<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A plume model is used to describe the variation of the salt concentration at the discharge of a river into a saline water. The integral model of the plume behavior consists of a set of ordinary differential equations derived from conservation of mass, momentum and salt concentration. The temperatures of the plume and ambient saline water are considered equal. The concentration of the salt in the river water is null. The saline water is assumed motionless. After release from the river, the concentration of the salt in the plume increases by mixing with the ambient saline water. The rate of mixing depends upon the local plume and ambient fluid properties such as velocity and salt concentration.</p></abstract>

A plume model is used to describe the variation of the salt concentration at the discharge of a river into a saline water. The integral model of the plume behavior consists of a set of ordinary differential equations derived from conservation of mass, momentum and salt concentration. The temperatures of the plume and ambient saline water are considered equal. The concentration of the salt in the river water is null. The saline water is assumed motionless. After release from the river, the concentration of the salt in the plume increases by mixing with the ambient saline water. The rate of mixing depends upon the local plume and ambient fluid properties such as velocity and salt concentration.

The Variation of the Salt Concentration at the Discharge of a River into a Saline Water

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Analele ştiinţifice ale Universităţii "Ovidius" Constanţa. Seria Matematică

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A plume model is used to describe the variation of the salt concentration at the discharge of a river into a saline water. The integral model of the plume...

The Variation of the Salt Concentration at the Discharge of a River into a Saline Water

Publicado en línea: 22 sept 2020

Páginas: 137 - 147

Recibido: 10 jul 2019

Aceptado: 16 dic 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auom-2020-0023

© 2020 Gheorghe Juncu et al., published by Sciendo

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