Air pollution control technology handbook. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Jr, Schnelle, Karl B; Dunn, Russell F; Ternes, Mary Ellen
• Contents: Historical Overview of the Development of Clean Air Regulations; A Brief History of the Air Pollution Problem; Federal Involvement in Air Pollution Control; Characterizing the Atmosphere; Recipe for an Air Pollution Problem; ; Clean Air Act; History of the Clean Air Act; 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments; Air Permits for New Source; Elements of a Permit Application; Best Available Control Technology; Air Quality Analysis; NSR Reform; ; Atmospheric Diffusion Modeling for Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit Regulations and Regional Haze; Introduction—Meteorological Background; Tall Stack; Classifying Sources by Method of Emission; Atmospheric-Diffusion Models; Environmental Protection Agency’s Computer Programs for Regulation of Industry; Source-Transport-Receptor Problem; ; Source Testing; Introduction; Code of Federal Regulations; Representative Sampling Techniques; ; Ambient Air Quality and Continuous Emissions Monitoring; Ambient Air-Quality Sampling Program; Objectives of a Sampling Program; Federal Reference Methods and Continuous Monitoring; Complete Environmental Surveillance and Control System; Typical Air Sampling Train; Integrated Sampling Devices for Suspended Particulate Matter; Continuous Air-Quality Monitors; ; Cost Estimating; Time Value of Money; Types of Cost Estimates; Air Pollution Control Equipment Cost; ; Process Design and the Strategy of Process Design; Introduction to Process Design; Strategy of Process Design; Mass and Energy Balances; Systems-Based Approaches to Design; ; Profitability and Engineering Economics; Introduction—Profit Goal; Profitability Analysis; Effect of Depreciation; Capital Investment and Total Product Cost; ; Introduction to Control of Gaseous Pollutants; Absorption and Adsorption; Process Synthesis Technology for the Design of Volatile Organic Compounds Recovery Systems; ; Absorption for Hazardous Air Pollutants and Volatile Organic Compounds Control; Introduction; Aqueous Systems; Nonaqueous Systems; Types and Arrangements of Absorption Equipment; Design Techniques for Countercurrent Absorption Columns; Countercurrent Flow Packed Absorption Tower Design; Sample Design Calculation; ; Adsorption for Hazardous Air Pollutants and Volatile Organic Compounds Control; Introduction to Adsorption Operations; Adsorption Phenomenon; Adsorption Processes; Nature of Adsorbents; Theories of Adsorption; Data of Adsorption; Adsorption Isotherms; Polanyi Potential Theory; Unsteady-State, Fixed-Bed Adsorbers; Fixed-Bed Adsorber Design Considerations; Pressure Drop through Adsorbers; Adsorber Effectiveness, Regeneration, and Reactivation; Breakthrough Model; Regeneration Modeling; Using Mass Exchange Network Concepts to Simultaneously Evaluate Multiple Mass-Separating Agent (Absorbent and Adsorbent) Options; ; Thermal Oxidation for Volatile Organic Compounds Control; Combustion Basics; Flares; Incineration; ; Control of Volatile Organic Compounds and Hazardous Air Pollutants by Condensation; Introduction; Volatile Organic Compounds Condensers; Coolant and Heat Exchanger Type; Mixtures of Organic Vapors; Air as a Noncondensable; Systems-Based Approach for Designing Condensation Systems for Volatile Organic Compounds Recovery from Gaseous Emission Streams; ; Control of Volatile Organic Compounds and Hazardous Air Pollutants by Biofiltration; Introduction; Theory of Biofilter Operation; Design Parameters and Conditions; Biofilter Compared to Other Available Control Technology; Successful Case Studies; Further Considerations; ; Membrane Separation; Overview; Polymeric Membranes; Performance; Applications; Membrane Systems Design; ; NOx Control; NOx from Combustion; Control Techniques; ; Control of SOx ; H2 S Control; SO2 (and HCL) Removal; SO3 and Sulfuric Acid; ; Fundamentals of Particulate Control; Particle Size Distribution; Aerodynamic Diameter; Cunningham Slip Correction; Collection Mechanisms; ; Hood and Ductwork Design; Introduction; Hood Design; Duct Design; Effect of Entrance into a Hood; Total Energy Loss; Fan Power; Hood–Duct Example; ; Cyclone Design; Collection Efficiency; Pressure Drop; Saltation; ; Design and Application of Wet Scrubbers; Introduction; Collection Mechanisms and Efficiency; Collection Mechanisms and Particle Size; Selection and Design of Scrubbers; Devices for Wet Scrubbing; Semrau Principle and Collection Efficiency; Model for Countercurrent Spray Chambers; A Model for Venturi Scrubbers; Calvert Cut Diameter Design Technique; Cut–Power Relationship; ; Filtration and Baghouses; Introduction; Design Issues; Cleaning Mechanisms; Fabric Properties; Baghouse Size; Pressure Drop; Bag Life; Baghouse Design Theory; ; Electrostatic Precipitators; Early Development; Basic Theory; Practical Application of Theory; Flue Gas Conditioning; Using V-I Curves for Troubleshooting; ; References;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 628.53; Air quality management; Air -- Pollution; Air -- Purification -- Equipment and supplies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482245622
• Related ISBNs: 9781482245608
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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