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CORMIX: MIXING ZONE EXPERT SYSTEM
MixZon Inc Releases in October 2009
Version 6.0E (Evaluation)
Version 6.0G (General Release)
Version 6.0GT (Advanced Tools)
Version 6.0GTS (Advanced Tools Sediment)
Version 6.0GTD (Advanced Tools Design)
Version 6.0GTR (Research)
Copyright © 1988 - 2009 R.L. Doneker & G.H. Jirka;
-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED-
Developed by: Dr. Robert L. Doneker and Dr. Gerhard H. Jirka
CONTENTS:
1. Contact Information
2. System Objectives
3. System Requirements
4. Development History
5. Manuals and Reference Materials
6. Recent Update Features
1. CONTACT INFORMATION
MixZon Inc (Contact)
1033 SW Yamhill St., Suite 301
Portland, OR 97205-2539
USA.
Tel: 503-222-1022
Fax: 503-296-2354
E-mail: support@mixzon.com
Websites: http://www.mixzon.com, http://www.cormix.info
PLEASE E-MAIL ONLY: support@mixzon.com for all inquires related to CORMIX.
2. SYSTEM OBJECTIVES
CORMIX consists of a series of software systems for the analysis, prediction, and design of aqueous discharges into watercourses,
with emphasis on the geometry and dilution characteristics of the initial mixing zone, including the evaluation of regulatory
requirements.
CORMIX1 deals with SINGLE PORT DISCHARGES into flowing unstratified or stratified water environments, such as rivers, lakes,
estuaries, and coastal waters. It includes the limiting cases of non-buoyant and negatively buoyant discharges and of stagnant ambient
conditions. It also deals with tidal reversing flow conditions.
CORMIX2 deals with submerged MULTIPORT DIFFUSER DISCHARGES into similar environments and with similar limiting cases.
CORMIX3 deals with POSITIVELY BUOYANT SURFACE DISCHARGES into similar environments.
DHDYRO deals with NEGATIVELY BUOYANT SINGLE PORT, MULTIPORT, or SURFACE (Shoreline) discharges in unbounded coastal
environments with offshore sloping bottoms. Discharges can be brine discharges or contain suspended sediments.
CORJET is an advanced user option for the detailed modeling of SINGLE port or MULTIPORT diffuser discharges using a
jet integral formulation. It assumes an unlimited receiving water environment and should be used only after a prior CORMIX1 or CORMIX2 application.
The CORMIX system is supported by various pre and post-processor options:
CorSpy is an interactive 3-D outfall visualization, design and specification tool for single port (CORMIX1), multiport (CORMIX2)
and surface (CORMIX3) discharges.
CorHyd is an Internal Diffuser Hydraulics application for multiport diffuser discharges integrated into CORMIX v6.0GTD for the calculation of velocities, pressures, head losses
and flow rates inside the diffuser pipe and especially at the diffuser port orifices. CorHyd provides the method to insure proper multiport design specification to ensure
that the multiport diffuser has line source flow distribution.
CorData is a Legacy DOS file data import tool that can import data from legacy DOS versions of CORMIX into the latest CORMIX UI.
CorGis is an USEPA BASINS-3.0 GIS – CORMIX data linkage tool that uses ArcView 3.2 extensions for export of discharge and ambient GIS
data into the CORMIX user interface.
Far Field Locator (FFL) is a tool that is used to reconcile CORMIX far-field plume predictions with field dye study data. If you have downstream cross-section data available,
this tool will allow you to plot variation of predicted plume width with downstream distance, using the cumulative discharge method.
CorVue is an interactive 3-D plume visualization tool. CorVue provides a graphical representation of the CORMIX simulation results.
CorSens is batch processing tool that is used for conducting sensitivity studies.
CorTime is an automated time series analysis tool for linkage of the CORMIX model to set boundary conditions in far-field coastal circulation models.
CorVal is a web-based interactive validation database for a client’s specific CORMIX mixing zone prediction.
CorUCS is a new advanced design post processing tool that will convert the CORMIX trajectory information in a prediction file from the
CORMIX coordinate system to the coordinate system specified by the end user using the outfall location's latitude and longitude position(in WGS84 format).
This tool also provides the trajectory information in netCDF format for import into mapping tools like ArcGIS.
The CORMIX system has extensive built in and online help and documentation:
CorDocs provides access to the complete online hyper text CORMIX1, CORMIX2,& CORMIX3 Technical Reports.
CorHelp is the integrated online CORMIX user interface help.
CORMIX User Manual The CORMIX User Manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format is available in all CORMIX versions in the /DOCS subdirectory.
The CORMIX Feature Comparison table, is available at http://www.mixzon.com/sales/featcomp.php
CORMIX licensing and pricing options are published at http://www.mixzon.com/sales/
3. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum system requirements:
Operating System: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows7
Active Internet Connection with access to http://www.mixzon.com
- Broadband connection recommended.
Frames-capable Web Browser
- Internet Explorer 7.0 and above is recommended.
Adobe Acrobat Reader (Available for download at www.adobe.com)
Recommended hardware system:
Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster
512 MB RAM, minimum recommended
125 MB Free Hard Disk Space, minimum recommended
Video/Graphics Card is recommended
Arc/View 3.0 or above and USEPA BASINS 3.0 (required for CorGis v2.0)
4. DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
In 1986 CORMIX development began at Cornell University under contract from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(Environmental Research Laboratory, Athens, GA; Dr. Thomas Barnwell,Program Officer). Following the initial development of the CORMIX1
subsystem (Doneker and Jirka, 1990) other system features were gradually added in the ensuing years.
4.1 DEVELOPMENT OF DOS-VERSIONS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY (1986-1995):
1989 Version 1.00, 1992 Version 2.00, 1993 Version 2.10
1994 Version 3.00, 1995 Version 3.10, 1996 Version 3.20
Principal Investigator: Gerhard H. Jirka
CORMIX1: Robert L. Doneker (1986-89)
CORMIX2: Paul J. Akar (1988-93)
CORMIX3: Gilbert R. Jones (1989-90)
CORMIX3 & Tidal components: Jonathan Nash (1993-95)
4.2 DEVELOPMENT OF CORMIX AT OREGON GRADUATE INSTITUTE (1996-2002)
1999 Windows Versions 4.0-4.03b
2000 Versions 4.1E, 4.1G, 4.1GT, 4.1GTR OGI Release
4.3 DEVELOPMENT OF CORMIX AT MixZon Inc & Portland State University (2003-present)
2002 Versions 4.2E, 4.2G, 4.2GT, 4.2GTR released solely by MixZon Inc
2004 Versions 4.3E, 4.3G, 4.3GT, 4.3GTR released solely by MixZon Inc
2007 Versions 5.0E, 5.0G, 5.0GT, 5.0GTS, 5.0GTR released solely by MixZon Inc
2009 Versions 6.0E, 6.0G, 6.0GT, 6.0GTS, 6.0GTD, 6.0GTR released solely by MixZon Inc
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert L. Doneker
Scientific Advisor: Dr. Gerhard H. Jirka
Development Team: Adithya S Ramachandran, Kent Thompson, Frank Opila, Dr. Tobias Bleninger, Dr. Todd Sanders, Ruta Stabina,Matt Hackett
4.4 RESEARCH AND PROGRAM SUPPORT:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2003-date)
Program Officer: April Richards, Office of Research and Development
Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC), 2008-2010
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 2001-2002
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1986-1989, 1991-1994, 1997-1999)
Program Officer: Dr. Russ Kinerson, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology
State of Maryland (1993-1995)
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, (NCASI) (1991-1992)
State of Delaware (1990-1991)
Verbundgesellschaft, Vienna, Austria (1991-1992)
5. MANUALS AND REFERENCE MATERIALS:
Please refer to http://www.cormix.info/references.php for the latest updated list of CORMIX related manuals and references.
6. RECENT UPDATE FEATURES
Please refer to our "CORMIX - Quality Assurance -New Features, Updates & Fixed Bug List" published at
http://www.mixzon.com/quality_assurance.php for the latest CORMIX software updates and fixes.
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We thank numerous users for bringing to our attention occasional
problems and/or errors and feature requests in CORMIX, and for also
providing us with references to new field data.
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