A SIBEO wave-driven seawater pump is proposed to inject clean and oxygen-rich
seawater from outside the port of Ensenada, Baja California, to promote flushing in
the more stagnant sections of the harbor. Results from a simple two-dimensional
numerical model of the port hydrodynamics shed light on how the tides cannot on
their own adequately flush the system. A three-dimensional model, which includes
thermal stratification, illustrates how the pumped seawater ventilation can
spread throughout the harbor via a density channel set up by the seasonal
thermocline.
Keywords
wave energy, flushing of stagnant coastal water bodies
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y
Limnología
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Circuito Exterior S/N
Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México D.F.
Mexico