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©2001 CRC Press LLC<br />

1/t O = SD Ai/SVZ + SD Ri/SVZ<br />

= 1/t A + 1/t R<br />

The key point is that the advective and reactive residence times t A and t R add as<br />

reciprocals to give the reciprocal overall time. These are the residence times that<br />

would apply to the chemical if only that process applied. Clearly, the shorter residence<br />

time dominates, corresponding, of course, to the faster rate constant. It can<br />

be shown that the ratio of the amounts removed by reaction and by advection are in<br />

the ratio of the overall rate constants or the reciprocal residence times.<br />

Example 6.5<br />

Calculate the individual and overall residence times in Example 6.4. Each residence<br />

time is VZ/D and the rate constant is D/VZ.<br />

VZ SVZ/D (advection) VZ/D (reaction)<br />

Air 4 60 866<br />

Water 10 240 260<br />

Soil 10 • 173<br />

Total 24<br />

Adding the reciprocals, i.e., the rate constants, gives<br />

1/60 + 1/240 + 1/866 + 1/260 + 1/• + 1/173<br />

= 0.0167 + 0.0042 + 0.0012 + 0.0038 + 0 + 0.0058 = 0.0209 + 0.0108<br />

= 0.0317 = 1/31.5<br />

The advection residence time is 1/0.0209 or 47.8 h, and for reaction it is 1/0.0108<br />

or 92.6 h. Each residence time (e.g., 60, 866, etc.) contributes to give the overall<br />

residence time of 31.5 hours, reciprocally.<br />

In mass balance models of this type, it is desirable to calculate the advection,<br />

reaction, and overall residence times. An important observation is that these residence<br />

times are independent of the quantity of chemical introduced; in other words,<br />

they are intensive properties of the system. Concentrations, amounts, and fluxes are<br />

dependent on emissions and are extensive properties.<br />

These concepts are useful, because they convey an impression of the relative<br />

importance of advective flow (which merely moves the problem from one region to<br />

another) versus reaction (which may help solve the problem). These are of particular<br />

interest to those who live downwind or downstream of a polluted area.<br />

6.5 UNSTEADY-STATE CALCULATIONS<br />

A related calculation can be done in unsteady-state mode in which we introduce<br />

an amount of chemical, M, into the evaluative environment at zero time, then allow

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