A MATLAB-based modeling and simulation program for dispersion of multipollutants from an industrial stack for educational use in a course on air pollution control

Computer Applications in Engineering Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-312

  Fatehifar, E ^a   Elkamel, A ^b   Taheri, M ^c  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Industrial stack; Multiple cell model; Pollutant dispersion; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

GAUSSIAN MODEL; MATLAB PROGRAM; MULTIPLE CELL MODEL; MULTIPOLLUTANTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33846496192     PISSN: 10613773     EISSN: 10990542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cae.20089     Document Type: Article

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