaq_nn.out and polyminbrks_nn.out files – replace “999” in the third line with the number <strong>of</strong> data lines (= number <strong>of</strong> time levels) • Use Tecplot to visualize the above files 37