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Review Air Polution and Equipment
Review Air Polution and Equipment
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volcanic eruptions and wildfires—and human-made
sources—including mobile and stationary ones. Mobile refers
to moving sources, such as airplanes, trains, and
automobiles, while stationary refers to fixed industrial
sources, such as power plants, factories, and other facilities.
Scrubbers
Air Filters
Cyclones
Electrostatic Precipitators
Mist Collectors
Incinerators
Catalytic Reactors
Biofilters
Scrubbers
Dry Scrubbers
Wet Scrubbers
Air Filters
Electrostatic Precipitators
Incinerators
Incinerators are devices which employ combustion methods
to break down pollutants into non-toxic byproducts. While
these devices can be used to incinerate wastes in solid,
liquid, and gaseous form, they are widely employed in a
variety of industrial applications to maintain air quality and
regulate gas emissions by converting VOCs, hydrocarbons,
and other hazardous air pollutants (HAP) into innocuous
compounds, such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and oxygen.
Typically, incinerators are succeeded by scrubbers in an air
pollution control system, as the scrubbing process removes
any additional compounds formed through the combustion
process.
Catalytic Oxidizers
Catalytic Reactors
Fans and Blowers: Fans and blowers are incorporated into air
pollution control systems to help draw and direct industrial
exhaust and emissions into the air pollution control
equipment for pollutant filtration and removal, as well as to
help guide the clean, filtered air out of the equipment.
Dampers direction
Rapid increase in flow rate as blades
open
Sensitive to arm swings
Selection Considerations
While there are a wide variety of air pollution control
equipment and systems available, the suitability of each type
in mitigating the amount of chemicals, vapors, and dust
emitted into the atmosphere and filtering and purifying the
air within the work environment is dependent on several
factors. Some of the considerations that industry
professionals should keep in mind when choosing an air
pollution control device include:
Air Filters - -
HEPA Filters PM ≥ 0.3 μm Bio-contaminants
Fungi
Pollen
Smoke
Dust
Electrostatic PM Dust
Precipitators Smoke
Fumes (for wet ESPs)
Incinerators - -
Thermal Oxidizers Gaseous VOCs
compounds; PM Hydrocarbon
compounds
Fumes
Odorous and organic
compounds
Solid wastes
Soot
Air Filters -
HEPA Filters High temperatures or humidity can
damage filtration media
Requires periodic changes of filtration
media, which cannot be cleaned
Used filters can result in secondary waste
accumulation
Incinerators -
Thermal Oxidizers Not ideal for halogen or sulfur compounds
due to the formation of corrosive gases
Applications
Air Filters -
Incinerators -
Thermal Oxidizers Landfills
Oil and gas refineries
Chemical manufacturing
Rubber and plastic manufacturing
Coating and printing shops
Summary
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