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.

    Preface
    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