Evaluation of a Modular Filter Concept to Reduce Microplastics and Other Solids from Urban Stormwater Runoff

dc.contributor.authorVenghaus, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorNeupert, Johannes Wolfgang
dc.contributor.authorBarjenbruch, Matthias
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-31T07:11:25Z
dc.date.available2023-03-31T07:11:25Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-27
dc.date.updated2023-02-23T10:48:24Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes an innovative Decentralized Technical Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) concept, which is based on technical devices, such as sieves, sedimentation barriers, floating barriers and a magnetic module, which addresses, mainly, the fine matter. The SuDS is designed as a retrofit system so that no costly and time-consuming conversion measures are necessary. Due to the possibility of free configurability of individual modules in the three levels, road, gully and drain, a novel solution approach is presented, which is not available on the market, for a reduction in solids in general and microplastics in particular. The retention performance of selected modules and their combinations is demonstrated by means of bench tests according to the test procedure of the German Institute for Construction Engineering (DIBt) for the evaluation of decentralized treatment systems. Four different rain intensities, from light to medium up to heavy rain, are charged to the filter modules. Collected and fractionated road-deposited sediment (RDS) was selected as the test substance (10 kg). Additional tests with tyre powder, PE pellets, cigarette butts and candy wrappers helped to make clear the filter process of the particulate matter. The retention performance was determined by the mass balance between the defined dosage and at the outlet. For this purpose, the total volume flow of the effluent was passed over a stainless-steel sieve with a diameter of 600 mm and a mesh size of 20 µm. For the test substance, RDS retention rates up to 97% were measured. Very fine matter, particularly, was technically challenging to obtain; <63 µm up to 66% could be retained by the filter modules. Modules in the road space, such as porous asphalt or additional retention spaces, in the area of the curb as well as direct infiltration in the road drainage shaft are theoretically described and discussed. The outlook also addresses the potential of an intelligent network to reduce the input of pollution from urban stormwater runoff.
dc.identifier.eissn2073-4441
dc.identifier.urihttps://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/18716
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-17525
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::690 Hausbau, Bauhandwerk::690 Hausbau, Bauhandwerk
dc.subject.othersustainable drainage system
dc.subject.othermicroplastic
dc.subject.otherroad runoff
dc.subject.otherhot spot
dc.subject.othermodular
dc.subject.otherlab-scale testing procedures
dc.titleEvaluation of a Modular Filter Concept to Reduce Microplastics and Other Solids from Urban Stormwater Runoff
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber506
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi10.3390/w15030506
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.issue3
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitleWater
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishernameMDPI
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplaceBasel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume15
dcterms.rightsHolder.referenceCreative-Commons-Lizenz
tub.accessrights.dnbfree
tub.affiliationFak. 6 Planen Bauen Umwelt::Inst. Bauingenieurwesen::FG Siedlungswasserwirtschaft
tub.publisher.universityorinstitutionTechnische Universität Berlin

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