Abstract
In view of the possible dust pollution of atmospheric caused by large open-air piles, a scheme of using butterfly porous fences is proposed. Based on the actual cause of large open-air piles, this study makes an in-depth study on the wind shielding effect of butterfly porous fences. The effects of hole shape and bottom gap on the flow characteristics are investigated behind the butterfly porous fence with the porosity of 0.273 through the combined methods of computational fluid dynamics and validating PIV experiments. The streamlines distribution and X-velocity behind the porous fence of numerical simulation are in good agreement with the experimental results and based on the research group’s previous work, the numerical model is feasible. The concept of the wind reduction ratio is proposed to quantitatively evaluate the wind shielding effect of the porous fence. The results show that the butterfly porous fence with circular holes provided the best shelter effect with the wind reduction ratio of 78.34%, and the optimal bottom gap ratio is about 0.075 with the highest wind reduction ratio of 80.1%. When a butterfly porous fence is applied on site, the diffusion range of dust in open-air piles is significantly reduced compared with that without a fence. In conclusion, the circular holes with the bottom gap ratio of 0.075 are suitable for the butterfly porous fence in practical applications and provide a solution for wind-induced control in large open-air piles.
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Simulation: Qiheng Jiao. Experiment: Yan Wang. Data reduction: Junmei Zhang and Hongyan Zhai. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Zhenya Duan. All the authors commented on the previous versions of the manuscript. All the authors contributed to reviewing and editing according to the reviewer’s comments. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Duan, Z., Jiao, Q., Wang, Y. et al. Effects of hole shape and bottom gap on the flow characteristics behind butterfly porous fence and its application in dust diffusion control in large open-air piles. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 56148–56160 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26293-x
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