This manual supplies agencies and industrial users with management and technical guidelines for effective operation and maintenance of air pollution control equipment. The manual covers four major topics. Section 1 discusses organization of maintenance operation, maintenance job planning and scheduling, maintenance work measurement, preventive maintenance, maintenance material control, budgets, and training. Sections 2 through 4 discuss the three major types of air pollution control equipment: baghouses, electrostatic precipitators, and scrubbers. Emphasis is placed on simplified startup, operating, and shutdown procedures. Routine inspection procedures are supplemented with detailed checklists. A general program is presented for troubleshooting air pollution control equipment. Case histories for a pulse-jet baghouse, dry and wet electrostatic precipitators, venturi scrubber, and packed tower are included in the appendix to provide the user with a sample program for improving equipment performance reliability. Section 5 discusses equipment and components common to all types of air pollution control equipment, such as hoods, ducts, fans, and stacks. Section 6 provides the details of the tools and equipment required to perform inspection and maintenance satisfactorily.

Performed under EPA contract no. 68-02-2535, task no. 7. "June 1979." "EPA-905/2-79-002." Project officers: Indur Goklany and Henry Onsgard. Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-108).