Industrial fire simulation and uncertainty associated with the Emission Dispersion Model

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1265-1273

  Chettouh, Samia ^a   Hamzi, Rachida ^a   Innal, Fares ^a   Haddad, Djamel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATNA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Emission Dispersion Model; Fire; Monte Carlo analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FIRES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OIL TANKS; VISCOSITY; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DIFFUSIVITY COEFFICIENT; EMISSION DISPERSION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION; VISCOSITY COEFFICIENT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84921067560     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-014-0792-x     Document Type: Article

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