Air Pollution Monitoring And Management (Advanced Paper II)

Paper Code: 
LSC 144K
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
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 Pollutants

 

  • Major sources of ambient air pollutants
  • 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

Sources of Indoor 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: 
Aerosol Characteristics

 

·      Aerosol characterization and size distribution

o   Types of aerosol based on origin, shape & size;

o   Aerodynamic and Stoke’s diameter; Particle size distributions;

o   Maxwell distribution of velocities.

·         Aerosol & cloud optical properties

o   Extinction

o    Absorption

o   Scattering theories (Rayleigh and Mie);

o   Single scattering albedo

Asymmetry parameter

12.00
Unit IV: 
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

·         Methods of gaseous sampling and analysis

o   Nitrogen oxides

o   Sulphur oxide

o   Ozone

Ammonia

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 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: 
2025-2026
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