Fine Particle (2.5 microns) Emissions
Regulations, Measurement, and Control
Chapter One
INTRODUCTION
1.1 OVERVIEW OF PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) CONTROL
A particle is defined in the Random House College Dictionary, revised edition,
as "a minute portion, piece, or amount; a very small bit; a particle of dust."
Particles of dust and smoke preceded the cave man, fouled his cave, and
annoyed, hindered, and harmed his descendants to the present.
This book intends to describe matter composed of particles, to distinguish
among types and sizes of particles, to describe their health effects (mostly
deleterious), to give methods for measuring their concentrations in gas streams,
to discuss methods and costs for removing them from gas streams, and to
investigate the confluence of mankind's generation, use, physical control, and
legal requirements regarding particles. Emphasis here is on "fine particles,"
which in this book are those less than 2.5 µm (particles less than 10 µm have
also been defined as fine particles). Size ... read full excerpt from Fine Particle (2.5 microns) Emissions: Regulations, Measurement, and Control ebook
