Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control / Edition 1

by Nicholas P Cheremisinoff Consulting Engineer

Overview

The Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control provides a concise overview of the latest technologies for managing industrial air pollution in petrochemical, oil and gas, and allied industries. Detailed material on equipment selection, sizing, and troubleshooting operations is provided along with practical design methodology. Unique to this volume are discussions and information on energy-efficient technologies and approaches to implementing environmental cost accounting measures.Included in the text are sidebar discussions, questions for thinking and discussing, recommended resources for the reader (including Web sites), and a comprehensive glossary.The Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control also includes free access to US EPA's air dispersion model SCREEN3. Detailed examples on the application of this important software to analyzing air dispersion from industrial processes and point sources are provided in the Handbook, along with approaches to applying this important tool in developing approaches to pollution prevention and in selecting control technologies.

By applying SCREEN3, along with the examples given in the Handbook, the user can: evaluate the impact of processes and operations to air quality, and apply the model to assess emergency scenarios to help in planning, to develop environmental impact assessments, to select pollution control technologies, and to develop strategies for pollution prevention. Two companion books by Cheremisinoff are available:Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies, and Handbook of Solid Waste Management and Waste Minimization Technologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750674997
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/31/2002
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Ph.D. (Ch.E.) is Director of Clean Technologies and Pollution Prevention Projects at PERI (Princeton Energy Resources International, LLC, Rockville, MD). He has led hundreds of pollution prevention audits and demonstrations; training programs on modern process design practices and plant safety; environmental management and product quality programs; and site assessments and remediation plans for both public and private sector clients throughout the world. He frequently serves as expert witness on personal injury and third-party property damage litigations arising from environmental catastrophes. Dr. Cheremisinoff has contributed extensively to the literature of environmental and chemical engineering as author, co-author, or editor of 150 technical reference books, including Butterworth-Heinemann’s Handbook of Chemical Processing Equipment, and Green Profits.

He holds advanced degrees in chemical engineering from Clarkson College of Technology."

Table of Contents

Each chapter includes: Recommended Resources for the Reader, and Review and Questions to Get You Thinking; 1. Introduction to Air Quality; 2. Industrial Air Pollution Sources and Prevention; 3. Properties of Air Pollutants; 4. Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Control; 5. Air Pollution Dispersion; 6. Prevention Versus Control; 7. Prevention and Control Hardware; 8. Environmental Cost Accounting; Glossary; Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Concise overview focusing on technological and financial aspects of air pollution prevention and control.

Editorial Reviews

"...provides an overview of the latest technologies for managing industrial air pollution in petrochemical, oil and gas, and allied industries. It offers information on equipment selection, sizing and troubleshooting operations as well as discussions on energy-efficient technologies and approaches to implementing environmental cost-accounting measures." —Safety + Health/July 2002

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