Pollution control

Pollution control

Related to the measures implemented by a state, institution or community to manage and control environmental pollution.

1Categories 4499Terms

Add a new term

Contributors in Pollution control

Become a Contributors

Pollution control > Air pollution

risk management

Pollution control; Air pollution

An evaluation of the need for and feasibility of reducing risk. It includes consideration of magnitude of risk, available control technologies, and economic feasibility.

methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)

Pollution control; Air pollution

An ether compound added to gasoline to provide oxygen and enhance complete combustion. MTBE is being phased out of California's gasoline. For more information, please see our ...

reference exposure concentration (RFC)

Pollution control; Air pollution

An estimate, derived by the U. S. EPA with an uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a daily exposure to the human population, (including sensitive subgroups) that ...

feference dose (RfD)

Pollution control; Air pollution

An estimate delivered by the U. S. EPA (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of the daily exposure to the human population, (including sensitive ...

gas turbine

Pollution control; Air pollution

An engine that uses a compressor to draw air into the engine and compress it. Fuel is added to the air and combusted in a combustor. Hot combustion gases exiting the engine turn a ...

internal combustion engine

Pollution control; Air pollution

An engine in which both the heat energy and the ensuing mechanical energy are produced inside the engine. Includes gas turbines, spark ignition gas, and compression ignition ...

reciprocating internal combustion engine

Pollution control; Air pollution

An engine in which air and fuel are introduced into cylinders, compressed by pistons and ignited by a spark plug or by compression. Combustion in the cylinders pushes the pistons ...