Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of the Evolution of Phosphorus in a Bilayer Lake

Petrică Daniel Toma

Abstract – This paper analyses the mathematical model of the evolution of
phosphorus in a bilayer lake based on the kinetic equations which describe this process.
The mathematical modelling was developed using Scilab-Xcos and allows an over time
visualization of the water levels evolution with the following parameters: soluble
phosphorus (Ps) insoluble phosphorus (Pi) and total phosphorus (Pt) for the two layers
of the lake, namely the epilimnion and the hypolimnion. Furthermore, this work
presents a simulation of the above mentioned parameters.

Keywords – lake, modelling, phosphorus, Scilab-Xcos, simulation

Pages: 86-93

DOI: 10.2478/ouacsce-2022-0009

"Ovidius” University Annals of Constanta

"Ovidius” University Annals of Constanta