Air pollution control engineering 2nd ed.

This text covers the whole air pollution field, from an engineering perspective. The principal topics are control devices and their theory. The book uses many examples to help readers see the magnitudes of important quantities and to demonstrate the practical application of the theoretical treatments presented.

Introduction to air pollution control. Air pollution effects. Air pollution control laws and regulations. Air pollution control philosophies. Air pollution measurements, emission estimates. Meteorology for air pollution control engineers. Air pollutant concentration models. General ideas in air pollution control. The nature of particulate pollutants. Control of primary particulates. Control of volatile organic compounds. Control of sulfur oxides. Control of nitrogen oxides. The motor vehicle problem. Air pollutants and global climate. Other topics.