Optimal Control of Soil Venting: Mathematical Modeling and Applications
Published on 5. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 152 pages
978-3-0348-9747-1 (ISBN)
Description
A description of the latest and most appropriate mathematical and numerical methods for optimizing soil venting. The monograph considers mathematical, numerical, and technical aspects as well as their practical significance. This book will be of interest to applied mathematicians, geophysicists, geoecologists, soil physicists, and environmental engineers.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
Basel
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer Basel
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XV, 152 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
271 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-0348-9747-1 (9783034897471)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-0348-8732-8
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Marian Slodicka | Horst H. Gerke | Urs Hornung
Optimal Control of Soil Venting: Mathematical Modeling and Applications
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02/1999
Birkhäuser
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Content
1 Introduction.- 1.1 Background and Problem.- 1.2 Objectives.- 2 Modeling Soil Venting.- 2.1 Physical Basis of the Venting Technique.- 2.2 Simulation Models.- 3 Stationary Problem and Optimal Control.- 3.1 Basic and State Equations, Objective Function.- 3.2 Mathematical Analysis, Simplifications.- 4 Well-Posedness and Optimality.- 4.1 Air Flow in a Domain with Holes.- 4.2 Air Flow with Dirac-Type Sinks.- 4.3 Non-smooth Transmissivity at Active Wells.- 4.4 Contaminant Transport in a Domain with Holes.- 4.5 Differentiation of the Transport Equations.- 5 Optimization of Simple Well Configurations.- 5.1 One Single Active Well.- 5.2 Two Active Wells.- 5.3 Configurations with a Few Wells.- 6 Estimating the Coefficients.- 6.1 Pedotransfer Model.- 6.2 Spatial Variability and Uncertainties.- 6.3 Ordinary Kriging.- 6.4 Generation of a Random Field.- 6.5 Parameter Identification of Kertess.- 7 Numerical Methods and Optimization.- 7.1 Gas Flow Field.- 8 Applications.- 8.1 Kertess.- 8.2 Kirchweyhe.- 9 Stochastic Optimization.- 9.1 Monte Carlo Optimization.- 9.2 Sensitivity Analysis.- 10 Discussions and Conclusions.- 10.1 Time Dependent Problem.- 10.2 Optimization of Well Positions in Large Scale Applications.- 10.3 Further Aspects of Stochastic Optimization.