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Phytoremediation Hydraulic Capture Simulator

Interactive 3D simulator of a poplar tree row intercepting a groundwater contaminant plume: transpiration draws water into a hydraulic capture zone, and captured contaminant partitions into phytovolatilization (leaf release) or plant-tissue assimilation depending on the compound.

Ecology & Conservation Biology3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted

Plant a row of fast-transpiring trees across a contaminated groundwater plume and watch them act as a biological pumping barrier. Every tree's transpiration draws groundwater — and whatever it carries — into a hydraulic capture zone sized by the real well-line mass-balance formula W = Nq/(vb); widen the zone with more trees, tighter spacing or a higher transpiration rate, or let contaminant slip past by cranking up the regional flow velocity. Contaminant that is captured is tracked live as it either volatilizes out through the leaves (phytovolatilization) or is assimilated into root and leaf tissue, with the split driven by the chemistry of the compound you select — trichloroethylene, MTBE and nitrate behave very differently once they enter the xylem.

⚙ Under the hood

3D simulator of a poplar tree row intercepting a groundwater contaminant plume: transpiration-driven root uptake creates a hydraulic capture zone sized by the real well-line formula W = Nq/(vb), and captured contaminant partitions live into phytovolatilization through the leaves or assimilation into plant tissue depending on the compound (TCE, MTBE, or nitrate) you select.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install