KEEPING THE AIR CLEAN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BITUMEN MIXING PLANTS

THE AUTHOR LISTS THE SOURCES OF AIR POLLUTION FROM BITUMEN MIXING PLANTS: THE BINDER HEATERS, APPORTIONING EQUIPMENT, HAULAGE EQUIPMENT, SIEVING AND WEIGHING EQUIPMENT, AND THE TRANSPORT OF FILLERS OVER UNPAVED ROADS, BUT STRESSES THAT THE MAIN SOURCE OF POLLUTION IS THE EXHAUST GAS FROM THE DRYING DRUMS WHICH CONTAINS SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND RUST. METHODS OF REDUCING THE POLLUTION ARE DISCUSSED. /TRRL/

• Authors:
  • Schwinkowski, K
• Publication Date: 1972-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 75-7
• Serial:
  • Strasse, Berlin /Germany/
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Bituminous mixtures; Families; Mixing plants; Rust prevention; Sulfur dioxide
• Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous mixing plants
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00211911
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 11 1973 12:00AM