Fluid-Modeling Studies of Convective Dispersion Processes

摘要

These experiments are part of a project whose objectives are to improve our understanding of diffusion in convective turbulence and to develop better models of this diffusion for a wide range of applications. Toward those ends, two diffusion problems are being studied in the Fluid modeling Facility (FMF) convection tank. The first concerns 'transport asymmetry,' the difference in the diffusion properties of scalars introduced at the bottom and top of convective boundary layers. The second area of study, the diffusion of highly buoyant plumes in the convective boundary layer, will be carried Out under subcontract by Dr. J. C. Weil of CIRES at the University of Colorado.