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2.7.2 Advantages and 2.8.3 Operation and
Disadvantages 164 Maintenance 169
2.7.3 Operation and 3.0 CURRENT AIR
Maintenance 166 POLLUTION CONTROL
2.8 Fabric Filters 166 SYSTEMS 170
2.8.1 Performance 167 4.0 EMISSIONS
MONITORING 170
2.8.2 Advantages and
Disadvantages 167 5.0 REFERENCES 173

Control of air emissions has become an increasingly important and crucial part of
design and operation of incineration facilities. Federal, state, and regional air pollu-
tion control boards have imposed increasingly more stringent regulations during the
last several decades as environmental awareness has grown. More effective and
sophisticated air pollution control (APC) systems have been developed to comply
with these regulations.
This chapter covers several topics related to APC systems:

• Formation of pollutant emissions.
• Factors affecting their generation and release.
• Technologies and operating modes to control emissions.

• Advantages and disadvantages of various systems.
• Devices used to monitor emissions.
There are three main types of pollutants: solid, liquid, and gaseous.

1.0 SOLID AND LIQUID POLLUTANTS

1.1 Particulate Matter
According to the definition in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA)
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) contained in 40 CFR, Part 60, Subpart A,
particulate matter is “any finely divided solid or liquid material, other than uncom-
bined water, as measured by the reference methods specified” (1991a).