The air/water exchange of volatile organic compounds from waters in the transient and turbulent regime

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2106-2112

  Dewulf, Jo ^a   Van Langenhove, Herman ^a   Heireman, Benedicte ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air water exchange; Mass transfer coefficient; Reynolds number; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs); Volatilization

Indexed keywords

AIR; CALCULATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE; VAPORIZATION; WATER;

AIR WATER EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

STIRRED TANK; TURBULENCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032125888     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00457-0     Document Type: Article

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