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Air Pollution Monitoring and Management
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 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
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
o 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
o 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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