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Innovations in Site Characterization. Case Study: Hanscom Air Force Base, Operable Unit 1 (Sites 1, 2, and 3)
Executive Summary Field analytical instrumentation and methods were used to support a site characterization study at the Airfield at Hanscom Air Force Base (HAFB) Operable Unit 1. HAFB is located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and occupies land in the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln. U.S. Air Force military operations began in 1941 and continued through 1973. With the ...
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Pesticides Manufacturing Industry - Pollution Prevention Guidelines
Introduction Pollution Prevention Guidelines to provide technical advice and guidance to staff and consultants involved in pollution-related projects. The guidelines represent state-of-the-art thinking on how to reduce pollution emissions from the production process. In many cases, the guidelines provide numerical targets for reducing pollution, as well as maximum emissions ...
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Foundries Industry - Pollution Prevention Guidelines
Introduction Pollution Prevention Guidelines to provide technical advice and guidance to staff and consultants involved in pollution-related projects. The guidelines represent state-of-the-art thinking on how to reduce pollution emissions from the production process. In many cases, the guidelines provide numerical targets for reducing pollution, as well as maximum emissions ...
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Case study - Increasing oxidizer capacity by 80,000 SCFM
Overview A recreational products company bought a three year-old manufacturing facility with an existing regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) for the production of their outboard engine. They required emission control equipment to manage the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by the solvents used in the engine painting processes. The company wanted to minimize overall costs by using the ...
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NEC Directive status report 2013
This report describes the most recent emission inventory information provided by the Member States of the European Union (EU) at the end of 2013 under Directive 2001/81/EC, the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD) (EC, 2001). The NECD requires all 28 EU Member States to report information annually on emissions of four significant air pollutants: nitrogen oxides (NOX), non.methane volatile ...
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Preventing Petroleum Pollution in NJ: Rutgers and the NJDEP Team Up to Train Over 2,000 on Proper Underground Storage Tank (UST) Operations
It sounds like science fiction, but according to the real-world New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), there are over 4,200 sites storing billions of gallons of flammable gasoline in giant tanks buried underground, right here within the borders of the Garden State. This number includes hospitals and schools that use oil for heat, mechanic shops and factories that utilize waste ...
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Case study - World`s largest remediation site
Overview Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport, the world's busiest airport in 1997, became the world's largest remediation site once it was closed. When the airport was decommissioned in 1999 in favor of the new Chek Lap Kok Airport, the government planned to rapidly clean up the site for commercial and residential development. After many years of soil penetration by various fuels and chemicals, the site ...
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Impact of selected policy measures on Europe`s air quality
This report was prepared by the European Topic Centre for Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC) of the European Environment Agency (EEA). The authors of the report were Jeroen Kuenen, Mtinkheni Gondwe, Tinus Pulles (TNO, the Netherlands), Frank de Leeuw (PBL, the Netherlands) and Justin Goodwin (S-ESC, United Kingdom). The EEA project manager was Martin Adams. Dr. Leonidas Ntziachristos (Aristotle ...
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Case study - Engine test cell exhaust: RTO
Overview A Mid-western outboard engine manufacturer bought a three year-old plant for the production of its marine engines. When finished, the engines are removed from the assembly line and run for quality control. The 25,000 SCFM of exhaust from testing contains volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that require regulatory compliance. Also within this exhaust is a great deal of water vapor and ...
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Nigeria’s Emerging Emission Reduction Regulations: Local Industry Implementation and Implications
Nigeria, as Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, faces significant challenges regarding environmental pollution and emissions. In recent years, the Nigerian government has taken steps to address these issues by introducing emission reduction regulations aimed at mitigating the adverse effects of industrial activities on public health and the environment. This article explores ...
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Case study - Styrene emissions: Catalytic oxidizer with concentrator
Overview The world's largest button manufacturer needed a pollution control system that would destroy styrene emissions from a variety of plant processes. The plant was proactively seeking a cost-effective air pollution control solution to preempt future regulatory action. The main concern of the customer was the high operating cost of an emission control system. Action After thorough ...
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Ceramic Media Replacement in your RTO
Optimize the Life and Efficiency of Your RTO Ceramic Media Beds Considering ceramic media replacement in your RTO? Wondering about the many options and claims you hear of out there? We hope this post provides some clarity for your next step. Regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTO’s) have been a workhorse oxidizer for over 30 years. Many ceramic media types and designs have been developed ...
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Case study - Paint mixing
Overview A company involved in the automotive aftermarket had a paint batch mixing and filling operation that used primers and fillers. They were faced with installing air pollution control equipment to handle the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by the solvents used in their processes. An independent consultant had determined that total exhaust volume from the facility was 28,000 SCFM ...
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Why Container Measurements Are Essential
Transport container traffic carries millions of containers around the globe annually. Cargo containers are fumigated to inhibit the spread of foreign species, pests and micro-organisms. Transported products may also release volatile organic compounds (VOC) from the solvents, coatings and glues used in manufacturing processes. Work safety regulation requires the employer to guarantee a safe ...
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Chlorinated VOC Groundwater & Soil Remediation - Case Study
Summary Burns & McDonnell was retained to perform soil and groundwater remediation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene (PCE and TCE) at a warehouse facility in Dallas. A historical spill of the chlorinated VOCs behind the warehouse building resulted in the contamination of soil in the immediate area and shallow groundwater leading ...
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Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)! What’s that?
What is Sick Building Syndrome? Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is usually described as an unidentified cause of an acute illness, nausea or irritation in an office or Group of people panic exit from the buildingcommercial/public building. Individuals often have a cessation of the symptoms after leaving the building. More specifically, Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) can be associated with practically ...
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Landfill remediation with refrigerants and chlorinated solvents
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Between 1979 and 1980, industrial and hazardous wastes were disposed of at the Site in a series of unlined pits, each of which was used for a particular type of waste disposal. It is reported based on evaluations of manifests that approximately 3.4 million gallons of hazardous liquid wastes and between 3,700 and 4,100 tons of solid wastes were disposed of in the pits at the ...
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Bi-On Carb OX: Odor treatment in WWTPs. Case study SIMTEJO (Portugal) - Case Study
Avoiding problems associated with foul odors in and around collectors and waste water treatment plants is today one of the major focus points to avoid possible issues related to worker safety, as well as minimizing negative social discomforts caused by the foul odors. The main sources that generate foul odors in WWTPs occur at stages of anaerobiosis, where the lack of oxygen favours the ...
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Case study - Paint booth over spray
OVERVIEW A major automotive component supplier needed to control the emissions from its paint spray process. The plant emissions had characteristics common to many paint spray plants: high air flow, low volatile organic compound (VOC) concentration and particulate. The company needed an emission control solution that had low operating costs and that could also fit in their limited space. System ...
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Best Air purifier Brand healthcare air purifiers for office air purifier system Air purifier supplier
We have made a survey recently: in many office buildings with central air conditioning, dozens or even hundreds of people work in an open area office. There is at least one computer, some even two or three in front of people, ozone, electromagnetic radiation and electronic fog and other pollution accompanied heat waves by chassis fan, mixed with dirty air release to everyone in the work. Although ...
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