Stability and mixing of submerged turbulent jets at low Reynolds numbers
Abstract
Multiport diffusers were used to discharge heated cooling water from power plants into natural bodies of water in order to satisfy thermal discharge criteria by inducing dilution of the discharge. An experimental study was made of the variation of volume and centerline dilution as a function of Reynolds number in nonbuoyant and buoyant round jets discharged vertically from a submerged nozzle. Measurements of jet temperature profiles were obtained by using both fast and slow thermistor probes. The results are useful in determining the minimum length scale ratio for hydro-thermal model studies, especially those of submerged multiport diffusers.
- Publication:
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Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Report
- Pub Date:
- February 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975mit..rept.....U
- Keywords:
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- Jet Mixing Flow;
- Reynolds Number;
- Thermal Pollution;
- Turbulent Jets;
- Diffusers;
- Electric Power Plants;
- Pollution Control;
- Transition Flow;
- Water Pollution;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer