Air Quality Reference Materials

Description: In the laboratory, when animals are transferred or when their cages are cleaned, it is important to use the right equipment to protect both the animal and the researcher from exposure to contaminants. ...

Description: Regenerative desiccant compressed air dryers require preventive maintenance. All too often, the routine maintenance on air dryers is overlooked. Many air dryers simply run until something breaks. ...

Description: Product sterilization companies are generally required to utilize a pollution control device for treatment of exhaust gases from their aeration room and sterilization chambers. In the United States, ...

Description: A major chemical manufacturer required a pollution control system to destroy the halogenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted during the formulation of Pure Terephthalic Acid (PTA). ...

Description: As the first generation of oxidizer systems in the industry nears the end of their service life, many canmaking plants face repair or replacement of their existing air pollution control systems. ...

Description: Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport, the world's busiest airport in 1997, became the world's largest remediation site once it was closed. When the airport was decommissioned in 1999 in favor of the new Chek ...

Description: After exhausting maintenance options, Capistrano Unified officials turned to technology to help improve indoor air quality. The compact Sanuvox UV Air Purification Unit was installed in the HVAC ...

Description: The available methods for removing pollutants from a gas stream are numerous, to say the least. A popular method, scrubbers allow users to separate gases and solids by allowing the gas to come into ...

Description: A brief history of the correlation between emissions regulations and the improvements in industrial combustion technology. ...

Description: In 2004, construction of a major ethylene plant in the Middle East faced challenges to find workable methods to reduce flare emissions, flame visibility, and noise. ...

Description: Ethylene is currently produced more than any other petrochemical in the world. Current ethlene production occurs mainly through the thermal cracking of various hydrocarbon steams in the presence of ...

Description: In case you haven't heard, our planet is getting warmer. At what rate it is occurring or how much human activity has to do with the increasing temperatures is a heated debate, pardon the pun. One ...

Description: The objective of this test was to determine the efficiency of a carbon filter with Methyl Ethyl Keton(MEK). An environment was created that exceeded the NIOSH threshold limit value by 50% (300 ppm). ...

Description: The objective of this test was to determine the filtering efficiency of a Sentry Air Systems carbon filter cartridge on total hydrocarbons and octane in two separate fuel mixtures. The experiment was ...

Description: The objective of this test was to determine the efficiency of a carbon filter with Acetone. An environment was created that exceeded the NIOSH threshold limit value. This test was conducted with air ...

Description: A test was setup to determine the filtering efficiency of a Sentry Air Systems activated carbon filter cartridge on toluene vapors within a Sentry Air hood. A 99% solution of toluene was used for this ...

Description: A test was setup to determine the filtering efficiency of a Sentry Air Systems carbon filter cartridge on xylene vapors within a Sentry Air hood. A 99% solution of O-xylene was used for this specific ...

Description: This particular study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Sentry Air Systems ductless hood extractor (Model SS-340 DCH) when employed to collect the vapors emitted when parts are cleaned ...

Description: In case you haven't heard, our planet is getting warmer. At what rate it is occurring or how much human activity has to do with the increasing temperatures is a heated debate, pardon the pun. One ...

Description: Carbon fiber and graphite reinforced polymers are materials that have, and will continue to revolutionize the products we use everyday by making them stronger, lighter and more durable. However, the ...

Description: Global demand for fossil fuels continues to rise despite the regulatory pressures to reduce emissions generated by burning such fuels. With economically viable and commercially available alternative ...

Description: Elsta, a leading power producer in the Netherlands (partly owned by U.S.-based AES Corporation) has always been regarded as socially responsible. Locally, the company built a wall around its entire ...

Description: Gerry DiSchino, President of New England Container Company, was under the gun to purchase an air pollution control system to clean up the VOCs emitted from a paint line at their Baltimore, MD steel ...

Description: Choosing a heat recovery media for an RTO is not as simple as meets the eye. There are numerous misconceptions to overcome and many variables to consider in choosing a heat recovery media; especially ...

Description: Cycle Therm designs, manufactures and installs regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTOs) for the destruction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and odorous emissions. ...

Description: Back in 1999, Titleist was thinking green. Not golf green; environmental green. At the Acushnet Company, maker of Titleist brand golf balls, protecting the environment is a longstanding commitment. So ...

Description: Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers (RTOs), have become a common name in the air pollution control industry, and with good reason. This technology has provided general industry with a consistent and ...

Description: Emission control and the operating costs associated with meeting environmental regulations were nothing new for the Coated Products Division of Brady Corp. The company has been manufacturing coated ...

Description: A producer and supplier of corrosion resistant piping systems was looking to improve the reliability and lower operating expenses of an existing air pollution control system at their facility. During ...

Description: In an effort to reduce the world's dependence on fossil fuels, there has been a major push towards alternatives. Ethanol has been at the forefront of this movement because it reduces greenhouse gas ...

Description: When you think about generating electricity from wind, clean energy comes to mind. However, the wind turbine production process can be a major source of air pollution without the proper controls in ...

Description: This design utilizes stage-wise scrubbing and filtering of gases and contaminants in a compact, easy to maintain package. Inherent in the design is the flexibility to collect a diverse range of ...

Description: Your air pollution control system represents a significant investment in not only initial capital but also ongoing maintenance and operation. Routine inspections performed by your staff combined with ...

Description: The mainstream media today is full of allusions to energy awareness and conservation. Just as visible these days are media references to astronomical dollar figures that can boggle the mind. This ...

Description: A structured-media mist eliminator is less prone to plugging than conventional knitted-mesh mist eliminators, achieves higher removal efficiencies per unit of pressure drop, and has lower energy ...

Description: hough it's hardly rare, new construction at a major health care facility is anything but 'business as usual.' A building project can disrupt normal safeguards, create stress and open pathways for ...

Description: The objective of this section is to present various VOC thermal oxidation technologies, their strength and weaknesses and the elements required to determine what is the preferred technology for a ...

Description: Two key concerns are the focus when handling pharmaceutical dusts - the potent, toxic or allergenic properties of the compound as it relates to personnel exposure and the explosion properties of the ...

Description: Horizontal crossflow scrubbers using Kimre Inc's monofilament pad material have been in successful service at a Brazilian NPK plant for 21/2 years. They are cheaper both to install and to run than ...

Description: Mist eliminators have evolved over the years from packed bed types to knitted mesh mist collectors. Knitted mesh mist eliminators achieve much greater efficiency than the packed bed types where dumped ...

Description: B-GON® Mist Eliminators are widely used in the gas cleaning and contact section of sulfuric acid plants. Metallurgical, Oleum Producing, Sulfur Burning, and Regeneration Plants rely on the mist ...

Description: The fertilizer industry has earned recognition for having contributed directly to increase world grain yields in the past century. Based on the conservative estimate of the world population growth, ...