An operator splitting algorithm for coupled one-dimensional advection-diffusion-reaction equations (Q2564581)

We present an operator splitting algorithm for the title problem which describes the transport of non-conservative pollutants. The algorithm is a Strang type splitting procedure incorporating contributions from the inhomogeneous terms by the Duhamel's principle. The associated homogeneous equations are split into advection, diffusion and reaction equations, and solved by a backward method of characteristics, a finite-element method and by an explicit Runge-Kutta method, respectively. The boundary conditions applicable to the split equations are derived. Numerical analyses of the stability, accuracy and convergence of the solution procedure are presented.