best available control technology
1Best Available Control Technology — (BACT) is a pollution control standard mandated by the United States Clean Air Act. [Clean Air Act, section 169(3), uscsub|42|7479|3.] The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines what air pollution control technology will be used to …
2Reasonably Available Control Technology — (RACT) is a pollution control standard created by the Environmental Protection Agency and is used to determine what air pollution control technology will be used to control a specific pollutant to a specified limit. RACT applies to existing… …
3Best Available Technology — (or just BAT) is a term applied with regulations on limiting pollutant discharges with regard to the abatement strategy. Similar terms are best available techniques , best practicable means or best practicable environmental option . The term… …
4Lowest Achievable Control Technology — (LAER) is a pollution control standard created by the Environmental Protection Agency and is used to determine what air pollution control technology will be used to control a specific pollutant to a specified limit. At the discretion of the… …
5Best practice — is an idea that asserts that there is a , method, process, activity, incentive or reward that is more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process, etc. The idea is that with proper processes, checks, and …
6control theory — Field of applied mathematics relevant to the control of certain physical processes and systems. It became a field in its own right in the late 1950s and early 60s. After World War II, problems arising in engineering and economics were recognized… …
7Control theory — For control theory in psychology and sociology, see control theory (sociology) and Perceptual Control Theory. The concept of the feedback loop to control the dynamic behavior of the system: this is negative feedback, because the sensed value is… …
8Technology Integration — is a term used by educators to describe effective uses of technology by teachers and students in K 12 and university classrooms. Teachers use technology to support instruction in language arts, social studies, science, math, or other content… …
9technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
10Technology of television — The technology of television has changed since its early days using a mechanical system invented by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow in 1884.Elements of a television system , 1957 1. power switch / volume 2. brightness 3. pitch 4. vertical synchro 5.… …
