Abstract
Based on experimental findings in laboratory scale about the density destratification process by a bubble plume, a set of numerical simulations have been carried out. Eulerian-Lagrangian bubbly flow model equations are applied for the bubble plume to numerically replay the process in 2D and 3D geometries. Enhancement of the destratification by repetitive bubble injection (RBI) has been confirmed in 2D simulation, which is realized by wavy transport of density currents along horizontal density interfaces. The same effect in a real 3D geometry of a dam lake has been partly observed. However, complexity of the flow domain makes it obscure, implying farther study required to intensity the function of the RBI-based destratification.
