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The quality
of the air we breath is increasingly becoming a world wide concern. In the
United States all levels of government are involved in the regulation of air
quality. On the federal level, the Clean Air Act (CAA) and its amendments were
enacted by Congress to oversee and regulate the impact of air pollution caused
by industries within the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) was created as the primary support and implementation body for the CAA.The
actual enforcement of the CAA is delegated to local government regulatory
agencies called Air Quality Management Districts (AQMD’s). In some areas, such
as Southern California, the AQMD, South Coast Air Quality Management District
(SCAQMD), has found it necessary to evaluate and regulate sources of pollutants
not previously recognized. In the past, the need for pollution control equipment
in commercial kitchen exhaust systems has been required only in particular
situations, such as an existing high rise building, where it was impractical to
run new duct work to the roof. Increasingly, environmental control agencies are
making more demands for the elimination or reduction of pollutants from
commercial kitchen exhaust systems. In fact current legislation was adopted by
SCAQMD in November 1997 requiring pollution control devices over chain driven
and under-fired char-broilers. It is probable that such legislation will be
applied to other regions in the U.S., in the near future.
The Carroll
pollution control unit, trademarked EnvironAir® Air Purification Unit (APU),
utilizes a three-stage filter system to eliminate particulate grease and smoke
from the exhaust air stream. Optionally available is an odor removal module
that, through the use of odor media trays or a liquid odor spray cabinet,
effectively controls the malodors produced by commercial kitchen cooking.
Carroll has a longer history in designing and engineering these type units than
any other manufacturer, having first developed pollution control units in the
mid-1970’s. Carroll has steadily improved and refined the EnvironAir® APU over
the past 25 years. Today, the EnvironAir® APU offers the foodservice operator
the most efficient and economical pollution control equipment on the market.
Additionally, the EnvironAir® APU system has been engineered to operate with all
Carroll series ventilators in order to provide the optimum in filter life. The
EnvironAir® APU is available in models to cover any CFM range between 500 and
40,000. All EnvironAir® APU models are UL and ULC Listed and meet all
requirements of NFPA 96, the local authority having jurisdiction and national
building codes.
From throbbing city hearts such as Boston, Las Vegas, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto and Vancouver; to far-away trading centers like Dubai and Sharm El Sheik; from bustling corporate centers to the tranquility of Midwest schools, Floridian oases and suburban country clubs; Carroll’s EnvironAir® APU’s have been instrumental in resolving the challenges of commercial air pollution. Ruggedly constructed, yet uncomplicated in design, the EnvironAir® APU is truly a silent sentry indispensible to ever so many commercial cooking operations.
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