Particulates matter : impact, measurement, and remediation of airborne pollutants /
A title in the Emerging Issues in Analytical Chemistry series, Particulates Matter: Impact, Measurement, and Remediation of Airborne Pollutants provides the latest technical findings in the study of particulate matter (PM). It links these findings to awareness-raising and actionable schemes for legi...
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Amsterdam :
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2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Particulates Matter: Impact, Measurement, and Remediation of Airborne Pollutants
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part One: PM and ozone fundamentals
- Chapter One: Why particulates matter
- Early days: Recognition of the issue
- Progress of regulations
- Current state of the particulate matter problem
- Health effects
- Impact of elevated particulate matter on severe acute respiratory syndrome and Covid-19
- Transmigration of particulate matter
- Transmigration markers and climatic effects
- References
- Chapter Two: Principal sources of PM
- Internal combustion engines
- Diesel engines
- Two-stroke engines
- Coal combustion
- Biomass combustion for cooking and heating
- Crop residue burning
- Dust storms
- References
- Chapter Three: Ozone: Good high, bad nigh
- Formation and prevalence
- The distribution of atmospheric ozone
- Health effects
- Short term
- Ozone and PM
- Long term
- Ozone and climate change
- Cannabis: A new player in ozone production
- References
- Part Two: Impacts of differences in particle size
- Chapter Four: The importance of being small (with apologies to Oscar Wilde)
- Conventional particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5) and ultrafine
- How particulates form
- Particulates from coal combustion
- Particulates from use of fuel
- Ultrafine particles (nanomaterials)
- Bioaerosols
- Bacteria
- Viruses
- Fungi
- Dispersal and penetration
- References
- Chapter Five: Health effects of airborne particulates
- Mechanisms of action on organs
- Morbidity and mortality
- Long-term systemic impacts
- Detection and estimation of episodic insults
- Pediatric effects of exposure
- References
- Part Three: Detecting PM and in vitro techniques to measure health impact.
- Chapter Six: Detection and evaluation of airborne particulates
- Gravimetric estimation
- Optical methods
- Counters based on nephelometry
- RTI MicroPEM version 3.2
- Measuring black carbon
- Aethalometers
- Photoacoustic methods
- Size measurement
- Microscopy
- Satellite monitoring
- References
- Chapter Seven: Estimation of toxicity of airborne particulates
- In vitro and in vivo studies
- Filtrate resuspension exposure method
- Air-liquid interface exposure method
- A new commercial ALI device
- Toxicity of biomass-sourced particulates: A case study
- References
- Part Four: Engineered interventions
- Chapter Eight: Wood fires: Domesticated
- Wood combustion basics
- Cookstove emissions
- Engineered interventions
- Economics of substitutes
- References
- Chapter Nine: Wood fires: Wild
- Wildfire emissions
- General health effects
- Lung toxicity
- Causes of wildfires
- The role of power lines
- The role of climate change
- References
- Chapter Ten: Reducing PM and NOx in diesel engine exhaust
- Diesel particulate filters
- Regeneration results in higher nanoparticle count
- Diesel oxidation catalyst
- NOx removal
- Exhaust gas recirculation
- Selective catalyst reduction
- Lean NOx trap
- Gasoline engines: Are they getting a free pass?
- References
- Chapter Eleven: Alternative fuels
- Diesel substitutes
- Biofuel
- Thermochemical processing
- Oil seed conversion
- Liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, and natural gas as diesel substitutes
- Dimethyl ether as diesel substitute
- Manufacturing DME
- Distributed production of syngas
- Methanol and ethanol in gasoline
- References
- Chapter Twelve: Electric vehicles: Transformational solution for low-PM transportation
- History of electric vehicles
- Hybrid electric vehicles
- All-electric vehicles
- Batteries.
- Economics of electric vehicle batteries
- Battery exchange electric vehicles
- Auto companies
- Consumers
- Swap station owners and franchisers
- Swap versus fast charging
- Electric vehicles use less energy
- Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
- Comparison of electric vehicles with fuel cell vehicles
- Consumers
- Suppliers
- References
- Chapter Thirteen: Clean coal and dirty solar panels
- Particulate matter casts a shadow on solar energy
- Particulate matter deposits reduce efficiency of solar panels
- Measuring soiling rates of solar panels
- Is clean coal indeed an oxymoron?
- Clean coal definition
- Integrated gasification and combined cycle
- CO2 sequestration
- Mineralization
- Beneficial utilization of CO2
- Enhanced oil recovery
- Enhanced oil recovery economics and potential role in CO2 sequestration
- References
- Part Five: Policy directions
- Chapter Fourteen: Research and policy directions
- Policy revision needed
- Household air pollution
- Policy for household air pollution reduction
- Short-term effects on health and behavior
- Regulating ultrafine particulate matter
- References
- Index.