Nonparametric modeling of mass transfer coefficients for air stripping packed towers

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 549-559

  Narbaitz, Roberto M ^a   Djebbar, Yassine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air stripping tower; Mass transfer coefficient; Nonparametric kernel regression; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

AIR STRIPPING; PACKED; SEPARATION-GAS/GAS; TOWERS;

CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR STRIPPING PACKED TOWERS; LIQUID FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; NONPARAMETRIC KERNEL REGRESSION; NONPARAMETRIC MODELING; ONDA CORRELATION;

TOWERS;

EID: 0030111659     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l96-059     Document Type: Article

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