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The Environmental Glossary. Letter D +++ Popular Articles: 'Disease', 'Development', 'Deposition'

Diesel Particulate Filter

A Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) is a diesel particulate filter (DPF) is similar to a diesel oxidation Catalyst and is one of the two major technologies being employed to meet the 2007 emissions regulations.

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Diesel Particulate Matter

A Diesel Particulate Matter (PM) is a mixture of Particles that is a Component of diesel exhaust. EPA lists diesel exhaust as a mobile source air toxic due to the cancer and noncancer health effects associated with exposure to whole diesel exhaust.

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Diffuse radiation

A Diffuse radiation is the sunlight received indirectly, as a result of scattering due to clouds, fog, dust, moisture vapor or other substances in the atmosphere.

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Diffused Air

A Diffused Air is a type of Aeration that forces oxygen into sewage by pumping air through perforated pipes inside a holding tank.

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Diffusers And Grilles

A Diffusers And Grilles is components of the ventilation system that distribute and return air to promote air circulation in the occupied space.

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Diffusion

A Diffusion is the movement of suspended or dissolved particles (or molecules) from a more concentrated to a less concentrated area.

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Digester

A Digester is In wastewater treatment, a closed tank; in solid-waste conversion, a unit in which bacterial action is induced and accelerated in order to break down organic Matter and

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Digestion

A Digestion is the biochemical Decomposition of organic matter, resulting in partial gasification, liquefaction, and mineralization of pollutants.

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Digital line graph (DLG)

- Digital line graph: A digital line graph (DLG) is Digital data produced by the U.S.

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Dike

A dike or levee (also embankment, Floodbank or Stopbank) is a ridge, fill or wall that serves to regulate the water level of a nearby body of water for various purposes, primarily to prevent flooding. They may be naturally-occurring or artificially constructed.

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