compilation of air pollutant emission factors, third edition (including supplements 1-7). supplement 9

in this supplement for compilation of air pollution emission factors, ap-42, revised and updated emissions data are presented for waste oil disposal; transportation and marketing of petroleum liquids; cutback asphalt, emulsified asphalt and asphalt cement; solvent degreasing; synthetic ammonia; carbon black; lead alkyl; bread baking; urea..

air pollutants affect the relative growth rate of hardwood seedlings

one-year-old seedlings of yellow-poplar (liriodendron tulipifera), eastern cottonwood (populus deltoides), and white ash (fraxinus americana) were divided into four groups. one group served as the control, and the other groups were fumigated for 12 hours per day with either 0.1 ppm o3, 0.2 ppm so2, or 0.1 ppm o3 plus 0.2 ppm so2 two or th..

user acceptance of an energy efficient office building--a study of the norris cotton federal office building

the general services administration built the norris cotton federal office building in manchester, new hampshire and chose it as a demonstration project for studying the effectiveness of energy conservation techniques in the design and operation of a contemporary office building. user acceptance of both the innovative and conventional des..

hybrid fuels for highway transportation. second annual technical progress report for the period 1 june 1979-1 june 1980

a program has been developed to investigate the potential of hybrid fuels for use in highway transportation. hybrids are fuels derived from combinations of readily available energetic non-conventional materials with petroleum. they are generally formulated as solutions, emulsions, or slurries. the underlying objective of the program is to..

health hazard evaluation determination report no. 76-73-523, stearns and foster mattress factory, lockland and mason plants, cincinnati, ohio,

environmental and medical surveys were conducted on april 4, 5, 18 and 19, 1977 to evaluate employee exposures to cotton dust at the stearns and foster mattress factories (sic-2515) in lockland and mason, ohio. the evaluation was requested by an unspecified number of factory workers on behalf of the 75 workers employed at the two factorie..

environmental and economic evaluation of energy recovery from agricultural and forestry residues

four conversion methods and five residues are examined in this report, which describes six model systems: hydrolysis of corn residues, pyrolysis of corn residues, combustion of cotton-ginning residues, pyrolysis of wheat residues, fermentation of molasses, and combustion of pulp and papermill wastes. estimates of material and energy flows..

plant studies in the people's republic of china: a trip report of the american plant studies delegation

;partial contents: organization of science and agriculture in china; the status of agriculture; reports on specific crops; the biological sciences in china; potential for germ plasm exchange

demonstration of irrigation return flow water quality control in the mesilla valley, new mexico

a 182-ha operating farm was used to demonstrate the water pollution control benefits of implementing improved irrigation management techniques and structures. the commodity crops produced on the farm included wheat, tomatoes, cotton, lettuce, peppers, chiles, grain sorghum, and alfalfa. improved water management in furrow, sprinkle, and t..

evaluation and development of satellite inferences of convective storm intensity using combined case study and thunderstorm model simulations

observational requirements for predicting convective storm development and intensity as suggested by recent numerical experiments are examined. recent 3d numerical experiments are interpreted with regard to the relationship between overshooting tops and surface wind gusts. the development of software for emulating satellite inferred cloud..

byssinosis: an industrial hygiene and medical survey of the stearns and foster company, lockland, ohio, april 16-30, 1973,

the national institute for occupational safety and health is charged with the investigation of hazardous substances in the workplace. as part of this mission, the division of field studies and clinical investigations has been involved in the study of byssinosis in several facilities dealing with raw cotton. this report is a combined envir..