With the advent of the Clean Air Act in 1970, the number of air pollution control equipment installations has increased at an accelerated pace. Although much has been written on attaining collection performance with the various control devices, a major void has occurred in the identification and transfer of information needed to help reduce maintenance costs and to prevent deterioration of collector perform ance. Although design and selection information is presented, it is the primary inten tion of this book to discuss operation and maintenance topics and explore many of the repetitive problems that have plagued users of air pollution control equipment. The existence of these problems may be related to the complexity of the process or to a lack of well-defined operation techniques, among other reasons. In any event, this book intends to emphasize where and how these factors can have a major impact on the maintenance problems of control devices. Operation and maintenance problems have plagued users for nearly 100 years.

Autorentext
Louis Theodore, PhD, is a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, Manhattan College, Bronx, New York.

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- 1.1 About the Book.- 1.2 The Need for an Operation and Maintenance Program.- 1.3 The Maintenance Program.- 1.4 System Description.- 1.5 Source Sampling.- 1.6 Records.- 1.7 Personnel.- 1.8 Safety.- 2 Considerations in the Selection of Air Pollution Control Equipment.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Factors in Control Equipment Selection.- 2.3 Generalized Design Review Procedure.- 2.4 Comparing Control Equipment Alternatives.- 2.5 Selecting Control Equipment for Specific Industries.- 2.6 Regulatory Considerations.- 2.7 References.- 3 Absorbers.- 3.1 Description of Control Device.- 3.2 Design Procedures.- 3.3 Installation Procedures.- 3.4 Operation.- 3.5 Maintenance.- 3.6 Improving Operation and Performance.- 3.7 Conclusions.- 3.8 References.- 4 Adsorbers.- 4.1 Description of Control Devices.- 4.2 Design Procedures.- 4.3 Installation Procedures.- 4.4 Operation.- 4.5 Maintenance.- 4.6 Improving Operation and Performance.- 4.7 Conclusions.- 4.8 Nomenclature.- 4.9 References.- 5 Incinerators.- 5.1 Description of Control Device.- 5.2 Design Procedures.- 5.3 Installation Procedures.- 5.4 Operation.- 5.5 Maintenance.- 5.6 improving Operation and Performance.- 5.7 Conclusions.- 5.8 Nomenclature.- 5.9 References.- 6 Condensers.- 6.1 Description of Control Device.- 6.2 Design Procedures.- 6.3 Installation Procedures.- 6.4 Operation.- 6.5 Maintenance.- 6.6 Improving Operation and Performance.- 6.7 Conclusions.- 6.8 Nomenclature.- 6.9 References.- 7 Mechanical Collectors.- 7.1 Description of Control Device.- 7.2 Design Procedures.- 7.3 Installation Procedures.- 7.4 Operation.- 7.5 Maintenance.- 7.6 Improving Operation and Performance.- 7.7 Conclusions.- 7.8 Nomenclature.- 7.9 References.- 8 Baghouses.- 8.1 Description of Control Device.- 8.2 Design Procedures.- 8.3 Installation Procedures.- 8.4 Operation.- 8.5 Maintenance.- 8.6 Improving Operation and Performance.- 8.7 Conclusions.- 8.8 References.- 9 Wet Scrubbers.- 9.1 Description of Control Device.- 9.2 Design Procedures.- 9.3 Installation Procedures.- 9.4 Operation.- 9.5 Maintenance.- 9.6 Improving Operation and Performance.- 9.7 Conclusions.- 9.8 Nomenclature.- 9.9 References.- 10 Electrostatic Precipitators.- 10.1 Description of Control Device.- 10.2 Design Procedures.- 10.3 Installation Procedures.- 10.4 Operation.- 10.5 Maintenance.- 10.6 Improving Operation and Performance.- 10.7 Conclusions.- 10.8 Nomenclature 352 10.3 References.- 11 Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems.- 11.1 Description of Control Device.- 11.2 Design Procedures.- 11.3 Installation Procedures.- 11.4 Operation.- 11.5 Maintenance.- 11.6 Improving Operation and Performance.- 11.7 Conclusions.- 11.8 References.- 12 Stacks.- 12.1 Description of Control Device.- 12.2 Design Procedures.- 12.3 Sulfuric Acid Attack.- 12.4 Inspection and Repair of Liners.- 12.5 Conclusions.- 12.6 References.- Appendix SI Units.- A.1 The Metric System.- A.2 The SI System.