Paper IV: Air Pollution Monitoring and Management

Paper Code: 
LSC 144K
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60
Unit I: 
Atmospheric Chemistry
Structure and Composition of Atmosphere

•        Chemistry of troposphere

•        Atmospheric boundary layers

•        Factors affecting concentration of pollutants

•        Transport and dispersion of air pollutants

  • Atmospheric stability
  • Plume Behavior
  • Wind Rose Diagrams Atmospheric Chemistry

    Structure and Composition of Atmosphere

    •        Chemistry of troposphere

    •        Atmospheric boundary layers

    •        Factors affecting concentration of pollutants

    •        Transport and dispersion of air pollutants

    • Atmospheric stability
    • Plume Behavior
    • Wind Rose Diagrams 

 

Unit II: 
Ambient and Indoor air pollution
Ambient Air

·         Major ambient air pollutants sources

·         Effects of air pollutants on human health, vegetation and buildings

·         Components of air pollutants

o   PM10, PM2.5 and PM1.0

o   Oxides of Sulphur and Nitrogen

o   Volatile organic compounds

·         Hydrocarbons

Indoor Air

·         Major types of indoor air pollutants

·         Inhalation exposure of air pollutants

·         Effect of different ventilation pattern on indoor air quality

·         Indoor vs ambient air pollution

Health effects of major indoor air pollutants (Volatile organic compounds, ozone, suphur oxide,nitrogen oxides

 

Unit III: 
Measurement and analysis of air pollutants
·         Air pollution monitoring

o   Consideration while monitoring indoor and ambient air

·         Samplers for measurement of air pollutants: Principle and working

o   High volume sampler

o   PM2.5 and PM1 sampler

o   VOC Sampler

·         Methods of gaseous sampling and analysis

o   Nitrogen oxides

o   Sulphur oxide

o   Ozone

Ammonia

 

Unit IV: 
Aeromicrobiology
  • Airborne Pathogens
  • Aeromicrobiology Pathways (AMB)
  • Bioaerosols
  • Sampling devices for collection of Bioaerosols

 

Unit V: 
Air pollution Management
·         Air quality standards(NAAQS)

·         Control of Particulate pollution

o   Cyclones

o   Electrostatic precipitators

o   Bag houses

o   Scrubbers

·         Control of gaseous pollutants

o   Absorption

o   Adsorption

Condensation

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 
  • Atmosphere, Weather and Climate R.J. Barry and R.G. Chorley (Methuen Publication).
  • An Introduction to Meteorology by S. Pettersen (McGraw-Hill Book Company).
  • Elements of meteorology by Miller, Thompson and Paterson (Pearson Education).
  • Tropical Meteorology by T.N. Krishnamurthy (Springer).
  • Environmental Microbiology, Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba (Academic Press).

 

Academic Year: 
2016-2017
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