Total PM emission factors for steel grit used in dry abrasive blasting

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1617-1625

  Kura, B ^a   Sangameswaran, S ^b   Kambham, K ^a   Silvadasan, Xavier ^c  

^a UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

^b Bioengineering Group Inc   (United States)

^c WOOLPERT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasives; Air pollution; Blasting; Emissions; Particles

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; AIR POLLUTION; BLASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

DRY ABRASIVE BLASTING; STEEL SHOT AND GRIT; TOTAL PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ABRASIVES; AIR POLLUTION; BLASTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLASTING; EMISSION CONTROL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STEEL;

EID: 33751089571     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:12(1617)     Document Type: Article

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