Technical manual: hood system capture of process fugitive particulate emissions. Final report, September 1983-September 1985

The manual provides to regulatory officials--charged with the responsibility of reviewing hood systems for capture of process fugitive emissions--with a reference guide on the design and evaluation of hood systems. Engineering analyses of the most-important hood types are presented. In particular, consideration is given to design methods for local and remote capture of buoyant sources, and enclosures for buoyant and inertial sources. A unique collection of case studies of actual or representative hood systems has been included to provide insight into the evaluation of existing systems or the design of a planned system.