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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in April 2026 (Volume 30, Issue 1) Submit manuscript

Turbulent diffusion and air pollution: A comprehensive review of mechanisms, impacts, and modeling approaches

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Zolani Ndlovu *

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pan African University institute for basic, Science, Technology and Innovation, Nairobi Kenya.
 
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 23(03), 1511-1525
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.23.3.2784
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.23.3.2784
 
Received on 01 August 2024; revised on 11 September 2024; accepted on 13 September 2024
 
Turbulent diffusion is often a desirable phenomenon in many contexts, but it also presents significant challenges, particularly in the realm of air pollution. Air pollution, a universally recognized and frowned upon issue, degrades air quality and poses serious long-term health risks. Turbulent flows, characterized by chaotic and random fluid motions, give rise to turbulent diffusion, a process that acts as a transport mechanism for dispersing pollutants in the atmosphere. Despite its inherent complexities, the study of turbulent diffusion has advanced significantly, building on foundational concepts like Osborne Reynolds' decomposition in the 1850s and extending to Kolmogorov's length scale framework. These developments have enabled a deeper understanding of turbulent diffusion and its wide-ranging applications across various fields as new methods are continuously employed to broaden the scope of research and application.
 
Turbulent diffusion; Atmospheric turbulence; Energy cascade; Air pollution; Pollutant dispersion; atmospheric turbulence; Environmental modeling
 
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Zolani Ndlovu. Turbulent diffusion and air pollution: A comprehensive review of mechanisms, impacts, and modeling approaches. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 23(3), 1511-1525. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.23.3.2784

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