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Evaluation of tidal bores effects of Persian Gulf on the stage-discharge curve of the Karun River
The rivers that pour to seas and oceans are known as tidal rivers. A governing factor on tidal rivers is tidal bores which are produced by the gravity of moon and sun. Reflection of waves from beaches and the shape of beaches and effects of shallow water, effect on tidal bores in the mouth of tidal rivers. These factors convert tidal bores from time periodic condition to no periodic condition. Tidal bores move to upstream of river while fluvial flows go toward downstream of river. Because of combination of Tidal bores and fluvial flows, hydraulic and hydrologic conditions are very complex in the tidal rivers. Measurement of velocity and discharge of current is impossible in the tidal limit of tidal rivers. For determination of stage-discharge curves, an especial method is needed. In this research, water surface elevation is estimated by using discharge of fluvial flow in Ahvaz and tidal height in Khoramshar in tidal limit of the Karun River (from Khoramshar to Darkhovein). Water surface elevation is shown by structural curves and regression relations. These curves and relations are suitable tools for determination of water surface elevation in the tidal limit of the Karun River by using discharge of fluvial flow in Ahvaz and tidal height of Khoramshar
Spontaneous and Flow-Driven Interfacial Phase Change: Dynamics of Microemulsion Formation at the Pore Scale
The
dynamic behavior of microemulsion-forming water–oil–amphiphiles
mixtures is investigated in a 2.5D micromodel. The equilibrium phase
behavior of such mixtures is well-understood in terms of macroscopic
phase transitions. However, what is less understood and where experimental
data are lacking is the coupling between the phase change and the
bulk flow. Herein, we study the flow of an aqueous surfactant solution–oil
mixture in porous media and analyze the dependence of phase formation
and spatial phase configurations on the bulk flow rate. We find that
a microemulsion forms instantaneously as a boundary layer at the initial
surface of contact between the surfactant solution and oil. The boundary
layer is temporally continuous because of the imposed convection.
In addition to the imposed flow, we observe spontaneous pulsed Marangoni
flows that drag the microemulsion and surfactant solution into the
oil stream, forming large (macro)Âemulsion droplets. The formation
of the microemulsion phase at the interface distinguishes the situation
from that of the more common Marangoni flow with only two phases present.
Additionally, an emulsion forms via liquid–liquid nucleation
or the Ouzo effect (i.e., spontaneous emulsification) at low flow
rates and via mechanical mixing at high flow rates. With regard to
multiphase flow, contrary to the common belief that the microemulsion
is the wetting liquid, we observe that the minor oil phase wets the
solid surface. We show that a layered flow pattern is formed because
of the out-of-equilibrium phase behavior at high volumetric flow rates
(order of 2 m/day) where advection is much faster than the diffusive
interfacial mass transfer and transverse mixing, which promote equilibrium
behavior. At lower flow rates (order of 30 cm/day), however, the dynamic
and equilibrium phase behaviors are well-correlated. These results
clearly show that the phase change influences the macroscale flow
behavior
Spontaneous and Flow-Driven Interfacial Phase Change: Dynamics of Microemulsion Formation at the Pore Scale
The
dynamic behavior of microemulsion-forming water–oil–amphiphiles
mixtures is investigated in a 2.5D micromodel. The equilibrium phase
behavior of such mixtures is well-understood in terms of macroscopic
phase transitions. However, what is less understood and where experimental
data are lacking is the coupling between the phase change and the
bulk flow. Herein, we study the flow of an aqueous surfactant solution–oil
mixture in porous media and analyze the dependence of phase formation
and spatial phase configurations on the bulk flow rate. We find that
a microemulsion forms instantaneously as a boundary layer at the initial
surface of contact between the surfactant solution and oil. The boundary
layer is temporally continuous because of the imposed convection.
In addition to the imposed flow, we observe spontaneous pulsed Marangoni
flows that drag the microemulsion and surfactant solution into the
oil stream, forming large (macro)Âemulsion droplets. The formation
of the microemulsion phase at the interface distinguishes the situation
from that of the more common Marangoni flow with only two phases present.
Additionally, an emulsion forms via liquid–liquid nucleation
or the Ouzo effect (i.e., spontaneous emulsification) at low flow
rates and via mechanical mixing at high flow rates. With regard to
multiphase flow, contrary to the common belief that the microemulsion
is the wetting liquid, we observe that the minor oil phase wets the
solid surface. We show that a layered flow pattern is formed because
of the out-of-equilibrium phase behavior at high volumetric flow rates
(order of 2 m/day) where advection is much faster than the diffusive
interfacial mass transfer and transverse mixing, which promote equilibrium
behavior. At lower flow rates (order of 30 cm/day), however, the dynamic
and equilibrium phase behaviors are well-correlated. These results
clearly show that the phase change influences the macroscale flow
behavior