Design of Thermal Oxidation Systems for Volatile Organic Compounds / Edition 1

by David A Lewandowski

Overview

Controlling the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) became a very prominent environmental issue with the passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, and will continue to be an environmental priority through the next decade. No single technology has played as important a role in the control of VOC emissions as thermal oxidation. It has the ability to destroy VOCs in a one-step process that produces innocuous by-products.
Design of Thermal Oxidation Systems for Volatile Organic Compounds provides all the information needed for developing a thermal oxidation design in a single reference. It covers design, operation, and maintenance as well as the principles behind the classification of volatile organic compounds as hazardous waste. The author explores the primary purpose of thermal oxidizers and discusses their limitations.
The book provides:

practical, complete, and concise thermal oxidizer design principles

an outline of state-of-the-art design principles

a practical rather than theoretical approach

real industrial examples in each chapter
With the new regulations that affect VOC emissions, engineers from such diverse fields as oil refining, chemical distillation and separation processes, and pharmaceutical industries will need to design and implement thermal oxidation systems. Design of Thermal Oxidation Systems for Volatile Organic Compounds provides a reference to the entire design process, from conceptualization to operation and maintenance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566704106
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/29/1999
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Environmental Regulations
VOC Destruction Efficiency
Combustion Chemistry
Mass & Energy Balance
Waste Classification
Thermal Oxidizer Design
Heat Recovery
Catalytic Systems
Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers (RTO)
Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer (RCO)
Combustion NOx Control
Post-Combustion NOx Controls
Gas Scrubbing Systems
Safety Systems
Design Checklist
Appendix A: Incinerability Ranking
Appendix B: Table of Elements
Appendix C: Heats of Combustion of Organic Compounds
Appendix D: Abbreviated Steam Tables
Appendix E: Explosive Limits of Volatile Organic Compounds
References
Bibliography
Index