Atmospheric Pollution
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788776814168
Table of contents: title: Sisältö; title: Introduction: The gas laws; title: Introduction; title: The Ideal Gas Equation; title: The mole concept; title: Sample calculations; title: The parts per million (p.p.m.) concept; title: Nitrogen accompanying oxygen in combustion processes; title: Concluding comments; title: Sulphur pollutants; title: Origin of sulphur pollutants; title: Sulphur in fuels; title: Form of sulphur in fuels and the fate of the sulphur on combustion; title: Desulphurisation of fuels; title: Sulphur credits; title: Methods of sulphur dioxide detection; title: Sulphur pollution levels in various countries; title: Sulphur dioxide emissions from shipping; title: Acid rain; title: Acid rain in the age of greenhouse gas reductions; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Oxides of nitrogen; title: Introduction; title: Denitrogenation of fuels; title: NOx mitigation during burning: the ‘low NOx burner’; title: Removal of NOx from flue gas by selective catalytic reduction; title: NOx from vehicles; title: NOx from shipping; title: NOx credits; title: Means of measuring NOx; title: Concluding numerical exercise; title: References; title: Particulate; title: General introduction; title: PM10; title: PM2.5; title: Smaller particles than PM2.5; title: Concluding comments; title: References; title: Volatile organic compounds (VOC) and ozone; title: Introduction; title: VOC from vehicles; title: VOC from refineries; title: Other sources of VOC; title: Measurement of VOC; title: VOC and ozone formation; title: Ozone; title: Carbon monoxide; title: Introduction; title: Contribution from motor vehicles; title: Miscellaneous sources of carbon monoxide [1]; title: Detection and measurement of carbon monoxide; title: Harmful effects of carbon monoxide; title: Concluding remarks: trends in carbon monoxide levels in air; title: References; title: Appendix to Chapter 6; title: Metals in the atmosphere; title: Lead; title: Mercury; title: Cadmium; title: Nickel; title: Arsenic; title: Analysis of air for metallic elements; title: References; title: Chlorinated pollutants; title: Hydrogen chloride; title: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); title: Elemental chlorine; title: Dioxins; title: References; title: Greenhouse gases Part I: Background; title: Introduction to the greenhouse gas chapters; title: Gas radiation; title: Why ‘greenhouse’?; title: A simplified model for the emissivity of the troposphere; title: Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; title: The distinction between fossil fuel and non-fossil fuel carbon dioxide; title: Carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas and petroleum fuels; title: Methane as a greenhouse gas; title: Sources of carbon dioxide other than fossil fuel combustion; title: References; title: Greenhouse gases Part II: Mitigation measures, emission targets and carbon trading; title: Introduction; title: Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from power generation; title: Carbon credits; title: Carbon dioxide from vehicles; title: Carbon dioxide from aircraft; title: Carbon dioxide from shipping; title: Miscellaneous sources of carbon dioxide; title: Uptake of carbon dioxide by vegetation; title: Carbon dioxide sequestration; title: Concluding remarks; title: References; title: Radioactivity in the atmosphere; title: Radon; title: Uranium; title: Thorium; title: Polonium; title: Cosmic rays; title: Carbon-14; title: Iodine; title: Caesium; title: Some nuclear incidents; title: References; title: Postscript; title: Notes