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xx, 738 pages: illustrations; 24 cm |
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| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
An Overview -- Definitions and Types of Pollutants -- Pollutants of Global Concern -- Legislative and Regulatory Trends in the United States -- The Ideal Gas Law and Concentration Measurements in Gases -- Other Applications of the Ideal Gas Law -- Gas Flow Measurement -- Causes, Sources, and Effects -- National Air Quality Trends -- What Is Process Design? -- General Design Considerations -- Engineering Economics -- Control Equipment Cost Estimation -- Preliminary Fixed Capital Cost Estimates for Pollution Control Projects -- Annual Operating Cost Estimates -- Particulate Matter -- Characteristics of Particles -- Particulate Behavior in Fluids -- Overview of Particulate Control Equipment -- Cyclones -- Theory -- Design Considerations -- Costs -- Electrostatic Precipitators -- Theory -- Design Considerations -- Costs -- Fabric Filters -- Theory -- Design Considerations -- Costs -- Particulate Scrubbers -- Theory and Design Considerations -- Costs -- Auxiliary Equipment: Hoods, Ducts, Fans, and Coolers -- Hoods -- Ducts -- Fans -- Cooling Hot Airstreams -- Costs -- A Particulate Control Problem -- Problem Statement -- Options for Final Control -- Major Items of Equipment -- Propertives of Gases and Vapors -- Vapor Pressure -- Diffusivities -- Gas-Liquid and Gas-Solid Equilibria -- Chemical Reactions -- VOC Incinerators -- Theory -- Design Considerations -- Costs -- Gas Adsorption -- Adsorption Theory -- Physical Properties of Adsorbents -- Fixed-Bed Adsorption Systems -- Design of Fixed-Bed Carbon Adsorption Systems. |
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Economics of Fixed-Bed Adsorption Systems -- Fluidized-Bed Adsorbers -- Gas Absorption -- Absorption Tower Design -- Estimating the Cost of Absorption Towers -- Stripping Operations -- Biological Control of VOCs and Odors -- Theory and Descriptive Information -- Key Considerations in the Design and Operation of Biofilters -- Control of Sulfur Oxides -- Overview of Control Strategies -- Limestone Scrubbing -- Costs -- Control of Nitrogen Oxides -- Chemistry of NO[subscript x] Formation -- NO[subscript x] Control: Stationary Sources -- Costs -- A Vapor Control Problem -- Problem Statement -- Selecting a Design Flow Rate -- Carbon Adsorption System -- Thermal Incineration System -- Catalytic Incineration System -- Biofilter System -- Mobile Sources: An Overview -- Magnitude of the Problem -- Characteristics of Engines in Mobile Sources -- Vehicle Emissions and Emission Controls -- Other Measures for Control of Air Pollution from Vehicles -- Air Pollution and Meteorology -- General Atmospheric Circulation Patterns -- Local Circulation Effects -- Atmospheric Stability and Vertical Mixing -- Photochemistry and Smog -- Meteorology and Air Pollution -- Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling -- A Physical Explanation of Dispersion -- The Gaussian Model -- Tall Stacks and Plume Rise -- Computer Programs for Dispersion Modeling (Point Sources) -- Mobile Sources and Line Source Models -- Indoor Air Quality and Control -- Some Pollutants of Concern -- Source Control and Ventilation -- Material Balance Models for Indoor Air Quality. |
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Practical Solutions to IAQ Problems -- Conversion Factors -- Properties of Air and Other Materials -- Some Properties of a Gaussian Distribution -- Computer Programs -- Practice Problems (with solutions) in Air Quality for the P.E. Examination in Environmental Engineering -- Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems. |
| Subject(s) |
Air -- Pollution.
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Air -- Purification -- Equipment and supplies.
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| Alternate Author |
Alley, F. C.
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