吸收大小多样性:人口平衡方程应用于微塑料运输模型
Nithin Achutha Shettigar1, Qilong Bi1,2, Erik Toorman1
1Hydraulics and Geotechnics, Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 40, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
Environmental science & technology
|August 27, 2024
概括
人口平衡方程 (PBE) 方法提供了一种更有效的方法来模拟水生环境中的微塑料 (MP) 运输. 这种方法准确地跟踪不同的粒子大小,与传统的离散类 (DC) 方法不同,以较低的计算成本.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
背景情况:
- 水生系统中的微塑料 (MP) 运输是复杂的,因为塑料颗粒的特性各不相同.
- 现有的模型,如拉格朗的粒子跟踪和离散类 (DC) 方法,难以将粒子大小,密度和形状多样性纳入,这些对于准确的运输预测至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 引入和评估人口平衡方程 (PBE) 方法来建模微塑料的运输,特别是解决颗粒大小的多样性.
- 将PBE方法与传统的直流方法进行比较,以模拟微塑料的运输动态.
主要方法:
- 这项研究采用了人口平衡方程 (PBE) 方法,结合了吸附-扩散术语和沉积槽术语.
- 使用带有潮和河流排放的简化河口试验案例,将PBE方法与欧勒尔离散类 (DC) 方法进行比较,该方法模拟了MP的七个大小类.
主要成果:
- PBE方法成功地证明了其在模拟微塑料运输中的适用性,准确跟踪动态和完整的颗粒大小分布.
- 与DC模型相比,使用PBE模型时观察到计算成本的显著降低.
- 采用PBE方法显示了将其他微塑料多样性 (如形状和密度) 纳入其中的潜力.
结论:
- 人口平衡方程 (PBE) 方法是模拟水生环境中微塑料运输的合适和有效的替代方案.
- 与传统方法相比,PBE提供了动态和全面的粒子大小分布跟踪,与传统方法相比,计算需求减少.
- PBE框架提供了一个可扩展的解决方案,用于将更广泛的微塑性质,如形状和密度纳入运输模型.
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