Overview

Air quality and air pollution control are tasks of international concern as, for one, air pollutants do not refrain from crossing borders and, for another, industrial plants and motor vehicles which emit air pollutants are in widespread use today. In a number of the world's expanding cities smog situations are a frequent occurrence due to the number and emission-intensity of air pollution sources. Polluted air causes annoy­ ances and can, when it occurs in high concentrations in these cities, constitute a seri­ ous health hazard. How important clean air is to life becomes apparent when consid­ ering the fact that humans can do without food for up to 40 days, without air, how­ ever, only a few minutes. The first step towards improving the air quality situation is the awareness that a sound environment is as much to be aspired for as the development of new tech­ nologies improving the standard of living. Technical progress should be judged es­ pecially by how environmentally benign, clean and noiseless its products are. Of these elements, clean air is of special concern to me. I hope that this book will awaken more interest in this matter and that it will lead to new impulses. Due to the increasing complexity of today's machinery and industrial processes science and technology can no longer do without highly specialized design engineers and opera­ tors. Environmental processes, however, are highly interdependent and interlinked.

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Author:   G. Baumbach ,  C. Grubinger-Rhodes
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.762kg
ISBN:  

9783642790034

ISBN 10:   3642790038
Pages:   490
Publication Date:   15 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 General Overview.- 1.1 Clean Air and Air Pollution.- 1.2 Historical Overview.- 1.3 Explanation of Terms.- 1.4. Bibliography.- 2 Origin and Sources of Air Pollution.- 2.1 Emission of Pollutants Caused by Combustion Processes.- 2.2 Sources of Air Pollutants.- 2.3 Bibliography.- 3 Air Pollutants in the Atmosphere.- 3.1 Meteorological Influences on the Dispersion of Air Pollutants.- 3.2 Chemical Transformations of Pollutants in the Atmosphere.- 3.3 Distribution and Temporal Development of Air Pollutants in Unpolluted and Polluted Areas.- 3.4 Models of Pollutant Dispersion.- 3.5 Bibliography.- 4 Effects of Air Pollution.- 4.1 General Considerations.- 4.2 Climatic Changes Caused by Atmospheric Trace Substances.- 4.3 Effects on Materials.- 4.4 Effects on Vegetation.- 4.5 Impact on Human Health.- 4.6 Ambient Air Guidelines and Standards.- 4.7 Bibliography.- 5 Measuring Techniques for Recording Air Pollutants.- 5.1 General Criteria.- 5.2 Measuring Methods for Gaseous Pollutants.- 5.3 Measuring Methods for Particulate Matter.- 5.4 Setting up of Measuring Equipment, Sampling Techniques and their Influences on the Accuracy of the Measurements.- 5.5 Calibration for Pollutant Measurements.- 5.6 Accuracy of Measuring Methods and Measuring Instruments.- 5.7 Bibliography.- 6 Evaluation of Air Pollution Measurements.- 6.1 Determination of Pollutant Emissions.- 6.2 Evaluation and Graphic Representation of Air Quality Measurements...- 6.3 Bibliography.- 7 Emission Control Technologies.- 7.1 General Considerations.- 7.2 Processes for the Removal of Particulate Matter from Exhaust Gases....- 7.3 Nitrogen Oxide Reduction in Combustion Processes.- 7.4 Flue Gas Desulfurization.- 7.5 Diagram of the Flue Gas Purification Units of a Power Plant.- 7.6 Present Situation of Flue Gas Purification inWest German Power Plants.- 7.7 Removal of Organic Substances from Flue Gases.- 7.8 Bibliography.- 8 Air Pollution Control Conventions, Laws and Regulations.- 8.1 International Conventions.- 8.2 EU Directives.- 8.3 National Laws and Regulations.- 8.4 Vehicle Exhaust Emissions.- 8.5 Bibliography.

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