Optimal Control of Soil Venting: Mathematical Modeling and Applications

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.

List of contents

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.

Product details

• Authors: Horst Gerke, Horst H Gerke, Horst H. Gerke, Urs Hornung, Urs et al Hornung, Youcef Kelanemer, Stephan Schumacher, Maria Slodicka, Marian Slodicka
• Publisher: Springer, Basel
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.2013
• EAN: 9783034897471
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3489747-1
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 11 mm x 242 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Illustrations: XV, 152 p.
• Series: International Series of Numerical Mathematics; International Series of Numerical Mathematics (ISNM); International Series of Numerical Mathematics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology