Treatment Flux Links to/from Cells

Treatment mass flux links are used to provide a mechanism for treating or removing a fraction of the amount of mass entering a Cell. They are defined by specifying a fraction of the mass entering the pathway which is removed. Hence, a treatment mass flux is computed as the mass rate of inflow of the species The chemical (or non-chemical, such as bacterial or viral) constituents that are stored and transported through an environmental system in a contaminant transport model. In GoldSim, the Species element defines all of the contaminant species being simulated (and their properties). entering the pathway multiplied by a fraction:

Treatment Mass Flux = Cell Mass Inflow Rate * Fraction

The Fraction is dimensionless, and must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1. The Fraction is specified as a vector A one-dimensional array. by species, which allows the Fraction to be species-specific.

Treatment mass flux links are uni-directional (mass can only be transported in one direction).

Warning: Treatment mass flux links only act on mass fluxes that are entering from outside the Cell net A network of interconnected Cell pathways that are directly linked by coupled mass flux links. to which the Cell belongs. Hence, in order to filter incoming fluxes, they must be specified as Normal (as opposed to Coupled) flux links (or must be specified as direct inputs via the Cumulative Inputs field). Coupled influxes will not be impacted.