A new approach for estimating volatile organic compound emissions from sewers: Methodology and associated errors

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-282

  Olson, David A ^a   Varma, Sunil ^a   Corsi, Richard L ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions; Models; Sewers; Stripping; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEWERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

OPEN TRENCH METHOD;

AIR POLLUTION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EMISSION; SEWER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

GAS ANALYSIS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEWER; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0032078434     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X124894     Document Type: Review

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