Air quality and stationary source emission control : 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.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Natural Resources.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air--Pollution--United States.

Air.

Air quality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xliv, 909 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

At head of title: 94th Congress, 1st session. Committee print.

"Serial no. 94-4."

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0-309-59286-0

OCLC:

609347144