Numerical study of buoyant plumes from a multi-flue chimney released into an atmospheric boundary layer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3951-3962

  Konig C S ^a   Mokhtarzadeh Dehghan, M R ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Multi flue chimney; Numerical modelling; Plume; Source interaction

Indexed keywords

CHIMNEYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL PLUMES;

BUOYANT PLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CHIMNEY; PLUME; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALCULATION; CHIMNEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW RATE; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0347264739     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00310-2     Document Type: Article

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