Risk-based design of air stripping towers with fuzzy set theory

Journal of Environmental Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-149

  Schauble, Jon W ^a   Dvorak, Bruce I ^b  

^a BURNS AND MCDONNELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUZZY SETS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR STRIPPING TOWERS; HENRY CONSTANT; RISK-BASED DESIGN METHODOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033280973     PISSN: 00472433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/4FFD-Q63X-EH82-WNGB     Document Type: Article

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