Optimal Control of Soil Venting
Subtitle: Mathematical Modeling and Applications (International Series of Numerical Mathematics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Published: February 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9783764360412
Subjects: Mathematical modelling; Soil science, sedimentology; Technology; General; Mathematical Models; Soil Pollution; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Angewandte Mathematik; Erdwissenschaften; Hydrologie; Mathematics / General; Medical : General; Soil vapor extraction; Technology : Environmental Engineering & Technology; Applied
First sentence: The incorporation of organic solvents, benzene, mineral oil, and other pollutants into the subsurface leads to long-term contaminations of soils and connected ground water systems and may eventually affect whole ecosystems and the air quality.
Description: "The task to develop a practicable simulation tool for optimal control of soil vapor extraction was attacked by an interdisciplinary group consisting of mathematicians, soil physicists, chemists and in cooperation with a remediation company. The purpose of this book is to describe the latest and most appropriate mathematical and numerical methods for optimizing soil venting and to demonstrate the application beginning with a conceptual mathematical model, the derivation and estimation of model parameters, generation of parameter distributions, sensitivity analysis, model calibration and numerical analysis of two spillage test cases, and stochastic optimization. The monograph considers mathematical, numerical, technical aspects as well as the practical significance. This book will be of interest to applied mathematicians, geophysicists, geoecologists, soil physicists, and environmental engineers."--Jacket.