Description
Book SynopsisAir Pollution Control Equipment Calculations provides the reader with the fundamentals of air pollution equipment with the appropriate applications to provide an introduction to design principles. Each chapter contains problems dealing with performance equations, operation, maintenance and recent developments.
Trade Review"A detailed publication with technical data abound, this book is both a textbook for engineering students and a reference for engineers and technicians," (
Environmentalist, February 2009)
Table of ContentsPREFACE 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
