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Department : Civil Engineering

Year & Sem : IV B.Tech I Sem

Subject : Air Pollution & Control


UNIT – I
INTRODUCTION : Air Pollution – Definitions, Scope, Significance and Episodes, Air Pollutants –
Classifications – Natural and Artificial – Primary and Secondary, point and Non- Point, Line and
Areal Sources of air pollution- stationary and mobile sources.
EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION: Effects of Air pollutants on man, material and vegetation: Global
effects of air pollution – Green House effect, Heat Islands, Acid Rains, Ozone Holes etc.

UNIT-II
THERMODYNAMIC OF AIR POLLUTION:
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Air-pollution – Applications in the removal of gases like Sox, Nox,
CO, HC etc., air-fuel ratio. Computation and Control of products of combustion.
PLUME BEHAVIOUR : Meteorology and plume Dispersion; properties of atmosphere; Heat,
Pressure, Wind forces, Moisture and relative Humidity, Influence of Meteorological phenomena on
Air Quality-wind rose diagrams.

UNIT-III
POLLUTANT DISPERSION MODELS : Lapse Rates, Pressure Systems, Winds and moisture
plume behaviour and plume Rise Models; Gaussian Model for Plume Dispersion.
CONTROL OF PARTICULATES : Control of particulates – Control at Sources, Process Changes,
Equipment modifications, Design and operation of control, Equipment‟s – Settling Chambers,
Centrifugal separators, filters Dry and Wet scrubbers, Electrostatic precipitators.

UNIT – IV
CONTROL OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS : General Methods of Control of Nox and Sox
emissions – In-plant Control Measures, process changes, dry and wet methods of removal and
recycling.

UNIT – V
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT: Air Quality Management – Monitoring of SPM, SOx; NOX and
CO Emission Standards– Air sampling – Sampling Techniques – High volume air sampler – Stack
sampling - Analysis of Air pollutants – Air quality standards – Air pollution control act.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Air Pollution By M.N.Rao And H.V.N.Rao – Tata Mc.Graw Hill Company.
2. Air Quality By Thod Godish, Levis Publishers, Special India Edition, New Delhi
3. Environmental Pollution Control Enginering, 2nd Edition By Rao C.S. (2006), New
Age International, Newdelhi
REFERENCE:
1. An introduction to Air pollution by R.K. Trivedy and P.K. Goel, B.S. Publications.
2. Air Pollution and Control by K.V.S.G.Murali Krishna, Kousal & Co. Publications, New
Delhi.
3. Air Pollution Control Engineering, 2nd Edition by Noel De Nevers (2000), McGraw
Hill International Edition.
Course Outcomes :
Students will be able to
1. Describe the main chemical components and reactions in the atmosphere
and examine the factors responsible for perturbing these
2. Implement the methods for monitoring and modeling spatial and temporal
patterns of pollution
3. Assess the environmental impacts of atmospheric pollution.

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