1st Edition
Sizing and Selecting Air Pollution Control Systems
This book is designed to acquaint the reader with current regulations and with the necessary information to size air pollution control systems. The material presented should also help enable one to select the appropriate equipment for retrofit or new process control, to prepare specifications to purchase equipment, and to prepare permits for air pollution control systems. Sizing and Selecting Air Pollution Control Systems provides guidance to help those responsible for air pollution control to specify systems which are cost-effective and energy-efficient to meet the needs of their employers and the government. When equipment specifications are properly prepared, they provide for an easier comparison of competitive bids of those devices capable of meeting standards reliably and economically.
Acknowledgements
EQUIPMENT SIZING DATA, HOWARD E. HESKETH, Ph.D., P.E., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Introduction
Regulations
Information Needed to Size APC Equipment (APCE): General
Scrubbers, Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs), Filters, Incinerators
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW AND RETROFIT SYSTEMS (INCLUDING TOXIC MODELING), JOSEPH L. TESSITORE, P.E., Vice President, Cross/Tessitore & Associates, P.A.
Control of Air Toxics: Past Air Toxics Control, Past and Present, Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990, Summary - Operating Permit Program - Air Modeling
THE USE OF CONCEPT ENGINEERING REPORTS, FRANK L. CROSS, JR., P.E., President, Cross/Tessitore & Associates, P.A.
Introduction
Waste Characterization
Discussion of Available Technologies: Incineration, Air
Pollution Control
Environmental Regulations
System Housing
System Description: Hydraulic Ram Feed Mechanism, Top Loading Chute, Primary Combustion Chamber, Secondary Combustion Chamber, Mechanical Ash Disposal, Air Pollution Control System
Capital and Operating Costs
Conclusions and Recommendations
HIGH EFFICIENCY WET SCRUBBERS FOR PARTICULATE AND GAS POLLUTION CONTROL, KENNETH C. SCHIFFTNER, P.E., Compliance Systems International
Introduction
Background
Technological Choices
Process Changes
Upgrading
Equipment
VOC Control
Particulate Removal
Gaseous Emissions Control
Other Factors
THE CONTROL OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS THROUGH ADSORPTION, FRANK L. CROSS, JR., P.E., President, Cross/Tessitore & Associates, P.A.
Introduction
Solvent Recovery
Application
Example System Specifications
Equipment
Comparison
Operational Problems
PREPARING FABRIC FILTER SPECIFICATIONS, FRANK L. CROSS, JR., P.E., President, Cross/Tessitore & Associates, P.A.
Introduction
System Parameters
Limiting the Scope of the Seller's Performance
Informing the Manufacturer about What the Buyer Wishes to Buy: System Configuration, Intercomparison of Bids, Negotiating Terms and Conditions
Fabric Filter with Dry Scrubber: General, Hydrated Lime Storage, Lime Feeder, Lime Transfer, Heat Exchanger, Reagent Injection and Reaction Chamber, Fabric Filter, Duct and Dampers, Support Steel and Platforms, Auxiliary Heating and Insulation, Control System and Instrumentation, Induced Draft Fan, Stack, Performance Requirements
DRY SCRUBBERS FOR THE CONTROL OF AIR TOXICS, RICHARD P. BUNDY, P.E., President, Bundy Environmental Technology, Inc.
Introduction
Types of Dry Scrubbers
Design and Operation: Temperature Reduction/Control, Reagent Injection, Particulate Removal, Subsystems
System Performance
Summary
CONTROL OF VOCs BY INCINERATION, JOSEPH L. TESSITORE, P.E., Vice President, Cross/Tessitore & Associates, P.A.
Air Toxics Control
Fume Incineration Systems: Method 1, Method 2
Thermal Destruction of Organic Compounds: Time-Temperature Relationships, Products of Incomplete Combustion, Oxygen Requirement
THE USE OF TURNKEY CONTRACTORS AND CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, RICHARD P. BUNDY, P.E., President, Bundy Environmental Technology, Inc.
Introduction: Pre-Clean Air Act of 1990, Post-Clean Air Act of 1990
Project Elements
Contract Management Alternatives
Turnkey Contractor vs. Individual Contracts
Elements of a Contract
Summary
PERMITTING AND TESTING - THE NEEDS AND COSTS, HOWARD E. HESKETH, Ph.D., P.E., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Rationale-Air Quality Regulations: The Clean Air Act-The Basic Driving Force, CAA Amendments, Air Toxics Programs, Air Pollution Control Trends
Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency Plans
Other Needs of Testing
Costs of Permitting, Compliance Stack Testing and Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM): Permitting, Compliance Stack Testing, Continuous Emission Monitoring (CEM)
INDEX
Biography
Frank L. Cross, Jr. and Howard D. Hesketh