Abstract
This work is concerned with the dispersion of a buoyant solute in a straight horizontal pipe of circular cross-section where dispersion is affected by molecular diffusion, the laminar flow along the pipe and density currents. Erdogan & Chatwin (1967) have derived an equation for the mean concentration $\overline{C}$ of a buoyant solute using a relatively simple asymptotic model, and have predicted that the dispersion induced by buoyancy effects depends on the Péclet number of the flow. In this part of this study an approximate expression is derived for $\overline{C}$ from Erdogan & Chatwin's equation, and an asymptotic form is obtained for the second moment of distributions of buoyant solutes. The examination of the second moment leads to a simple, but important, result: the dispersion induced by density currents at large times is small compared with the dispersion induced by density currents at times when transient effects are significant.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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