Page 7 - Air pollution and greenhouse gases from basic concepts to engineering applications for air emission control

vi Preface

Part III includes special topics related to the scope of this book, but they do not
fit into the process introduced above. Chapter 12 is devoted to carbon sequestration
and storage, which are of increasing interest to the society. Although debates are
still ongoing, it is time to summarize the techniques that have been developed for
CO 2 capture and storage. There may be some overlapping between this chapter and
the other parts of this book. Chapter 13 presents an emerging topic of air pollution,
nanosized air pollution. Nanomaterials are now widely used in many industries, for
example, improved combustion efficiency, environmental protection, health, and
solar panel fabrication. The unique properties of nanoaerosol and its implications on
monitoring and filtration technologies are covered. Indoor air quality is introduced
in Chap. 14. Indoor air quality is related extensively to air pollution. The sources of
indoor air pollutants are different from their outdoor counterparts, as are their
control techniques. The last chapter is about air quality and air emission monitoring
techniques. They are commonly needed in industrial practices, government stan-
dard enforcement, and research and development in a laboratory setting.
The seed from which this book has grown was the engineering lecture notes that
I have developed over the last 10 years. More teaching materials are available at this
link: http://tan.uwaterloo.ca/book.html. They include PowerPoint presentations,
extra assignment problems, and the solutions to the practice problems. They will be
updated without notice.
Many people have helped me in writing this book, and my sincere appreciation
goes to Dr. Dongqing Li (University of Waterloo), Dr. Mark Rood (University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Raheleh Givehchi, Jing Min, Ishpinder Kailey, and
all the undergraduate and graduate students who have commented on the
manuscripts.
It has been a pleasure working with the team at Springer in publishing this book.
My thanks are due to Anand Jayaprakash, Ramesh Premnath, Udhaya Kumar, and
those working behind the scenes.