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COMBUSTION MODIFICATION CONTROL OF NITROGEN OXIDES (EPA/600/F-95/012)
Citation:
Hall, R. E. COMBUSTION MODIFICATION CONTROL OF NITROGEN OXIDES (EPA/600/F-95/012). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1995.
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EPA's efforts in research and development of nitrogen oxide (NOx) control technologies by
means of modifying the combustion process have played a major role in reducing stationary
source NOx emissions by over 3 million tons (2.73 x 10^6 tonnes) annually, and have led to at
least three low NOx burner technologies now commercially offered by major equipment vendors.
These accomplishments have been made with an average total EPA investment of less than $4
million per year over the past 20 years.
NOx formed during the combustion process has been seen as a major air pollution problem since
environmental issues first rose to the national forefront less than 30 years ago. Since its
inception, EPA has played a major role in the development of NOx control technologies through
research conducted and directed by the Agency. EPA has been involved in the full scope of
technology development, from investigations of the fundamental science of NOx formation to the
full-scale field demonstration of new control technologies. These successful efforts have
contributed to a reduction of NOx emissions through the New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) and the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAAs), both of which are based on
combustion modification control of NOx.[1] Research at EPA's Air and Energy Engineering
Research Laboratory (AEERL) continues to develop more effective and efficient control
technologies and to transfer those technologies to markets in both the U.S. and abroad.
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COMBUSTION MODIFICATION CONTROL OF NITROGEN OXIDESCOMBUSTION MODIFICATION CONTROL OF NITROGEN OXIDES - Taking Research from Concept to Implementation (PDF, NA pp, 73 KB, about PDF)