Effects of Straits on Hydro-Thermal Performance of Small Bays
Authors : Ahmet Metin Ger
Pages : 9675-9682
Doi:10.18400/tekderg.467567
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Publication Date : 2019-11-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :The heated surface jet discharged into a bay which is connected to a larger body of water through a strait may experience bifurcation in the bay and stratification in the strait. The combined effects of bifurcation and stratification may lead to a substantially greater rise in temperature than the rise expected in case of unrestricted receiving body of water. In this study, the behavior of heated effluents discharged into bays with a restricted access to a large body of water is scrutinized experimentally by the help of a scaled physical model.Dimensional analysis leads to a new dimensionless parameter Ar, area restriction parameter, on which the difference between the excess temperatures at the inlet of the strait for restricted and free receiving mediums, Δ(ΔT/ΔT 0 ) is shown to be strongly dependent.Keywords : Heated effluents, surface jets, excess heat