Principles of Air Quality Management

ISBN-13: 9780849370991 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 334 str.

Griffin Roger D

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Blending information from popular mainstream articles, highly technical publications, and research journals, the second edition of Principles of Air Quality Management features new sections on air toxics, new information on chronic and acute health effects, and new approaches to the assessment of those impacts on sensitive populations. It emphasizes toxic air pollutants and alternative approaches to management of air quality in local environments. The book explains how primary pollutants form in industrial and mobile combustion processes and the latest on how they are controlled. It also presents in-depth information on the meteorology of atmospheric transport and explains how secondary photochemical pollutants form in ambient air.

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The Atmosphere and Its Contaminants
History of Air Pollution
Terms and Definitions
Components of the Atmosphere
States of Air Pollutants
Contaminant Classifications
Photochemical Smog

Effects of Air Pollution

Time Effects and Sensitivities
Criteria versus Noncriteria Air Pollutants
Basic Principles of Toxicology
Routes of Exposure
Response to Airborne Chemicals
Classes of Health Effects
Effects on the Ecosystem
Economic Losses

Air Quality Standards and Monitoring

Standards
Ambient Air Standards and Exposures
The Pollution Standard Index
Noncriteria Air Contaminant Standards
Risk Assessment
Acceptable Air Quality
Monitoring Ambient Air Quality
Measurement Techniques

Sources and Measurement Methodologies

Global Sources
Air Pollution Sinks
Anthropogenic Air Emissions
Evaporative Emissions
Fugitive Emissions
Waste-Related Emissions
Criteria Air Pollutant Formation
Source Inventories of Criteria Pollutants
Hazardous Air Emissions
Quantification of Emissions

Meteorology, Dispersion, and Modeling

Earth’s Energy and Radiation
Regional Air Pollution Meteorology
Local Air Pollutant Dispersion
Dispersion Modeling
Visibility
Mathematical Models

Stationary-Source Control Approaches

Source Reduction
Management and Operational Changes
Process-Optimizing Actions
Combustion Modifications
Fuels and Fuel Modification
Planning and Design
Emissions Characterization
Collection of Air Contaminants
Air Pollution Control Approaches
Combustion Gas Control Technologies
Technology Comparisons

Mobile Sources and Control Approaches

Engines and Air Pollutant Emissions
Pollutant Formation in Spark-Ignited Engines
Diesel Ignition Emission Characteristics
Hybrid Internal Combustion Engines
ICE Emission-Control Options
Design Influences on ICEs
External Control Approaches
Fuel Change Effects
Alternatives and the Future

Global Concerns

The Challenge
Intercontinental Pollutant Transport
Stratospheric Ozone
Radiation Primer
Acid Deposition
Global Climate Change
Alternative Views

Air Quality Laws and Regulations

General Law Approaches
Federal Laws Affecting Air Quality Management
The Clean Air Act
International Treaties
The Influence of Nonregulatory Governmental Actions
Management, Trends, and Indoor Air Quality
Elements of Air Quality Management
Trends
Indoor Air Quality
Public Buildings
Indoor Air Pollution in Developing Countries
List of Acronyms
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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Roger D. Griffin