A UNIFIED THREE-DIMENSIONAL EXTENDED FRACTIONAL ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR AIR POLLUTANTS DISPERSION

Tankou Tagne Alain Sylvain, Ele Abiama Patrice, EMA’A EMA’A JEAN Marie, Owono Ateba Pierre and Ben-Bolie Germain Hubert
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Tankou Tagne Alain Sylvain: Laboratory of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Ele Abiama Patrice: Laboratory of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
EMA’A EMA’A JEAN Marie: ��Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Bertoua, P.O. Box 652, Bertoua, Cameroon
Owono Ateba Pierre: Laboratory of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Ben-Bolie Germain Hubert: Laboratory of Nuclear Physics, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon

FRACTALS (fractals), 2022, vol. 30, issue 03, 1-14

Abstract: A novel technique is presented to analytically solve the fractional diffusion equation for non-reactive air pollutants emitted from an elevated continuous source into the air. A generalized methodical solution combining first-order Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) approximation theory and the Sturm–Liouville problem is used to solve the air pollutants’ fractional dispersion equation. Drawing insight from previous analysis, we expanded the initial issue assuming the turbulent flow characteristics appearing in the diffusion process in a non-integer dimensional space. We solved the transformed problem and compared the solutions against data from real experiment. Physical consequences connecting to the conventional generalized diffusion equations are presented. The results indicate that the present solutions are in accordance with those obtained in literature. This report demonstrates that fractional equations can be applied in a practical prediction of pollutant dissemination in a turbulent atmosphere.

Keywords: Anomalous Diffusion; Fractional Diffusion Equation; WKB Approximation; Air Pollution; Mittag-Leffler (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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