a guide to the design of air bubblers
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Chapter39A GUIDETOTHE DESIGNOP AIRBUBBLERSFOR MELTINGICE
SimonInceHydraulicsSection,NationalResearchCouncilOttawa,CanadaINTRODUCTION
Theuseofair bubblersformaintainingice-freeareasinlakesandintheseahasbeenreportedabundantlyinthetechnicalliterature. Thisauthor(1962)reportedhisobservationsontwoair bubblerinstallationsintheCanadianArctictotheEighthInternationalConferenceonCoastalEngineering.Theresultsoftheseinvestigationswere,atthattime,stillinconclusive.oday,someofthemysteryisresolvedanditistheauthor'sopinionthattheexistenceofaheatreserveistheanswertotheproblem.asedonthispremise,anattemptismadeheretodevelopsomeguidelinesfortheproper utilizationofthisthermalreserve.
AIR BUBBLERSYSTEMSAreviewoftheliteratureandevaluationofexperi-mentsandobservationsbringoutthefollowingsalientpoints.
1. PREVENTIONOPICE-COVERFORMATIONTopreventiceformationtheoperationoftheairbubblermustbeginbeforefreeze-up. Ifalargethermalreserveduetostratificationexists,thentheupwardtrans-portandmixingofthewarmerstratasuppliestothesurfacelayerswateraboveitsfreezing pointandcompensatesfortheheatlossestotheatmosphere.hesizeoftheice-freeareadepends-asidefromatmosphericconditions-uponthe
temperaturestructureofthewater,thequantityofwatertransportedtothesurface,themixingintheverticalplumeandthetemperatureandvelocitydecayofthesurfacecurrent.Ifthereisinsufficientthermalreservetocompensateforheatlosses,thesystemmaystillworktoalimitedex-tent,providedthereisenoughturbulencecreatedonthesur-facetopreventtheformationofasolidicecover. Theheatlossesinthiscasearecompensatedbytheformationoffrazilice,eachgram ofwhichliberatesuponfreezingit slatentheatoffusion. Thefrazilparticlesarecarriedaway
bythecurrentsanddepositedontheundersideoftheadjacenticesheets. Theprinciplesinvolvedinthisprocessarethesameinfreshorseawater.600
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AGUIDETOTHEDESIGNOFAIRBUBBLERSFORMELTING ICE0 12 . MELTINGOPANEXISTINGICECOVER
Themeltingofanicecover whenalargethermalreserveexistsi safunctionoftheflowfactorsoutlinedintheprevioussection. Ifthereisinsufficientthermalre-servewithintherangeofinfluenceoftheairbubblers,onlyalimitedamountoficecanberemovedfromtheundersideofthecover. Therearereports,however,thatbyusingunder-waterp u r i p s ,undercertainconditionsitispossiblet o"erode"theseaicebythemechanicalactionofabrasionratherthan meltitbythermalenergy. Thedisturbingpartoftheseclaimsi sthattheefficiencyoft h esystemisreportedtobemuchgreaterthan100percent,i.e.theenergyinputissmallerthanthatrequiredtomeltthevolumeofice. Thisisundoubtedlyanareawhich willrequiremoreresearch. Basedonreportsoftheoperationofthispump,i ti stheopinionofthisauthorthattwofactorsmighthavecontributedtot h esuccessoftheoperation.( a ) Theremusthavebeenintheregionasmallthermalreservenotdetectedbyconventionaloceanographicinstruments. Withtheverylargeamountsofwatercirculatedbythepumpthismayhavebeensufficienttohoneycombtheicecoverandcauseitsdisintegration.( b ) Theexperimentswereconductedinrelativelymildweather ( about0C)atwhichtimethestrengthofseaicehaddecreasedconsiderably,thuscontributingto
therapiddecay.SOMEAPPROXIMATERULESFORTHEDESIGNOP AIR-BUBBLERSYSTEMSOnthepremisethaticeremovalisduetothermaleffects,anattemptwillbemadet ogivesimpleworkingrulesforthepracticingengineer,toguidehimintheefficientdesignofairbubblerinstallations.Thehydrodynamicsofbubblecurtainsinhomogeneouswater hasbeenstudiedquiteextensively. Forthepractic-ingengineertheresultsofBulson(1961)andAbrahamand
Burgh( 1 9 6 i j . )aremostuseful.InsummaryandreferringtoFigure1 ,thefollowingrelationshipsarefoundt obevalid withinreasonablelimits.
( a )hemaximumhorizontalvelocity0ccursapproxi-matelyatadistance =d/2 1 ) ( b )0=1.2(g.qa)l/3 2 ) (c) dA 3 ) where
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AGUIDETOTHEDESIGN OFAIRBUBBLERSFORMELTING ICE09Ifthebubbleristobeinstalledatthebottom(d- 20m.),i tseemsreasonabletoassumethatthetemperatureofthehorizontaljetat =d/2illbeppproximately =1 C . Conveniently, Ts=0
With q = 0.0612cal/cm2/sec.X = 2000c m .k s 0.00133cal/sec.cm/CTl"Ts = 1C.V = 1.86 10"2cm2/sec.h- = 500c m .
equation(11)yields VQ=3 2cm/sec.Promequation(2), q 1920c m - ' / s e c / m .Theenergypersecondavailableintheairleavingthemani-fold,assumingisothermalconditionsandanairpressurejustsufficienttoovercomethestatichead,isgivenby
wherespecific weightofwaterYwHQ=atmosphericpressureinc m .ofwater.
Substitutionofvaluesyields,EA =207watts/m.
Forthesameconditions,ifthemanifoldissuspendedatadepthof10m , db =-r 250c m ,andweget m3
V0=b$ cm/sec,a 5 1 + 6 0j /m,and E.=373watts/m.CONCLUSIONS
Thepaperi sanattempttoputonamorerationalbasisthedesignofairbubblersformeltingtheicecoverandmaintainingice-freeareasinlakesandinthesea.incethereisnotsufficientexperimentaldatat osupportthevalidityofsomeoftherelationshipsusedfromthewall-jetanalogy,cautionshouldbeexercisedin puttingtoomuch
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610 OASTALENGINEERINGfaithinexactnumericalresults.evertheless,itisbe-lievedthattheprocedureoutlinedabovemightbeusefulinestimatingtheorderofmagnitudeoftheairsupplyandpowerrequirements,onceinformationisavailableabouttheatmos-phericandoceanicorlimnologicenvironment.
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