Paper IV: Air pollution monitoring and management (Advanced Paper II)

Paper Code: 
LSC 144K
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60
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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 

12.00
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

12.00
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

12.00
Unit IV: 
Aeromicrobiology

·         Airborne Pathogens

·         Aeromicrobiology Pathways (AMB)

·         Bioaerosols

Sampling devices for collection of Bioaerosols

12.00
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: 
Suggested Books:
• 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: 
2018-2019
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