An inverse method based on CFD to quantify the temporal release rate of a continuously released pollutant source

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-77

  Zhang, Tengfei Tim ^a   Yin, Shi ^a   Wang, Shugang ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CFD; Indoor air pollution; Inverse modeling; Release rate quantification; Response factor; Tikhonov regularization

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; CONVOLUTION INTEGRALS; INVERSE MODELING; LEAST-SQUARES OPTIMIZATION; RELEASE RATE; RESPONSE FACTOR; TEMPORAL CONCENTRATIONS; TIKHONOV REGULARIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FOG; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EMISSION INVENTORY; GAS TRANSPORT; INDOOR AIR; INVERSE ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS FLOW; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84878358266     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.057     Document Type: Article

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