Pollution control
Pollution control is a term used in environmental management. It means the control of emissions and effluents into air, water or soil. Without pollution control, the waste products from consumption, heating, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, transportation and other human activities, whether they accumulate or disperse, will degrade the environment. In the hierarchy of controls, pollution prevention and waste minimization are more desirable than pollution control.
Practices
Pollution control devices
Dust collection systems
- Baghouses
- Cyclones
- Electrostatic precipitators
Scrubbers
- Baffle spray scrubber
- Cyclonic spray scrubber
- Ejector venturi scrubber
- Mechanically aided scrubber
- Spray tower
- Wet scrubber
Sewage treatment
- Activated sludge biotreaters
- API oil-water separators
- Biofilters
- Dissolved air flotation (DAF)
- Powdered activated carbon treatment
- Sedimentation (water treatment)
Vapor recovery systems
