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tion on the air pollution abatement technologies, but will also serve as a basis
for advanced study or specialized investigation of the theory and practice of
the unit operations and unit processes covered.
The editors are pleased to acknowledge the encouragement and support
received from their colleagues and the publisher during the conceptual stages
of this endeavor. We wish to thank the contributing authors for their time and
effort, and for having patiently borne our reviews and numerous queries and
comments. We are very grateful to our respective families for their patience
and understanding during some rather trying times.
The editors are especially indebted to Dr. Howard E. Hesketh at Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, and Ms. Kathleen Hung Li at NEC
Business Network Solutions, Irving, Texas, for their services as Consulting
Editors of the first and second editions, respectively.

Lawrence K. Wang
Norman C. Pereira
Yung-Tse Hung