Control of diesel exhaust emissions

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• Personal Author:
  Waytulonis RW
• Description:
  The operation of diesel engines releases both gaseous and particulate pollutants into the atmosphere. The control of these emissions is necessary to ensure a healthful work environment. Several components of the gaseous fraction of the emissions can be toxic, asphyxiating, or strongly irritating at low concentrations. Of all the pollutants in diesel exhaust, the particulate matter ranks among the most important to control. Diesel particulate matter is entirely respirable and contains adsorbed substances, some of which are known carcinogens. This U.S. Bureau of Mines paper reviews conventional work practices and devices used to control diesel exhaust emissions and new control techniques being tested by the Bureau. New exhaust control techniques and devices may be necessary to meet future diesel particulate matter emission standards in underground coal mines. The development of future exhaust control devices is discussed in the context of ongoing industry-government cooperative research projects for part 36 permissible equipment. Discussions of control devices include the waterbath and dry-type exhaust conditioners, conventional and developmental oxidation catalytic converters, ceramic-element and other particulate filters, and combinations of devices. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Carcinogens Coal Coal Mining Hazardous Substances Mining Occupational Health Safety Vehicle Emissions
• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Coal-workers Control-methods Control-systems Diesel-emissions Diesel-engines Diesel-exhausts Exhaust-gases Filters Mine-workers Miners Mining-industry Pollutants Pollution Toxic-materials Toxins Underground-miners Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  165-172
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10008627
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 21st Annual Institute on Coal Mining Health, Safety and Research, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 28-30, 1990. Hugler E, Bacho A, Karmis M, eds., Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1990 Aug; :165-172
• Editor(s):
  Hugler E; Bacho A; Karmis M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 21st Annual Institute on Coal Mining Health, Safety and Research, Blacksburg, Virginia, August 28-30, 1990
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3e1b7da13a640a2e39d8ff0a03fa5f3f637739fd9c7ad7ece8fb513b3c572c6b292faa3bba8d24ec79c4ef406d829e5e03648d1a906097f134355010b6cb9ac7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219876/cdc_219876_DS1.pdf
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