Air Pollution Monitoring and Management

Paper Code: 
LSC 144K
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
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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 

 

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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, PM2.5 and PM1.0
    • Oxides of Sulphur and Nitrogen
    • 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

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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

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

 

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).
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