Characterization and uncertainty analysis of VOCs emissions from industrial wastewater treatment plants

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Zhang, Kaishan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air toxics; Bootstrap simulation; General fate model; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

2-BUTANONE; AIR EMISSIONS; AIR TOXICS; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BOOTSTRAP SIMULATION; FATE MODEL; HEALTH CONCERNS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; MAINTENANCE FACILITY; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POINT ESTIMATE;

ACETONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 77956472312     PISSN: 19447442     EISSN: 19447450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10377     Document Type: Article

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