Air Pollution Control Equipment Selection Guide, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Kenneth C Schifftner

• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 282
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a good discussion of various air pollution control equipment. It covers a wide range of equipment and gives a good overview of the principles and applications. Very valuable is the practical experiences that are not commonly available in a typical textbook. The language is easy to understand, especially for those who do not have formal training in air pollution control. It provides hybrid systems such as those applied to biomass gasification, odor control using biological technology, plasma arc waste reduction, and more. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1: Air Pollution Control 101; Chapter 2: Adsorption Devices; Chapter 3: Bioreactors; Chapter 4: Dry Cyclone Collectors; Chapter 5: Electrostatic Precipitators; Chapter 6: Evaporative Coolers; Chapter 7: Fabric Filter Collectors; Chapter 8: Fiberbed Filters; Chapter 9: Filament (Mesh Pad) Scrubbers; Chapter 10: Fluidized Bed Scrubbers; Chapter 11: Mechanically Aided Scrubbers; Chapter 12: Packed Towers; Chapter 13: Settling Chambers; Chapter 14: Spray Towers/Scrubbers; Chapter 15: Thermal Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) Control. Chapter 16: Thermal OxidizersChapter 17: Tray Scrubbers; Chapter 18: Vane Type Scrubbers; Chapter 19: Venturi Scrubbers; Chapter 20: Wet Electrostatic Precipitators; Chapter 21: Special Applications: Venturi ''Scrubbers'' as Evaporators; Chapter 22: Energy Recovery; Chapter 23: Multitechnique Equipment for Gasification (Syngas); Chapter 24: System Diagnostics and Testing; Appendix A: Additional Selected Reading; Appendix B: List of Photo Contributors; Back Cover.
Abstract: This book is a good discussion of various air pollution control equipment. It covers a wide range of equipment and gives a good overview of the principles and applications. Very valuable is the practical experiences that are not commonly available in a typical textbook. The language is easy to understand, especially for those who do not have formal training in air pollution control. It provides hybrid systems such as those applied to biomass gasification, odor control using biological technology, plasma arc waste reduction, and more