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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 583, 2024
Innovative Technologies for Environmental Science and Energetics (ITESE-2024)
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Article Number | 03024 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
Section | Oil, Gas, and Fuel Research and Applications | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202458303024 | |
Published online | 25 October 2024 |
Modeling the trajectories of floating and non-floating microplastic particles in the water column
1 Don State Technical University, 1, Gagarina Square, Rostov-on-Don, 344002, Russia
2 Chekhov Taganrog Institute (branch) of Rostov State University of Economics, 48, Initsiativnaya Street, 347936, Taganrog, Russia
* Corresponding author: rab55555@rambler.ru
The distribution and movement of microparticles of plastic (MP) in freshwater and marine environments are determined by the characteristics of both MP and the surrounding flow. The most common plastic polymers in the aquatic environment, such as polyethylene and polypropylene, have a density lower than the density of water. Therefore, based only on buoyancy, it is expected that most MP will be present in the surface layers of the aquatic environment. In both freshwater and marine environments, turbulence-induced mixing depends on factors such as velocity gradient and convective flow. Consequently, the surface wind, the deep temperature gradient and the breaking of waves in the surf zone can lead to the formation of turbulence and deep vertical mixing. In such conditions, in addition to gravity and buoyancy, the motion caused by turbulent mixing can affect the vertical transport and distribution of particles. The paper presents the results of modeling Lagrangian trajectories for floating particles and non-floating particles, under wave conditions they correspond to regular waves, while the particle sizes range from 10 microns to 5 mm, and the density ranges from 0.88 to 2.80 g/cm3, which is within some of the most common densities of microplastic particles.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2024
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