Optimizing Air Pollution Control Equipment Performance - Richardson, Jay

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Résumé :

Comprehensive overview of the air pollution control technology field including the design, selection, operation, and maintenance of relevant devices

Optimizing Air Pollution Control Equipment Performance delivers an analysis of the subject of air pollution control equipment from the perspective of the practicing engineer or an applied scientist, rather than a theoretical perspective.

Written by a team of highly qualified authors with experience in both industry and academia, coverage includes:

• Design and selection of a variety of relevant devices as well as carbon dioxide capture processes and technologies related to control of NOx
• Strategies to ensure that air pollution control systems meet stringent emission standards and latest technological requirements, with up-to-date references throughout
• Typical problems related to air pollution control equipment, emphasizing where and how these factors can have a major impact on the maintenance problems of control devices
• Methods to reduce maintenance costs and prevent deterioration of collector performance

A timely reference detailing problems that have plagued users for nearly 100 years, Optimizing Air Pollution Control Equipment Performance earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of professionals working in environmental control, including consultants, engineers, and government agency personnel, as well as advanced students in related programs of study....

Biographie:

Jay Richardson is a combustion engineer. He has over a decade of experience custom-?engineering, fabricating, and installing industrial and utility burner systems. He is skilled in combustion diagnostics, flow modeling, specialized boiler testing, and ultra-low NOx research.

Louis Theodore, MChE and EngScD, is a retired professor of chemical engineering (50 years). He is the author of several notable air pollution publications and a section editor (environmental management) and contributor to the last five editions of Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook....

Sommaire:

About the Authors xiii

Foreword xiv

Preface xv

Comments from Afar xvii

Part I Prologue 1

1 Definitions/Glossary of Terms 3

1.1 Glossary of Terms 3

References 19

2 The Air Pollution Problem 20

2.1 Early History 20

2.2 Sources and Classifications of Air Pollution 22

2.3 The Need for Control 22

2.4 Estimating Pollutant Emissions 23

2.5 Measurement Methods 24

References 25

3 Classifications, Sources, and Effects of Air Pollution 26

3.1 Sources of Air Pollutants 26

3.2 Atmospheric Air Pollutants 27

3.3 Airborne Particulates 28

3.4 Airborne Toxins 28

3.5 Sulfur Dioxide and Acid Deposition 28

3.6 Indoor Air Pollutants 28

3.7 Water and Land Pollutants 29

3.8 Effects of Air Pollution 30

References 31

4 Multimedia Concerns 32

4.1 Environmental Problems 33

4.2 The Multimedia Approach 33

4.3 Multimedia Application 34

4.4 Education and Training 35

References 36

5 Regulations 37

5.1 Early Air Pollution Legislation 37

5.2 Clean Air Act of 1970 38

5.3 Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 40

5.4 Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 43

5.5 Other Considerations 47

References 49

6 Environmental and Health Risk 50

6.1 Risk Variables and Categories 50

6.2 Risk Assessment 51

6.3 Health Risk Assessment/Analysis 52

6.4 Health Risk Assessments Components 53

6.5 Hazard Risk Assessment/Analysis 56

6.6 Risk Uncertainties/Limitations 57

References 58

7 Introduction to Air Pollution Control Equipment 59

7.1 Air Pollution Control Equipment for Particulates 59

7.2 Air Pollution Control Equipment for Gaseous Pollutants 62

7.3 Hybrid Systems 64

7.4 Factors in Selecting and Comparing Equipment 66

References 66

8 Introduction to Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection 67

8.1 The Need for an Operation and Maintenance Program 67

8.2 System Description 68

8.3 Personnel 69

8.4 Installation Procedures 70

8.5 Operation 71

8.6 Maintenance and Inspection 71

8.7 Improving Operation and Performance 71

8.8 Special Tools and Equipment 72

8.9 Records 72

References 73

Part II Air Pollution Control Equipment 75

9 Absorbers 77

9.1 Description of Control Device 77

9.2 Design Considerations 78

9.3 Installation Procedures 79

9.4 Operation 81

9.5 Maintenance 83

9.6 Improving Operation and Performance 84

9.7 Recent Developments 85

9.8 Conclusions 86

References 86

10 Adsorbers 87

10.1 Description of Control Device 87

10.2 Design Considerations 88

10.3 Installation Procedures 90

10.4 Operation 92

10.5 Maintenance 97

10.6 Improving Operation and Performance 98

10.7 Monitoring 100

10.8 Recent Developments 101

10.9 Conclusions 101

References 102

11 Incinerators 103

11.1 Description of Control Devices 103

11.2 Design Considerations 105

11.3 Installation Procedures 105

11.4 Operation 106

11.5 Maintenance 108

11.6 Improving Operation and Performance 109

11.7 Recent Developments 109

11.8 Conclusions 109

References 110

12 Condensers 111

12.1 Description of Control Device 112

12.2 Design Considerations 113

12.3 Installation Procedures 114

12.4 Operation 115

12.5 Maintenance 115

12.6 Improving Operation and Performa...