NDLI: Experiments On Buoyant Plume Dispersion In A Laboratory Convection Tank

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Author	Weil, Jeffrey C. Snyder, William H. Lawson, Robert E. Shipman, Michael S.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Plume dispersion in the convective boundary layer (CBL) is investigated experimentally in a laboratory convection tank. The focusis on highly-buoyant plumes that loft near or become trapped in the CBL capping inversion and resistdownward mixing. Such plumes are defined by dimensionless buoyancy fluxes F≳ 0.1, where F = Fb/(U w* 2 zi), Fb is the stack buoyancy flux,U is the mean wind speed, w* is the convective velocity scale, and zi is the CBL depth. The aim is to obtain statistically-reliable mean (C) and root-mean-square (rms, σc) concentration fields as a function of F* and the dimensionless distance X = wx/(U zi), where x is the distance downstream of the source.The experiments reveal the following mainresults: (1) For 3 ≤ X ≤ 4and F ≥ 0.1, the crosswind-integrated concentration (CWIC) fields exhibit distinctly uniform profiles below zi with a CWIC maximum aloft, in contrast to the nonuniform profiles obtained earlier by Willis and Deardorff. (2) The lateral dispersion (σy) variation with X is consistent with Taylor's theory for ≤ 0.1 and a buoyancy-enhanced dispersion, σy/zi ∝ F 1/3X2/3, forF* = 0.2 and 0.4. (3) The entrapment, the plume fraction above zi, has a mean (E) that follows a systematic variationwith X and F*, and a variability (σe/E) that is broad (∼ 0.3 to 2) near the source but subsides to ≈ 0.25 far downstream. (4) Vertical profiles of the concentration fluctuation intensity (σc/C) are uniform for z < zi and X > 1.5, but exhibit significant increases: (a) at the surface and close to the source (X ≲ 1.5), and(b) in the entrainment zone. (5) The cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) of the scaled concentration fluctuations (c′/σc) separate into mixed-layer and entrainment-layer CDFs for X ≥ 2, with the mixed-layer group collapsing to a single distribution independent of z.These are the first experiments to obtain all components of the lateral and vertical dispersion parameters (rms meander, relative dispersion, total dispersion) for continuous buoyant releases in a convection tank. They also are the first tank experiments to demonstrate agreement with field observations of: (1) the scaled ground-level concentration along the plume centreline, and (2) the dimensionless lateral dispersion σ_y/z_i of buoyant plumes.
Starting Page	367
Ending Page	414
Page Count	48
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00068314
Journal	Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Volume Number	102
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15731472
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2002-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Meteorology/Climatology Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Atmospheric Science

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