Modeling particulate matter emissions during mineral loading process under weak wind simulation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 449, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-173

  Zhang, Xiaochun ^a,b   Chen, Weiping ^a   Ma, Chun ^b   Zhan, Shuifen ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT   (China)

Author keywords

Mathematical model; Mineral loading; Particles; Particulate matter emission; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

EMISSION FACTORS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; GLOBAL SCALE; INDUSTRIAL SITES; MATHEMATICAL FORMS; MINERAL LOADINGS; MINERAL PARTICLES; MINERAL PARTICULATES; NEW APPROACHES; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS; POWER FUNCTIONS; WEAK WINDS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND VELOCITIES;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALS; WIND TUNNELS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINERAL LOADING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WIND;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MINERALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WIND;

EID: 84874350500     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.050     Document Type: Article

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