A coupled simulation-optimization approach for groundwater remediation design under uncertainty: An application to a petroleum-contaminated site

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2485-2492

  He, L ^a   Huang, G H ^b,c   Lu, H W ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater remediation; Nonparametric statistics; Petroleum contamination; Stochastic simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS; PETROLEUM CONTAMINATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION; PUMPS; REMEDIATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; PETROLEUM;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODELING; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM; REMEDIATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CANADA; COST; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM; SOIL; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649249770     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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