Air Pollution Control
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The official GTU curriculum for Air Pollution Control (subject code 2153504) as prescribed for Env. Sci. Tech · Semester 5 divides the course into 4 units, covering 38 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 (2153504)Unit 1 Introduction to Air Pollution
- Air and its composition
- Air Pollution
- Sources of air pollution and its classification
- Major air Pollutants and their characteristics
- Specific group pollutants such as CFC, GHG etc
- Air Pollutants from various industrial sectors
- Impact of air pollution on human health and vegetation
- Introduction to noise: Difference between sound and noise
- Pitch and Frequency
- Sound Pressure
- Sound Pressure level (Decibel), Leq, sources of noise and harmful effects of noise
- noise measurement and noise control measures
Unit 2 Pollutant Dispersion
- Concept of atmospheric stability
- Adiabatic and Environmental Lapse rate
- Plume behavior
- Effect of topography
- terrain and structure on Pollutant dispersion
- Effect of wind on Pollutant dispersion
- Concept of maximum mixing depth and ventilation coefficient
- Plume rise and Effective stack height
Unit 3 Air Quality
- Introduction to Air quality index and Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index etc. and its application
- Sampling and measurement of air pollutants
- Introduction to National Ambient Air Quality Standards
- Dispersion modeling: Introduction to Dispersion modeling
- its applications and limitations
- Introduction to Gaussian Plume model and GLC determination
Unit 4 Impacts of Air Pollution
- Extreme air Pollution scenarios: Acid Rain
- Global Warming
- Ozone layer depletion etc
- Various treaties and protocols: Kyoto Protocol and Montreal Protocol etc
- Control methods and equipment: Introduction to control methods and equipment for Particulate matter and gases
- Design and working of scrubbers
- Electrostatic Precipitator
- Gravity settlers
- Cyclone separator
- Filter bags etc
- Other mechanisms of air pollution control such as Biochemical Processes
- catalytic processes etc
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