Principles of Air Quality Management, Second Edition

Published:
September 11, 2006 by CRC Press - 334 Pages
Author(s):
Roger D. Griffin, Griffin Environmental International, Irvine, California, USA

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Features

  • Provides a fundamental understanding of the principles that govern air quality
  • Evaluates possible management options for limiting emissions and optimizing air pollutant control strategies
  • Puts worldwide variations in air quality standards into perspective
  • Addresses human vs. natural air pollution and different approaches to air pollution control and management
  • Traces the progress in mankind’s attempts to manage its breathable air

    • Summary

    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.

    Table of Contents

    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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