Numerical and Meta-Modeling of Nitrate Transport Reduced by Nano-Fe/Cu Particles in Packed Sand Column

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-174

  Hosseini, Seiyed Mossa ^a   Kholghi, Majid ^a   Vagharfard, Hassan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HORMOZGAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

ANFIS model; Contaminant transport; Nitrate reduction; Numerical modeling; NZVI; Packed sand column

Indexed keywords

ANFIS MODEL; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; NITRATE REDUCTION; NZVI; SAND COLUMNS;

ADVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

MODELS;

COPPER; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; IRON; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84864097650     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-012-9994-z     Document Type: Article

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