The authors propose a new "three-layer" conceptual model for the air-sea exchange of organic gases, which includes a dynamic surface microlayer with photochemical and biological processes. A parameterization...The authors propose a new "three-layer" conceptual model for the air-sea exchange of organic gases, which includes a dynamic surface microlayer with photochemical and biological processes. A parameterization of this three-layer model is presented, which was used to calculate the air-sea fluxes of acetone over the Pacific Ocean. The air-sea fluxes of acetone calculated by the three-layer model are in the same direction but possess half the magnitude of the fluxes calculated by the traditional two-layer model in the absence of photochemical and biological processes. However, photochemical and biological processes impacting acetone in the microlayer can greatly vary the calculated fluxes in the three-layer model, even reversing their direction under favorable conditions. Our model may help explain the discrepancies between measured and calculated acetone fluxes in previous studies. More measurements are needed to validate our conceptual model and provide constraints on the model parameters.展开更多
A three-dimensional direct simulation of an immersed solid particle approaching another particle, or a flat wall, is conducted to investigate the mechanics of hydrodynamic impact of immersed particles. The simulation ...A three-dimensional direct simulation of an immersed solid particle approaching another particle, or a flat wall, is conducted to investigate the mechanics of hydrodynamic impact of immersed particles. The simulation method is based on a modified immersed boundary method using a fixed grid system. When the particle separation distance becomes smaller than grid spacing, to account for the hydrodynamic resistance effect of liquid layer between particles near contact, a microlayer model is developed to allow determination of the pressure profile within the micro-layer without neglecting the inertial force of the layer flow. The pressure force is then taken into account in equation of particle motion. Comparisons of the simulation results with the experimental results reported in the literature are shown to substantiate the model presented in this study. The simulations reveal the complex three-dimensional flow field of the liquid and the motion of the approaching particle. The fluid pressure in the gap caused by the unsteady motion of the particle is significantly increased when the separation distance of particles is less than about one-tenth diameters of particle. Therefore the velocity of approaching particle starts to decrease due to the hydrodynamic resistance force at this position.展开更多
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41222035)
文摘The authors propose a new "three-layer" conceptual model for the air-sea exchange of organic gases, which includes a dynamic surface microlayer with photochemical and biological processes. A parameterization of this three-layer model is presented, which was used to calculate the air-sea fluxes of acetone over the Pacific Ocean. The air-sea fluxes of acetone calculated by the three-layer model are in the same direction but possess half the magnitude of the fluxes calculated by the traditional two-layer model in the absence of photochemical and biological processes. However, photochemical and biological processes impacting acetone in the microlayer can greatly vary the calculated fluxes in the three-layer model, even reversing their direction under favorable conditions. Our model may help explain the discrepancies between measured and calculated acetone fluxes in previous studies. More measurements are needed to validate our conceptual model and provide constraints on the model parameters.
基金This work is supported by Scientific Research Foundation for Returned 0verseas Chinese Scholarsthe National Natural Science Foundation of China(50476049).
文摘A three-dimensional direct simulation of an immersed solid particle approaching another particle, or a flat wall, is conducted to investigate the mechanics of hydrodynamic impact of immersed particles. The simulation method is based on a modified immersed boundary method using a fixed grid system. When the particle separation distance becomes smaller than grid spacing, to account for the hydrodynamic resistance effect of liquid layer between particles near contact, a microlayer model is developed to allow determination of the pressure profile within the micro-layer without neglecting the inertial force of the layer flow. The pressure force is then taken into account in equation of particle motion. Comparisons of the simulation results with the experimental results reported in the literature are shown to substantiate the model presented in this study. The simulations reveal the complex three-dimensional flow field of the liquid and the motion of the approaching particle. The fluid pressure in the gap caused by the unsteady motion of the particle is significantly increased when the separation distance of particles is less than about one-tenth diameters of particle. Therefore the velocity of approaching particle starts to decrease due to the hydrodynamic resistance force at this position.