An Analysis of Pool Surface Deformation Due to a Plunging Liquid Jet

Abstract

The entrainment of non-condensible gases by a plunging liquid jet impacting a liquid pool is related to some important practical problems. For example, the absorption of greenhouse gases into the ocean has been hypothesized to be highly dependent upon the air carryunder that occurs during breaking waves, which represent a type of plunging jet Monahan, 1991; Kerman, 1984. Other applications include some type of liquid/gas chemical reactors. In order to enhance the reaction rate, a jet of liquid entrains the surrounding gas reactant forming a two-phase jet. The reaction rate is enhanced because of the increase of the interfacial area density and the pseudo-turbulence produced by the entrained gas bubbles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA253843

Entities

People

  • D. A. Drew
  • F. Bonetto
  • R. T. Lahey Jr.

Organizations

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Entrainment
  • Analytic Functions
  • Asymptotic Series
  • Boundaries
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reactors
  • Complex Variables
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Differential Equations
  • Entrainment
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Liquid Jets
  • Mass Transfer
  • Surface Tension
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.