Masters Theses

Abstract

"The influence of turbidity on the diurnal temperature distribution and thermocline development in a deep water impoundment which is exposed to heating and cooling loads by convection, evaporation, and radiation is examined analytically. The diurnal behavior of the solar load, directional and spectral, is used with an isotropic multiple scattering model to simulate the attenuation of solar flux by turbid water. The diurnal behavior of the ambient temperature, humidity and wind speed were mathematically modeled to simulate the local (Phelps Co.) spring time of the year. The combined conduction and radiation energy transfer through the water was treated as a one dimensional problem and the governing energy equation was numerically solved through an explicit finite difference method. The resulting temperature distribution is significantly affected by the turbidity level of the water and the behavior is similar to the natural temperature distribution in water reservoir. The surface temperature, however, appears to be affected more directly by the ambient conditions and not by the turbidity level of the water"--Abstract p. ii

Advisor(s)

Bassem F. Armaly

Committee Member(s)

Dwight C. Look
Chung You Ho

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

1976

Pagination

vii, 73 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-63)

Rights

© 1976 David Allen Prouty, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 4228

Print OCLC #

5995321

Link to Catalog Record

Full-text not available: Request this publication directly from Missouri S&T Library or contact your local library.

http://merlin.lib.umsystem.edu/record=b1067746~S5

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