Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE6531 : Air Quality Management { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Kakoli Karar(Paul)
Syllabus
Module I (8 HOURS): Air pollutants, sources, classifications, effects, atmospheric diffusion
of pollutants and their analysis, transport, transformation and deposition of air contaminants.
Module II (8 HOURS): Air sampling and pollution measurement methods, principles and
instruments automobile pollution, legislation for motor vehicle emission control, control of
automobile pollution.
Module III (8 HOURS): Particulate pollutant control: settling chambers, filtration, convective
diffusion collection of particles, electrostatic precipitation, cyclones, wet collectors, aerosol
dynamics discrete and continuous aerosol size distributions thermodynamics of atmospheric
aerosols condensation/evaporation, sedimentation and dry deposition, chemical equilibria,
aerosol-cloud interactions. aerosols and global climate, trends in anthropogenic emissions and
troposphere composition, solar and terrestrial radiation.
Module IV (8 HOURS): Gaseous pollutant control: gas absorption in tray and packed
towers stage efficiency, absorption with/without chemical reaction, adsorption in fixed beds,
wet scrubbers. Integrated air pollution control systems, effect of process parameters on
performance of control systems.
Course Objectives
- This course provides adequate understanding of air quality status, impact and control.
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: <br />CO1: Concept of the fundamentals of air pollution and its associated environmental impacts. <br /> <br />CO2: Learn to describe the key concepts of air quality management.
Essential Reading
- S.K. Friedlander, Smoke, Dust and Haze: Fundamentals of Aerosol Dynamics, Oxford University Press, New York , 2000, 2nd Edition
- Noel de Nevers, Air Pollution Control Engg, McGraw-Hill Inc , 2000, 2nd Edition
Supplementary Reading
- M.Z. Jacobson, Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modelling, Cambridge University Press , 2005, <br />2nd Edition
- Roger D. Griffin, Principles of Air Quality Management, CRC Press , 2020, 2nd Edition