Water tank measurements of buoyant plume rise and structure in neutral crossflows
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Abstract. We quantified the effects of the plume rise of biomass burning aerosol and gases for the forest fires that occurred in Saskatchewan, Canada, in July 2010. For this purpose, simulations with different assumptions regarding the plume rise and the vertical distribution of the emissions were conducted. Based on comparisons with observations, applying a one-dimensional plume rise model to predict the injection layer in combination with a parametrisation of the vertical distribution of the emissions outperforms approaches in which the plume heights are initially predefined. Approximately 30 % of the fires exceed the height of 2 km and the maximum height is 8.6 km. Using this plume rise model, comparisons with satellite images in the visible spectral range show a very good agreement between the simulated and observed spatial distributions of the biomass burning plume. The simulated AOD with data of an AERONET station is in good agreement with respect to the absolute values and the timing of the maximum. Comparison of the vertical distribution of the biomass burning aerosol with CALIPSO retrievals also showed the best agreement when the plume rise model was applied. We found that down-welling surface short-wave radiation below the forest fire plume is reduced by up to 50 % and that the 2 m temperature is decreased by up to 6 K. In addition, we simulated a strong change in atmospheric stability within the biomass burning plume.
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This study proposes a three-dimensional vortex method for the simulation of bubbly flow. The method discretizes the vorticity field by vortex elements. The behavior of the vortex element and the bubble motion are simultaneously analyzed with the Lagrangian approach to compute the time evolution of the flow. This study also applies the vortex method to the simulation of a bubble plume to demonstrate the validity of the method. In a tank containing water, small hydrogen bubbles are released from the bottom of the tank. The bubbles rise due to the buoyant force and induce the water flow around them. The simulation for the plume at the starting period highlights that the rising bubbles induce large-scale eddies at their top and that the bubbles are entrained into the eddies. The simulation for the developed plume demonstrates that large-scale eddies appear around the rising bubbles and that they cause the meandering behavior of the plume. Such three-dimensional features of the bubble plume are favorably compared with the experimental results, indicating the validity of the proposed vortex method.
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This study proposes a three-dimensional vortex method for bubbly flow. The method discretizes the vorticity field by vortex elements. The behavior of the vortex element and the bubble motion are simultaneously analyzed with the Lagrangian approach. This study also applies the vortex method to simulate a bubble plume. In a tank containing water, small hydrogen bubbles are released from a bubble generator placed on the bottom of the tank. The bubbles rise due to the buoyant force and induce the water flow around them. The simulation highlights that the rising bubbles of the starting plume induce large-scale eddies at the top of them and that the bubbles are entrained into the eddies. It also demonstrates that the large-scale eddies appear around the developed plume and that they cause the meandering behavior of the plume. Such three-dimensional flows are favorably compared with the experimental results, indicating the validity of the proposed vortex method.
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A vortex pump having a large chamber in front of the recessed impeller is suited for pumping the liquids with suspended solids. The flow behaviours in the chamber and impeller have been observed by the surface flow pattern technique of the impeller and casing for the purpose of establishment of the fundamental flow model in vortex pump. On the basis of these observations, a simplified flow model has been proposed. On the other hand, a theoretical analysis using the equations of continuity, motion and the performances. Predicted values by the theory were compared with the experimental results, and fairly good agreement was obtained. In Addition, the effects of the casing and impeller geometries on the performance of pump were investigated experimentally.
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Abstract. We quantified the effects of the plume rise of biomass burning aerosol and gases for the forest fires that occurred in Saskatchewan, Canada, in July 2010. For this purpose, simulations with different assumptions regarding the plume rise and the vertical distribution of the emissions were conducted. Based on comparisons with observations, applying a one-dimensional plume rise model to predict the injection layer in combination with a parametrization of the vertical distribution of the emissions outperforms approaches in which the plume heights are initially predefined. Approximately 30 % of the fires exceed the height of 2 km with a maximum height of 8.6 km. Using this plume rise model, comparisons with satellite images in the visible spectral range show a very good agreement between the simulated and observed spatial distributions of the biomass burning plume. The simulated aerosol optical depth (AOD) with data of an AERONET station is in good agreement with respect to the absolute values and the timing of the maximum. Comparison of the vertical distribution of the biomass burning aerosol with CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) retrievals also showed the best agreement when the plume rise model was applied. We found that downwelling surface short-wave radiation below the forest fire plume is reduced by up to 50 % and that the 2 m temperature is decreased by up to 6 K. In addition, we simulated a strong change in atmospheric stability within the biomass burning plume.
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A case of long‐range transport of a biomass burning plume from Alaska to Europe is analyzed using a Lagrangian approach. This plume was sampled several times in the free troposphere over North America, the North Atlantic and Europe by three different aircraft during the IGAC Lagrangian 2K4 experiment which was part of the ICARTT/ITOP measurement intensive in summer 2004. Measurements in the plume showed enhanced values of CO, VOCs and NO y , mainly in form of PAN. Observed O 3 levels increased by 17 ppbv over 5 days. A photochemical trajectory model, CiTTyCAT, was used to examine processes responsible for the chemical evolution of the plume. The model was initialized with upwind data and compared with downwind measurements. The influence of high aerosol loading on photolysis rates in the plume was investigated using in situ aerosol measurements in the plume and lidar retrievals of optical depth as input into a photolysis code (Fast‐J), run in the model. Significant impacts on photochemistry are found with a decrease of 18% in O 3 production and 24% in O 3 destruction over 5 days when including aerosols. The plume is found to be chemically active with large O 3 increases attributed primarily to PAN decomposition during descent of the plume toward Europe. The predicted O 3 changes are very dependent on temperature changes during transport and also on water vapor levels in the lower troposphere which can lead to O 3 destruction. Simulation of mixing/dilution was necessary to reproduce observed pollutant levels in the plume. Mixing was simulated using background concentrations from measurements in air masses in close proximity to the plume, and mixing timescales (averaging 6.25 days) were derived from CO changes. Observed and simulated O 3 /CO correlations in the plume were also compared in order to evaluate the photochemistry in the model. Observed slopes change from negative to positive over 5 days. This change, which can be attributed largely to photochemistry, is well reproduced by multiple model runs even if slope values are slightly underestimated suggesting a small underestimation in modeled photochemical O 3 production. The possible impact of this biomass burning plume on O 3 levels in the European boundary layer was also examined by running the model for a further 5 days and comparing with data collected at surface sites, such as Jungfraujoch, which showed small O 3 increases and elevated CO levels. The model predicts significant changes in O 3 over the entire 10 day period due to photochemistry but the signal is largely lost because of the effects of dilution. However, measurements in several other BB plumes over Europe show that O 3 impact of Alaskan fires can be potentially significant over Europe.
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An experimental equipment for studying the vortex behavior in 3D flow separation was constructed to have a comprehensive understanding of a separated channel flow. The separation occurs on three side walls of the straight channel by the suction from a porous side wall. Several types of separation can be generated by changing the sucked flow rate and providing the inlet flow with velocity gradient. For a strong decelerating-flow without the inlet velocity gradient, an alternate flow pattern with an opposite vortex occurs at considerably irregular intervals. With the inlet velocity gradient, a vortex appears and disappears along an inclined separation line for a moderate decelerating-flow, and a large stable vortex exists in the separation region for a strong decelerating-flow. The behavior of these vortices was examined and discussed in relation to the vortices including in the inlet flow.
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The plane bubble plume is simulated by the two-dimensional vortex method proposed by the authors in a prior paper. The existing numerical methods calculate the velocity field, but the vortex method analyzes directly the vorticity field. Therefore, the vortical structure predominating the bubble plume promises to be reasonably simulated by the vortex method. In a tank containing water, hydrogen bubbles with a diameter 0.12 mm are released from the electrode placed on the base of tank. The simulation makes clear that the meandering behavior of the bubble plume is caused by the large-scale eddies induced by the rising bubbles. The effect of bubble flow rate on the bubble plume is confirmed to agree with the experimental result, demonstrating that the present vortex method is usefully applicable to the analysis of plane bubble plume.
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Abstract. We investigated the effects of fire-induced plume-rise on the simulation of carbon monoxide (CO) over Africa and its export during SAFARI 2000 using the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) with a CO tracer and a plume-rise parameterization scheme. The plume-rise parameterization scheme simulates the consequences of strong buoyancy of hot gases emitted from biomass burning, including both dry and cloud-associated (pyro-cumulus) lofting. The current implementation of the plume-rise parameterization scheme into the global model provides an opportunity to examine the effect of plume-rise on long-range transport. The CAM simulation with the plume-rise parameterization scheme seems to show a substantial improvement of the agreements between the modeled and aircraft-measured vertical distribution of CO over Southern Africa biomass-burning area. The plume-rise mechanism plays a crucial role in lofting biomass-burning pollutants to the middle troposphere. In the presence of deep convection we found that the plume-rise mechanism results in a decrease of CO concentration in the upper troposphere. The plume-rise depletes the boundary layer, and thus leaves lower concentrations of CO to be lofted by the deep convection process. The effect of the plume-rise on free troposphere CO concentration is more important for the source area (short-distance transport) than for remote areas (long-distance transport). A budget analysis of CO burden over Southern Africa reveals the plume-rise process to have a similar impact as the chemical production of CO by OH and CH4. In addition, the plume-rise process has an minor impact on the regional export. These results further confirm and extend previous findings in a regional model study. Effective lofting of large concentration of CO by the plume-rise mechanism also has implications for local air quality forecasting in areas affected by other fire-related pollutants.
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