Airborne sulphur pollution: Effects and control

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5713770

This three-part report considers the effects of sulphur compounds and other related air pollutants on health and environment; reviews available technologies for controlling sulphur emissions; and conducts a cost-benefit analysis of alternative programs for sulphur emission control in the ECE region. Part One documents the effects of sulphur compounds on aquatic ecosystems; soil, groundwater, and vegetation; various materials, including historical and cultural monuments; visibility; and personal health. Part Two examines technologies for reducting the sulphur content of fuels, modifying combustion gases, utilizing recovered materials, and disposing waste products from desulphurization technologies. Part Three analyzes the costs and benefits of alternative programs for sulphur emission control, discussing methodological approaches and data requirements and providing an example of a probabilistic approach to a cost-benefit analysis of different sulphur emission control scenarios.

• OSTI ID: 5713770
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DATA ACQUISITION
DESULFURIZATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FUELS
GROUND WATER
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MANAGEMENT
NONMETALS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
SOILS
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
VISIBILITY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE RETRIEVAL
WASTES
WATER