Investigation of Horizontal Buoyant Jet Using Particle Image Velocimetry

ABSTRACT

A discharge with both momentum and buoyancy is called a “buoyant jet” or “forced plume”. These types of buoyant jets are found in many engineering situations such as discharge of effluents and maintenance of solar ponds. The gradient zone in the solar pond can break down due to local instabilities leading to development of an internal convective layer in the non-convective zone of the solar pond. To remove the internal convective layer fresh water jet is injected to a brine solution. PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) technique is used for flow analysis of such a jet.

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