de Nevers, Air Pollution Control Engineering, 3/E

“Noel de Nevers’ text remains my first choice. It is readable and accurate.” — Geoffrey Silcox, University of Utah

2. Air Pollution Effects
Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health / Air Pollution Effects on Property / Air Pollution Effects on Visibility

3. Air Pollution Control Laws and Regulations, Air Pollution Control Philosophies
U.S. Air Pollution Laws and Regulations / Air Pollution Control Philosophies / The Four Philosophies / Changes and Adjustments / Principal U.S. Air Pollution Laws

4. Air Pollution Measurements, Emission Estimates
A Representative Sample / Getting the Representative Sample to the Detector / Concentration Determination / Averaging / Standard Analytical Methods / Determining Pollutant Flow Rates / Isokinetic Sampling / Emission Factors / Visible Emissions

5. Meteorology for Air Pollution Control Engineers
The Atmosphere / Horizontal Atmospheric Motion / Vertical Motion in the Atmosphere / Winds / Temperature Inversions / Fumigations, Stagnations / Meteorological Forecasts

6. Air Pollutant Concentration Models
Introduction / Fixed-Box Models / Diffusion Models / Plume Rise / Long-Term Average Uses of Gaussian Plume Models / Pollutant Creation and Decay in the Atmosphere / Multiple Cell Models / Receptor-Oriented and Source-Oriented Air Pollution Models / Other Topics

7. General Ideas in Air Pollution Control
Alternatives / Resource Recovery / The Ultimate Fate of Pollutants / Designing Air Pollution Control Systems and Equipment / Fluid Velocities in Air Pollution Control Equipment / Minimizing Volumetric Flow Rate and Pressure Drop / Efficiency, Penetration, Nines / Homogeneous and Nonhomogeneous Pollutants / Basing Calculations on Inert Flowrates / Combustion / Changing Volumetric Flow Rates / Acid Dew Point / Catalysts for Air Pollution Control

8. The Nature of Particulate Pollutants
Primary and Secondary Particulates / Settling Velocity and Drag Forces / Particle Size Distribution Functions / Particles in Our Bodies / Secondary Fine Particles / Behavior of Particles in the Atmosphere

9. Control of Primary Particulates
Wall Collection Devices / Dividing Collection Devices / Choosing a Collector

10. Control of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
Vapor Pressure, Equilibrium Vapor Content, Evaporation / VOCs / Control by Prevention / Control by Concentration and Recovery / Control by Oxidation / The Mobile Source Problem / Choosing a Control Technology

11. Control of Sulfur Oxides
The Elementary Oxidation-Reduction Chemistry of Sulfur and Nitrogen / An Overview of the Sulfur Problem / The Removal of Reduced Sulfur Compounds from Petroleum and Natural Gas Streams / Removal of SO₂ from Rich Waste Gases / Removal of SO<sub2< sub=””> from Lean Waste Gases / Future SO₂ Control Technologies

12. Control of Nitrogen Oxides
An Overview of the Nitrogen Oxides Problem / Thermal NO / Prompt NO / Fuel NO / Noncombustion Sources of Nitrogen Oxides / Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions / Units and Standards in NO_x Control

13. The Motor Vehicle Problem
An Overview of the Problem of Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles / The Internal Combustion (IC) Engine / Crankcase and Evaporative Emissions / Tailpipe Emissions / Tampering and Emission Testing / Storage and Transfer Emissions / Alternative Power Plants / Reducing Our Dependence on Motor Vehicles

14. Air Pollutants and Global Climate
Global Warming/Climate Change / Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Chlorofluorocarbons / Acid Rain / The Current Situation

15. Other Topics
Carbon Monoxide (CO) / Lead / Hazardous Air Pollutants, HAP, (Air Toxics) / Indoor Air Pollution / The Radon Problem

Appendix A: Useful Values
Appendix B: Table of Acronyms
Appendix C: Fuels
Appendix D: Elementary Chemistry of Ozone Production
Appendix E: Adsorber Breakthrough Time
Appendix F: Answers to Selected Problems</sub2<>