Fundamentals of Air Pollution
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The official GTU curriculum for Fundamentals of Air Pollution (subject code 2161302) as prescribed for Env. Sci. Eng · Semester 6 divides the course into 6 units, covering 36 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2161302)Unit 1 Air Pollution Sources
- Air Pollution
- Sources of Air Pollution
- Air Pollutants and their types
- Types of fuels and air pollution caused by each fuel
Unit 2 Effects of air pollutants
- Effect on health
- materials animals and plants
- Units of measurement of Air Pollution
- Ambient Air Quality Standards
Unit 3 Air quality monitoring
- Sampling and analysis of stack gases and ambient air Procedure of Sampling and analysis of stack gases as per relevant IS codes
- sampling and analysis of ambient air
Unit 4 Meteorology
- Atmosphere and its structure
- solar radiation
- wind circulation
- lapse rates
- stability conditions
- wind velocity profile
- maximum mixing depth
- wind rose diagram
- general characteristics of stack plumes
- heat island effect
- global circulation of pollutants
Unit 5 Dispersion Of Pollutants In The Atmosphere
- Introduction: the Eddy diffusion model
- Gaussian or normal distribution
- the Gaussian dispersion models
- evaluation of standard deviations
- maximum ground level concentration
- in line concentration
- calculations of effective stack height
Unit 6 Noise Pollution
- Sound and Noise
- Characteristics of sound
- Noise Pollution
- Noise Measurement Scale – Levels and the decibels
- Sources of Noise
- Effects of Noise on people
- Indian Standards
- noise pollution control
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