Bubble plumes in stratified environments

Journal of Fluid Mechanics - Tập 85 Số 4 - Trang 655-672 - 1978
Trevor J. McDougall1
1 Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

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This paper is concerned with the behaviour of buoyant plumes driven by a source of bubbles. It is shown experimentally that, when a bubble plume rises through a stratified environment, fluid can be transported vertically for some distance and then some of this fluid can leave the plume and spread out horizontally at its own density level. A simple plume model which regards the plume as a single entity is discussed in order to make a first assessment of the effects of gas expansion and bubble slip velocity in this stratified case. However, the experiments reveal a more complicated plume structure in which the bubbles remain in the centre part of the plume, and only the outer part of the plume spreads out into the environment at certain levels. On the basis of these observations a double-plume model is proposed which regards the plume as being composed of two parts: an inner circular plume (which contains all the bubbles of gas) and an outer annular plume.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Tập 85 Số 4

655-672

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