In the application of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for the simulation of the interface-resolved particulate flows, the bounce-back (BB) type rules have been widely adopted to handle the complex boundaries of moving particle. However, the original method cannot preserve the integrity of the particle shape, resulting in a low-resolution for the flow description near the solid boundary. Even though the subsequent modified BB scheme, i.e. the curved boundary condition (CBC), improves the overall accuracy, it generally loses the local-computation property of the simple BB. Therefore, a CBC is proposed in this paper, which maintains the two advantages of the second-order accuracy and local computation in the boundary treatment simultaneously. In the present scheme, information of only a single fluid point is needed. Furthermore, the relative distance between the fluid point and the boundary surface is involved, contributing to the second-order accuracy that is validated in the Poiseuille and cylindrical Couette flows. Particularly, it is found that the precision of the present scheme can be greatly improved with the nonequilibrium distribution functions of two directions included. Three more test cases of particle-laden flow, including particle migration in a channel, the sedimentation of a particle under gravity and the drafting-kissing-tumbling (DKT) dynamics of two settling particles, further demonstrate the feasibility and accuracy of the present scheme.
Fly ash and slag are important by-products obtained from combustion of municipal sewage sludge (MSS) after pelletization. The quantitative environmental impact assessment of heavy metals in fly ash and slag, compared to MSS, were performed in accordance with bioavailability and eco-toxicity, geo-accumulation index (GAI), risk assessment code (RAC), and potential ecological risk index (PERI). The results demonstrated that not only direct but also long-term bioavailability and eco-toxicity of heavy metals in fly ash and slag decreased except direct bioavailability and eco-toxicity of Pb in fly ash. The GAI demonstrated that combustion significantly weakened (P < 0.05) the pollution levels of heavy metals. PERI indicated that all risks attributed to heavy metals were significantly lowered (P < 0.05) from 777.07 (very high risk) in MSS to 288.72 (moderate risk) and 64.55 (low risk) in fly ash and slag, respectively. In terms of the RAC, seven heavy metals had low even no risk to the environments after combustion besides As in slag. The environmental risk of heavy metals in fly ash and slag was decreased compared with MSS. However, the results of PERI showed that fly ash had a moderate risk.
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