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More About This Title Air Pollution Control Equipment Calculations
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This book's problem-and-solution approach enables readers to quickly grasp the fundamentals of air pollution control equipment and essential applications. Moreover, the author sets forth solid principles for the design and selection of air pollution control equipment as well as for its efficient operation and maintenance. Readers gain a deep understanding of both the equipment itself and the many factors affecting performance.
Following two introductory chapters, the book dedicates four chapters to examining control equipment for gaseous pollutants, including adsorption, absorption, and incineration equipment. The remaining six chapters deal with equipment for managing airborne particulate pollutants, including gravity settlers, cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, scrubbers, and baghouses. The appendix contains discussions of hybrid systems, the SI system (including conversion constants), and a cost-equipment model.
Each chapter offers a short introduction to the control device discussed. Next, progressively more difficult problems with accompanying solutions enable readers to build their knowledge as they advance through the chapter. Problems reflect the most recent developments in pollution control and include a variety of performance equations and operation and maintenance calculations. Each problem includes a statement of the problem, the data used to solve the problem, and a detailed solution. Readers may further hone their skills by visiting the text's Web site for additional problems and solutions.
This publication serves both as a textbook for engineering students and as a reference for engineers and technicians who need to ensure that air pollution control equipment operates efficiently and enables their facility to meet all air pollution control standards and regulations.
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PREFACE xi
INTRODUCTION 1
1 AIR POLLUTION HISTORY 9
2 AIR POLLUTION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 15
2.1 Introduction 15
2.2 The Regulatory System 16
2.3 Laws and Regulations: The Differences 17
2.4 The Clean Air Act 19
2.5 Provisions Relating to Enforcement 25
2.6 Closing Comments and Recent Developments 26
3 FUNDAMENTALS: GASES 27
3.1 Introduction 27
3.2 Measurement Fundamentals 27
3.3 Chemical and Physical Properties 29
3.4 Ideal Gas Law 37
3.5 Phase Equilibrium 41
3.6 Conservation Laws 42
Problems 44
4 INCINERATORS 69
4.1 Introduction 69
4.2 Design and Performance Equations 79
4.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 84
Problems 86
5 ABSORBERS 127
5.1 Introduction 127
5.2 Design and Performance Equations 131
5.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 142
Problems 143
6 ADSORBERS 185
6.1 Introduction 185
6.2 Design and Performance Equations 194
6.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 201
Problems 202
7 FUNDAMENTALS: PARTICULATES 247
7.1 Introduction 247
7.2 Particle Collection Mechanisms 249
7.3 Fluid–Particle Dynamics 252
7.4 Particle Sizing and Measurement Methods 260
7.5 Particle Size Distribution 262
7.6 Collection Efficiency 267
Problems 271
8 GRAVITY SETTLING CHAMBERS 315
8.1 Introduction 315
8.2 Design and Performance Equations 319
8.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 324
Problems 325
9 CYCLONES 361
9.1 Introduction 361
9.2 Design and Performance Equations 367
9.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 374
Problems 376
10 ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS 399
10.1 Introduction 399
10.2 Design and Performance Equations 406
10.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 410
Problems 415
11 VENTURI SCRUBBERS 451
11.1 Introduction 451
11.2 Design and Performance Equations 455
11.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 459
Problems 462
12 BAGHOUSES 503
12.1 Introduction 503
12.2 Design and Performance Equations 506
12.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 511
Problems 514
APPENDIX A HYBRID SYSTEMS 549
A.1 Introduction 549
A.2 Wet Electrostatic Precipitators 550
A.3 Ionizing Wet Scrubbers 550
A.4 Dry Scrubbers 551
A.5 Electrostatically Augmented Fabric Filtration 552
APPENDIX B SI UNITS 555
B.1 The Metric System 555
B.2 The SI System 557
B.3 SI Multiples and Prefixes 557
B.4 Conversion Constants (SI) 558
APPENDIX C EQUIPMENT COST MODEL 563
INDEX 567
