On the rise of buoyant plumes in turbulent environments

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Djurfors, S.

• A plume rise model is derived from the equations of turbulent motion, retaining the turbulent flux terms. The solutions are similar to those proposed earlier by Csanady but containing an exponential decay term. The model finds particular value in predicting a leveled-of£ plume trajectory in neutral atmospheric conditions. In unstable atmospheric conditions the ultimate mode of behavior depends on whether the atmospheric turbulence or the unstable stratification finally dominate the plume motion.

• Date created

  1977

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Oil Sands
  • Professional Paper 1977-4
  • Oil sands
  • Tar Sands
  • Tar sands
  • Syncrude
  • Modelling
  • Plume
  • Alberta
  • Canada, Alberta, Fort McMurray

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3JX9J

• License

  Conditions of Use Djurfors, S., 1977. On the rise of buoyant plumes in turbulent environments. Syncrude Canada Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta. Professional Paper 1977-4. 8 pp. Permission for non-commercial use, publication or presentation of excerpts or figures is granted, provided appropriate attribution (as above) is cited. Commercial reproduction, in whole or in part, is not permitted without prior written consent. The use of these materials by the end user is done without any affiliation with or endorsement by Syncrude Canada Ltd. Reliance upon the end user's use of these materials is at the sole risk of the end user.