115609

PROBABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATIONS IN PLUME DISPERSAL

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Mining and Metallurgical Engineering.

Abstract

The probability characteristics of the concentration fluctuation in pollutant plume dispersion in a neutral stratified atmospheric boundary layer were investigated experimentally in a wind tunnel experiment. It was examined using a tracer gas without buoyancy, which emitted from a fixed point in the ground surface. The diffusion fields in the boundary layer were examined using an isolated building model. Instantaneous concentration fluctuations were measured along the mean plume centerline at various downwind distances from the source at different heights with the frequency of 1KHz. Probabililistic analysis was performed on the concentration fluctuation, and results were presented for probability density functions (PDF) of mean concentration, fluctuation intensity and crosswind mean-plume dispersion. Furthermore, the effects of turbulence intensity on the statistical nature of concentration fluctuations were presented and discussed. Probability density functions of the concentration fluctuation data have shown a significant nonGaussian behavior. The lognormal distribution appeared to be the best fit to the shape of actual probability density functions of fluctuating concentration measured in the boundary layer wind flows in a wind tunnel. The plume dispersion PDF near the source was observed shorter than that those far from the source.

DOI

10.21608/jesaun.2008.115609

Keywords

Atmospheric dispersion, Concentration fluctuation, Probability distribution, Wind tunnel experiment

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

F. Yassin

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Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut-71516, Egypt other E-mail : mfy@aun.edu.eg

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mfy_64@yahoo.com

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36

Article Issue

No 1

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16622

Issue Date

2008-01-01

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2007-11-05

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2008-01-01

Page Start

115

Page End

130

Print ISSN

1687-0530

Online ISSN

2356-8550

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Research Paper

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1,438

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JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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https://jesaun.journals.ekb.eg/

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PROBABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATIONS IN PLUME DISPERSAL

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23 Jan 2023