Advanced Paper II Paper IV: Air Pollution Monitoring and Management

Paper Code:

25LSC144K

Credits:

Contact Hours:

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

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
- PM₁₀, PM_2.5and PM_1.0
- Oxides of Sulphur and Nitrogen
- Volatile organic compounds

Indoor Air

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
- Consideration while monitoring indoor and ambient air

Samplers for measurement of air pollutants: Principle and working
- High volume sampler
- PM2.5 and PM1 sampler
- VOC Sampler
Methods of gaseous sampling and analysis
- Nitrogen oxides
- Sulphur oxide
- Ozone
- Ammonia

Unit IV

Aeromicrobiology

Unit V

Air pollution Management

Control of Particulate pollution
- Cyclones
- Electrostatic precipitators
- Bag houses
- Scrubbers
Control of gaseous pollutants
- Absorption
- 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).

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