Statistical sensitivity analysis of packed column reactors for contaminated wastewater

In this article we consider the statistical sensitivity analysis of heavy metal biosorption in contaminated wastewater packed column reactors. In particular, the model describes the biosorption phenomenon using the Advection Dispersion Reaction equation under rapid local equilibrium. This allows computer simulation with random input parameters chosen from appropriate probability distributions. In order to have a statistical framework for analyzing the simulated data and assessing input importance, we introduce heteroskedastic and multivariate sensitivity analysis, which extends standard sensitivity analysis. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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