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Main Title Assessment of road carpet for control of fugitive emissions from unpaved roads /
Author Blackwood, T. R.
CORP Author Monsanto Research Corp., Dayton, OH.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; National Technical Information Service [distributor,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/7-79-115; MRC-DA-896; EPA-68-02-3107
Stock Number PB-298 874
OCLC Number 06836599
Subjects Road construction--United States ; Roads--Design and construction
Additional Subjects Roads ; Air pollution ; Fabrics ; Assessments ; Economic analysis ; Sources ; Fugitive emissions ; Unpaved roads ; Air pollution abatement
Internet Access
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EKBD  EPA-600/7-79-115 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 12/19/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-79-115 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ERAD  EPA 600/7-79-115 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 02/11/2013
ESAD  EPA 600-7-79-115 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-298 874 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 34 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report gives results of an assessment of the use of carpeting to control fugitive emissions from unpaved roads. Historically, emissions from unpaved roads have been controlled by watering, oiling, or chemical soil stabilization. An analysis of the forces which produce emissions shows that, if fine material can be reduced, fine particle emissions (<15 micrometers) will also be reduced. A new concept for control has been proposed: it uses a stable, rot-resistant, water-permeable fabric to separate road ballast from subsoil. Fine material is not accumulated in the ballast due to gravitational and hydraulic forces during normal rainfall. Preliminary studies indicate that fine material will pass through the fabric without blinding, and that fines in the subsoil do not pump into the ballast from the subsoil. Economic evaluations show that roads constructed with the fabric are cheaper for emissions control than with conventional control methods. The effectiveness of control cannot be directly calculated; however, research is continuing. Construction and testing of a prototype road in anticipated in 1979.
Notes
"Monsanto Research Corporation." "May 1979." Includes bibliographical references. "Contract no. 68-02-3107, program element no. EHE624A."