Computer simulation of bubbler-induced melting of ice covers using experimental heat transfer results
After a brief description of the physical phenomenon associated with artificial suppression of winter ice sheets over water bodies by ‘Bubbler systems’ or submerged air injectors, results of laboratory experiments conducted to determine bubbler-induced heat transfer coefficients are reported. Implic...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1978
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l78-041 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/l78-041 |
| Summary: | After a brief description of the physical phenomenon associated with artificial suppression of winter ice sheets over water bodies by ‘Bubbler systems’ or submerged air injectors, results of laboratory experiments conducted to determine bubbler-induced heat transfer coefficients are reported. Implications and validity of results are discussed.As a second step, a procedure for computer-simulating the behavior of an ice sheet whose thickness is controlled by a bubbler system operating intermittently over a long period of time is developed. The simulation uses experimentally determined bubbler heat transfer coefficients, weather data, site characteristics, and desired performance as input data, and a finite difference method to solve the equations governing the ice thickness and temperature profile. Through an example simulation, the usefulness of the procedure in predicting ice thickness and temperature profile histories, and the effectiveness or suitability of a given bubbler system are demonstrated. |
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