Air quality and stationary source emission control [[electronic resource] ] : a report / / by the Commission on Natural Resources, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council ; prepared fob [sic] the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, pursuant to S. Res. 135

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456544403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975
• ISBN: 0-309-59286-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (955 p.)
• Soggetti: Air - Pollution - United States; Air quality; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: At head of title: 94th Congress, 1st session. Committee print.; "Serial no. 94-4."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies.
• Nota di contenuto: ""AIR QUALITY AND STATIONARY SOURCE EMISSION CONTROL""; ""NOTICE""; ""Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY""; ""SCOPE OF THE REPORT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""SUMMARY OF PART ONE: HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE AND SULFATES""; ""Sulfur Oxide Emissions and Abatement Techniques""; ""Reasons for Reducing Emissions of Sulfur Oxides""; ""Recommended Decisions and Decision Processes for Abatement Strategies""; ""The Value of Resolving Uncertainties on the Effects of Sulfur Oxide Emissions""; ""SUMMARY OF PART THREE: CONTROL OF NITROGEN OXIDES FROM STATIONARY SOURCES""; ""PART ONE HEALTH AND ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE AND SULFATES""""CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION""; ""LITERATURE CITED""; ""CHAPTER TWO GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES, INTERACTIONS AND SINKS""; ""METHODS OF STUDY OF SULFUR OXIDE HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""In Vitro Studies""; ""Animal Experiments""; ""Controlled Human-Exposure Experiments""; ""Epidemiologic Studies""; ""NORMAL LUNG FUNCTION IN RELATION TO SULFUR OXIDE HEALTH EFFECTS""; ""INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS IN ; RESPONSE""; ""LITERATURE CITED""; ""CHAPTER 3 BASIC BIOMEDICAL EFFECTS OF SULFUR OXIDES""; ""BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF SULFUR OXIDE TOXICITY""""PHYSIOLOGIC AND ANATOMIC EFFECTS OF SULFUR OXIDES""; ""LITERATURE CITED""; ""CHAPTER 4 HEALTH EFFECTS OF SULFUR OXIDES""; ""CHILDREN""; ""BRONCHIAL ASTHMA""; ""CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND EMPHYSEMA""; ""Definition and Classification""; ""Mortality Studies""; ""Morbidity""; ""Respiratory Tract Infections""; ""Lung Cancer""; ""Quantitation""; ""LITERATURE CITED""; ""CHAPTER 5 ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""EFFECTS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE ON VEGETATION""; ""EFFECTS OF ACID PRECIPITATION ON TREES AND FOREST PRODUCTIVITY""; ""EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN ON AGRICULTURE""""EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN ON FISH AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS""; ""ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS""; ""ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS""; ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION""; ""LITERATURE CITED""; ""PART TWO STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING SULFUR-RELATED POWER PLANT EMISSIONS""; ""PART TWO IN BRIEF: STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING POWER PLANT EMISSIONS""; ""RELATION OF EMISSIONS TO AMBIENT AIR QUALITY AND CHEMISTRY OF PRECIPITATION""; ""EFFICIENT PRICING AND CONSERVATION""; ""MODIFICATION OF DEMAND FOR ELECTRIC POWER""; ""Generation of Byproduct Electricity in Industry""; ""Improved Efficiency of Equipment and Processes""""Shift of Space Heating Load from Oil and Gas to Coal as Primary Fuel""; ""FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION (FGD)""; ""Introduction""; ""Lime Scrubbing in the Unsaturated Mode""; ""Lime Scrubbing in the Supersaturated Mode""; ""Limestone Scrubbing in the Supersaturated Mode""; ""Limestone Scrubbing in the Unsaturated Mode""; ""Availability of Lime and Limestone Scrubber Technology""; ""Regenerative Flue Gas Desulfurization Processes""; ""Cost of Flue Gas Desulfurization""; ""Residuals Produced from Flue Gas Desulfurization""; ""Capability of Vendors and Utility Companies""