Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control, First Edition

Front Cover......Page 1
Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
About the Author......Page 12
An Overview of the Clean Air Act Amendments......Page 16
Fate and Transport in the Environment......Page 25
A Few of the Priority Air Pollutants......Page 31
Indoor Air Quality......Page 58
Organization of Handbook Subjects......Page 64
Review and Questions to Get You Thinking......Page 67
Air Pollution in the Chemical Process Industries......Page 69
Air Pollution in the Petroleum Industry......Page 95
Air Pollution from Iron and Steel Manufacturing......Page 128
Air Pollution from Lead and Zinc Smelting......Page 146
Air Pollution from Nickel Ore Processing and Refining......Page 150
Air Pollution from Aluminum Manufacturing......Page 153
Air Pollution from Copper Smelting......Page 157
Recommended Resources for the Reader......Page 160
Review and Questions to Get You Thinking......Page 162
Selected Chemical and Physical Properties of Potential Atmospheric Pollutants......Page 164
Basic Properties and Terminology......Page 174
Accessing the World-Wide Web for Data Bases......Page 199
Recommended Resources for the Reader......Page 200
Review and Questions to Get You Thinking......Page 202
An Overview of Indoor Air Quality......Page 204
The Basics of HVAC Systems......Page 207
IAQ Issues and Impacts on Occupants......Page 211
Application of Audits to Developing an IAQ Profile......Page 216
Developing Management Plans......Page 222
How to Diagnose IAQ Problems......Page 229
Control......Page 244
Quantification and Measurement......Page 254
Recommended Resources for the Reader......Page 294
Review and Questions to Get You Thinking......Page 295
Introduction......Page 297
Dispersion Theory Basics......Page 298
Estimating the Air Quality Impact of Stationary Sources......Page 313
Other Models and Resources......Page 342
Case Study Applying SCREEN......Page 351
References and Recommended Resources for the Reader......Page 358
Review and Questions to Get You Thinking......Page 360
Introduction......Page 364
Pollution Prevention: When and How......Page 366
Principles of Pollution Prevention......Page 372
References and Recommended Resources for the Reader......Page 400
Review and Questions to Get You Thinking......Page 403
Methods of Particulate Collection......Page 405
Methods for Cleaning Gaseous Pollutants......Page 462
References and Recommended Resources for the Reader......Page 504
Introduction......Page 514
Total Cost Accounting Terminology......Page 516
Case Study......Page 528
Glossary......Page 531
Index......Page 569