Research Group on
Desalination and Industrial Outfalls
University of Ottawa
Presented by
Majid Mohammadian, Ph,D., P.Eng.
Associate Professor
Design of an outfall system
Mathematical theory of turbulence
caused by heat sources
Majda, Mohammadian, Xing (2010), J. Fluid Mechanics
Turbulent jets
Acknowledgment
Fisheries and
Oceans Canada
Canadian
Nuclear
Safety
Commission
Canadian
Space
Agency
RAS LAFAN, Qatar
intake
outfall
Level 1`
Level 2
Level 3
Level 1
Farur
Lengeh
Ghanada
Qatar University, Chemical Engineering
Department
Results
Field measurements
Canada, Rhodamine tests
Canada, Rhodamine tests
Use of infra-red and radar images
Numerical models
Tomographic PIV-PILF
Experiments
• Schematic view of surface jet discharge in crossflow
Width of Crossflow
Ambient Current
Surface Jet
Experimental and numerical study of negatively
buoyant surface discharge in crossflow
Climate Change
People
Profs
C. Rennie
I. Nistor
A. Beljadid
H. Shirkhani
O. Seidou
Students
I. Vouk
X. Liu
A. Gharavi
H. Kheirkhah
V. Pilechi
References
1.
Beljadida, A. Mohammadiana, HazimQiblaweyb , 2013. An accurate finite volume method using fourth order
Adams scheme on triangular grids for the Saint-Venant System, 4th Specialty Conference on Coastal, Estuary and
Offshore Engineering, CSCE, Montreal, Canada.
2.
Beljadida, A. Mohammadiana, HazimQiblaweyb, 2012. Numerical simulation of rotation dominated linear
shallow water flows using finite volume methods and fourth order Adams scheme, Computers & Fluids, Volume
62, Pages 64–70
3.
Beljadid A., Mohammadian A., Qiblawey H.M., 2013. An unstructured finite volume method for large-scale
shallow flows using the fourth-order Adams scheme. Computers & Fluids, (Elsevier) 88, 579-589.
4.
Beljadid A., Mohammadian A., Qiblawey H.M., 2014, Well-balanced Unstructured Scheme for the Saint-Venant
System with topography, Proceedings of the New Trends in Transport Phenomena Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
5.
H. Shirkhani, O. Seidou, A. Mohammadina, H. Qiblawey, 2013. Projection of Significant Wave Height in Qatar
Coast under RCPs Climate Change Scenarios, Natural Hazards.
6. H. Shirkhani, O. Seidou, A. Mohammadina, H. Qiblawey. 2014. Climate Change Impacts on Wind
Climatology, International Conference on New Trends in Transport Phenomena, Ottawa, Canada.
7. KheirkhahGildeh H., Mohammadian A., Nistor I., Qiblawey H. 2013.Numerical Modeling of 30˚ and 45˚
Inclined Dense Turbulent Jets in Stationary Ambient. J. Env. Fluid Mech., under 2nd review. Jets in
Stationary Ambient. Env. Fluid Mech.
8. KheirkhahGildeh H., Mohammadian A., Nistor I., Qiblawey H. 2014.Numerical Modeling of Turbulent
Buoyant Wall Jets in Stationary Ambient Water, J. Hydraul. Eng., 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000871,
04014012.
9. KheirkhahGildeh H., Mohammadian A., Nistor I., Qiblawey H., 2013. Numerical Simulation of Thermal
Buoyant Wall Jets, 4th Specialty Conference on Coastal, Estuary and Offshore Engineering, CSCE,
Montreal, Canada.
10.Pilechi, A., Mohammadian, A.M., Rennie, C.D., Qiblawey, H., 2014.Hydrodynamic Modelling for
Environmental Impact Assessment of Qatar Desalination Plants, International Conference on New Trends in
Transport Phenomena, Ottawa, Canada.
11.Pilechi, A., Mohammadian, A.M., Rennie, C.D., Qiblawey, H., 2014. Numerical modeling of a Coaxial
Buoyant Surface Discharge, International Conference on desalination , environment and marine outfall
system, Muscat, Oman.