@inbook{7e120ca9c66b462a867ab32b33a41727,
title = "A Simulation Program for Modelling Pollutant Dispersion for Educational Applications",
abstract = "Simulation programs are widely used in engineering education for numerical, modelbased and virtual experimentation, analysis of cause-effect relationships in complex systems, and visualization of challenging concepts. We have developed a pollutant dispersion simulation program applicable in environmental engineering education. The simulation models are implemented in MATLAB and the user interface is provided in the form of a MATLAB GUI. Three types of simulations can be carried out: oxygen sag model for predicting oxygen deficit in a river, Gaussian model for predicting pollutant dispersion in air from a continuous point source, and pollutant dispersion in ground water from a point source. The benefits of using simulation programs for {"}virtual experimentation{"} in environmental engineering education and practice are demonstrated and discussed.",
keywords = "Environmental engineering, air pollution, pollutant dispersion, virtual experimentation, water pollution",
author = "Elena Skorzinski and Mordechai Shacham and Neima Brauner",
year = "2009",
month = jun,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1016/S1570-7946(09)70205-6",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780444534330",
series = "Computer Aided Chemical Engineering",
pages = "1233--1238",
editor = "Jacek Jezowski and Jan Thullie",
booktitle = "19th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering",
}
