Industrial Air Pollution Monitoring

Developed from a short course taught at Leeds University, this book covers methods of monitoring emissions of air pollutants from stationary sources. It surveys the techniques and points out their advantages and disadvantages.

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Legislation on emissions of air pollutants and their monitoring. Gas composition calculations. Particulate emissions by extractive sampling. Particle size analysis. Particulate emissions - optical and other methods of continuous monitoring. Gas sampling and conditioning. Chemical methods of gas analysis. Optical methods of analysis 1: infra red. Optical methods of analysis 2: visible and UV. Volatile organics. Sampling and analysis of PAH, dioxins and furans. Electrochemical devices. Calibration and maintenance of gas analysers. Data logging, data analysis. Management of an emission monitoring programme.