Experiments on Marine Wastewater Diffusers with Multiport Rosettes
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 137, Issue 10
Abstract
The dispersion capabilities of two types of marine wastewater diffusers, one with risers containing eight radial ports (rosette) and the other with the ports uniformly distributed, were directly compared in laboratory experiments for three scenarios: stationary and flowing unstratified, and flowing stratified. Tracer concentration fields were measured with a three-dimensional laser-induced fluorescence system. The dispersion capabilities, particularly dilution, of the two diffuser types were similar. The primary differences occurred with no current where the rosette diffuser plumes were bent inwards, causing a dynamic interaction. This resulted in a small reduction in near field dilution, an increase in the spreading layer thickness, and a decrease of the near field length. These differences were virtually eliminated by a flowing current when the eight individual plumes from a rosette first merged with themselves and then with those from neighboring risers to become laterally quite uniform at the end of the near field. The major near field characteristics were primarily determined by the buoyancy flux per unit length. Temporal concentration fluctuations were high close to the diffuser and then decreased and leveled off near the end of the near field where the discharge-induced turbulence collapses. The fluctuations do not go to zero, however, owing to remnants of previous fluctuations.
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Received: Jul 13, 2010
Accepted: Feb 22, 2011
Published online: Feb 24, 2011
Published in print: Oct 1, 2011
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