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Ten kilogram of carbon dioxide was released into the cave environment during a short experiment with detailed monitored conditions. Several assumptions, hypothesis and results obtained from modeling of natural carbon dioxide concentrations have been tested. Based on carbon dioxide concentration increase, following the CO2 release, it has been confirmed that “Music hall” can be considered to a good approximation as a perfectly mixed volume. The volume estimated by data regression is 22,800 m3, broadly similar to the 15,000 m3 estimated by cave survey. The mixing and transport processes between and inside cave sections appear to be related to advective processes while diffusion playing a lesser role. The model provides results comparable with experimental measured data (i.e. air velocity).
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Milanolo, S. (2016). Cave Atmosphere Response to Artificial Input of Carbon Dioxide. In: Sources and Transport of Inorganic Carbon in the Unsaturated Zone of Karst. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29308-0_7
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