Air Pollution Awareness And Systems Used To Control It


With the increase of global warming and various other threats to nature, it has become crucial for companies to adopt air pollution measures and install air pollutions control systems. However, before learning how to control air pollution, we must first understand what air pollution is and how industries and factories cause it.

Air pollutants are generally caused via natural or human-made occurrences. Natural causes of air pollution include volcanic eruptions, wildfires, etc. However, human-made reasons are more complicated and can be divided into mobile and stationary. Mobile causes refer to vehicles like airplanes, trains, and other automobiles, while stationary causes include power plants, factories, and other such facilities. Due to the increased use of both mobile and stationary causes, the pollutants product by human-made components has started having devastating effects on the atmosphere and the environment, which in turn leads to a negative impact on human life as well. These include an increase in global temperature, a decrease in atmospheric viability and air quality, and others.

Mentioned below are the common types of categories of air pollutants emitted by power plants and industries and their causes on the environment:

In their basic form, most common air pollutants come in six types, Particulate Matter (PM), Photochemical Oxidants, Carbon Monoxide, Sulfur Oxide, Nitrogen Oxide, and Lead. These pollutants are responsible for more of the negative impact on the environment, atmosphere, and surrounding structures

Besides these air pollutants, air toxins are also released in the atmosphere. These toxins refer to a list of 180 air pollutants like organic chemicals, volatile organic compounds, and metals. These pollutants are not as common. However, even trace amounts of them hurt the environment
Next are Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), which refer to gases that affect both human health and lead to an increase in the greenhouse effect on the plant, which affects the global climate. These gases include carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), methane, and ozone

Types of Air Pollution Control Systems and Equipment

When it comes to an industrial setting, air pollution control systems are considered to be an umbrella term that refers to equipment to regulate and eliminate the emissions of air pollutants. The equipment can be utilized across various industries, preventing the spread of chemical, vapor, and dust by filtering and purifying the air in the work premises. These systems work typically in the form of fans and blowers where the industrial exhaust and emissions are processed to remove pollutants through the use of the following methods:

  • Combustion by destroying the pollutants
  • Conversion by chemically changing the pollutant into a less harmful compound
  • Collection by removing the pollutant from the air

There are various types of air pollution control systems, some of which include:

  • Electrostatic Precipitators
  • Bag filters
  • Wet scrubbers
  • Combofilter
  • Thermax Modular Gas Cooler (TMGC)

In today’s times, the question isn’t ‘why air pollution control,’ it’s ‘how air pollution control’ as industries cannot afford to ignore this global phenomenon any longer. To ensure your factory is part of the pollution control movement, you can contact companies like Thermax for effective and affordable air pollution control systems.

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