Air quality management / edited by Suresh T. Nesaratnam and Shahram Taherzadeh.

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Section 1: Air basics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Clean air -- a basic human need; 1.3 What is air pollution?; 1.4 Air quality; 1.5 The human respiratory system; Interception; Impaction; Sedimentation and diffusion; 1.6 Summary; Section 2: Meteorology and air pollutants; 2.1 Introduction; Lower layers; Upper layers; 2.2 Physical characteristics of the atmosphere; 2.3 Dry adiabatic lapse rate theory; 2.4 Atmospheric stability; 2.4.1 Neutral conditions; 2.4.2 The superadiabatic case; 2.4.3 Inversion -- types; 2.4.4 Inversion -- effects.

2.4.5 The directional influence of winds2.4.6 Identifying atmospheric stability; 2.4.7 The atmospheric boundary layer; 2.4.8 Calculating wind speed; 2.4.9 Estimating depth; 2.5 The main air pollutants; 2.5.1 Sulfur; 2.5.2 Nitrogen compounds; 2.5.3 Carbon compounds; 2.5.4 Atmospheric aerosol; 2.5.5 Summary of pollutants; 2.6 Effects of air pollutants; 2.6.1 Human health effects; 2.6.2 Effects on vegetation; 2.6.3 Effects on animals; 2.6.4 Effects on materials; 2.7 Acid deposition; Causes of acidity; 2.8 Climate change; 2.8.1 Greenhouse gases; 2.8.2 Further causes and effects.

2.8.3 The human response2.9 Summary; Atmosphere; Atmospheric stability; Acid deposition and plant injury; Ozone; Greenhouse effect and global warming; Section 3: Environmental monitoring; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Manual ambient air quality measurement; 3.2.1 Sampling bags; 3.2.2 Diffusion tubes; 3.2.3 Sorbent tubes; 3.3 Particulate matter; 3.3.1 Particle size; 3.3.2 Particle characteristics; 3.3.3 Filtration sampling; 3.3.4 Gravimetry; 3.3.5 Other measurement techniques; 3.4 Continuous ambient air quality monitoring; 3.4.1 Sulfur dioxide; 3.4.2 Carbon monoxide; 3.4.3 Nitrogen oxides; 3.4.4 Ozone.

3.4.5 Total respirable particulates (PM10)3.5 Remote or long-path monitoring; 3.6 Biomonitoring; Bioindicators; 3.6.1 Lichens; 3.7 Summary; Section 4: Air pollution control techniques; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Preventing and controlling particulate emissions; 4.2.1 Modifying processes; 4.2.2 Separation by gravity and inertial forces; 4.2.3 Scrubbing -- basic systems; 4.2.4 Scrubbing -- more developed systems; 4.2.5 Fabric filters; 4.2.6 Electrostatic precipitators; 4.2.7 Selecting the'best' technique; 4.2.8 The importance of efficiency; 4.2.9 Particulate control malfunction.

4.3 Preventing and controlling gaseous emissions4.3.1 Volatile organic compounds -- combustion; 4.3.2 Volatile organic compounds -- recovery; 4.3.3 Volatile organic compounds -- options; 4.3.4 Inorganic vapours; 4.3.5 Fugitive emissions; 4.4 Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides; 4.4.1 Fuel desulfurisation; 4.4.2 Sulfur capture; 4.4.3 Flue gas desulfurisation; 4.4.4 Raw materials and disposal of products; 4.4.5 Control of nitrogen oxides; 4.5 Dioxins and related compounds; 4.5.1 Sources of dioxins; 4.5.2 Dioxin formation and control; 4.6 Dispersion from chimneys; 4.6.1 Plume rise.

4.6.2 Effects of buildings.

Designed to accompany the new Open University course in Environmental Monitoring and Protection, this is one of four new titles which will equip the reader with the tools to undertake Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). Used in planning, decision-making and management, EIAs review both the theoretical principles and environmental considerations of engineering and environmental projects to help steer fundamental legislation in the right direction. Air Quality Management begins with an introduction to the atmosphere around us and the units of concentration. It then discusses the importance.