Air Pollution Control Equipment Calculations

Louis Theodore, PhD, is a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Manhattan College. He is a coauthor of Introduction to Hazardous Waste Incineration, Second Edition and Handbook of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Calculations (both from Wiley). Dr. Theodore has received awards from the International Air and Waste Management Association and the American Society for Engineering Education.

• PREFACE xiINTRODUCTION 11 AIR POLLUTION HISTORY 92 AIR POLLUTION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 152.1 Introduction 152.2 The Regulatory System 162.3 Laws and Regulations: The Differences 172.4 The Clean Air Act 192.5 Provisions Relating to Enforcement 252.6 Closing Comments and Recent Developments 263 FUNDAMENTALS: GASES 273.1 Introduction 273.2 Measurement Fundamentals 273.3 Chemical and Physical Properties 293.4 Ideal Gas Law 373.5 Phase Equilibrium 413.6 Conservation Laws 42Problems 444 INCINERATORS 694.1 Introduction 694.2 Design and Performance Equations 794.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 84Problems 865 ABSORBERS 1275.1 Introduction 1275.2 Design and Performance Equations 1315.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 142Problems 1436 ADSORBERS 1856.1 Introduction 1856.2 Design and Performance Equations 1946.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 201Problems 2027 FUNDAMENTALS: PARTICULATES 2477.1 Introduction 2477.2 Particle Collection Mechanisms 2497.3 Fluid–Particle Dynamics 2527.4 Particle Sizing and Measurement Methods 2607.5 Particle Size Distribution 2627.6 Collection Efficiency 267Problems 2718 GRAVITY SETTLING CHAMBERS 3158.1 Introduction 3158.2 Design and Performance Equations 3198.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 324Problems 3259 CYCLONES 3619.1 Introduction 3619.2 Design and Performance Equations 3679.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 374Problems 37610 ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS 39910.1 Introduction 39910.2 Design and Performance Equations 40610.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 410Problems 41511 VENTURI SCRUBBERS 45111.1 Introduction 45111.2 Design and Performance Equations 45511.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 459Problems 46212 BAGHOUSES 50312.1 Introduction 50312.2 Design and Performance Equations 50612.3 Operation and Maintenance, and Improving Performance 511Problems 514APPENDIX A HYBRID SYSTEMS 549A.1 Introduction 549A.2 Wet Electrostatic Precipitators 550A.3 Ionizing Wet Scrubbers 550A.4 Dry Scrubbers 551A.5 Electrostatically Augmented Fabric Filtration 552APPENDIX B SI UNITS 555B.1 The Metric System 555B.2 The SI System 557B.3 SI Multiples and Prefixes 557B.4 Conversion Constants (SI) 558APPENDIX C EQUIPMENT COST MODEL 563INDEX 567

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