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Investigation of the Sheltering Effects on the Mobilization of Microplastics in Open-Channel Flow.
Yu, Zijian; Loewen, Mark; Guo, Shuai; Guo, Zhiyong; Zhang, Wenming.
Afiliação
  • Yu Z; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1H9.
  • Loewen M; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1H9.
  • Guo S; Department of Municipal Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China.
  • Guo Z; College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
  • Zhang W; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1H9.
Environ Sci Technol ; 57(30): 11259-11266, 2023 Aug 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37475129
Microplastics (MPs) can be sheltered by bed grains, resulting in a higher threshold of mobilization compared with those moving on a smooth bed. Only one formula considering the sheltering effects has been proposed for the critical shear stress (τc) of MP mobilization by including the densities and sizes of MPs and bed grains, but it is inaccurate for MPs of certain materials such as PS and shows limitations in understanding the sheltering effects. Additionally, no method exists for the critical depth-averaged velocity (Uc). In this study, experiments were conducted measuring both τc and Uc of MPs (made of PA, PVC, and PET) deposited on rough beds of different roughnesses, with a focus on the sheltering effects. A power law relationship between τc and the density and size of MPs was found, and a new formula for estimating τc was proposed for MPs, which reduced the errors by approximately 40% compared with that of the previous formula (27.8%). To explicitly quantify the sheltering effects in MP mobilizations, hiddenness (ΔZ), exposure (ΔH), and longitudinal exposure (ΔX) were introduced, all of which were observed to follow a normal distribution. A semiempirical method for Uc was then proposed incorporating the new measures, which reduced the errors by around 70% compared to the methods developed for estimating the Uc values of sediments.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article