Exploring jets and Plumes

ENVE3601
Activity 1- Jet
You will investigate the properties of jets (flow driven by momentum of flow out of the
nozzle).

Instructions
1. Fill your tank with fresh water.
2. You will use a small pump (turned down to its minimum flow rate) to create your
jet. Figure out how to set up a jet at the bottom and centre of the tank.
3. Introduce fresh, dyed water via your tubing and pump.
4. Observe the resultant entrainment and mixing processes.
5. What will the across-jet profiles of jet velocity and dye concentration look like?


Activity 2- Plumes
You will investigate the properties of plumes (flow driven by density difference).
Instructions
1. Fill your tank with salt water (~ 250 mL of salt per 10 L of water).
2. Figure out how to introduce very low momentum water to the bottom of the tank
using the fittings and 4 mm tube, and a beaker of water.
3. Introduce fresh, dyed water at the bottom and centre of the tank.
4. Observe the resultant entrainment and mixing processes.


Activity 3- Buoyant jet
You will investigate the properties of a buoyant jet. A buoyant jet is a flow that is a
combination of a jet and a plume.
Instructions
1. Fill the tank with salt water.
2. Use the pump and fresh, dyed water to introduce a buoyant jet.
3. Observe the resultant entrainment and mixing processes.


When you have completed the jet, plume and buoyant jet activities compare and
contrast your observations. Which is the most efficient at achieving mixing? Is there a
different answer depending on which height above the outlet you are studying?