Modeling and visualization of the changes of flow in the modular paver using ANSYS FLUENT
| Autor: | M Z M Salwa, A S N Amirah, A N Kamarudzaman, Z Hassan, Noor Ainee Zainol, Muaz Mohd Zaini Makhtar, A W Mahyun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 1135:012025 |
| ISSN: | 1755-1315 1755-1307 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1755-1315/1135/1/012025 |
| Popis: | Increasing quantity of stormwater runoff is natural but problematic consequences of urbanization. In addressing the issue, the porous pavement usage with modular installation system has been the new alternative being experimented instead of the traditional impervious asphalt and concrete pavers. The effectiveness of porous pavement depends upon the media materials used. This study examined the potentials of an invented surface fill arrangement to be used in conjunction with the hexagonal modular system where the media tested consists of granular activated carbon (GAC), sand and zeolite. The resulting optimum bed heights of 5 cm, 5 cm and 0 cm respectively for the GAC, sand and zeolite, corroborated with the outcome of employing the optimization function, thus validating the reliability of the given arrangement. Modeling using CFD ANSYS FLUENT software and visualizing the changes in the hexagonal module filled with GAC and sand of 5 cm thickness each resulted in a flow velocity of 3.5 x 10−5 m/s while a physical experiment on the fixed filter bed media consisting of the two materials gave an unsaturated velocity of 3.08 x 10−5 m/s. The 12 % difference between the experimental and simulated velocities was considered acceptable. The results showed that GAC and sand can be used as the media for the modular paver system that treats stormwater for heavy metals contamination while serving as a practical porous pavement alternative. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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