Fundamentals of Air Pollution
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The official GTU curriculum for Fundamentals of Air Pollution (subject code BE05013031) as prescribed for Env. Engg · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 50 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 (BE05013031)Unit 1 Introduction
- Indoor and outdoor air pollution: Sources
- types and effects of air pollutants 05 Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Environmental Engineering Subject Code: BE05013031 Subject Name: Fundamentals of Air Pollution
Unit 2 Meteorology
- Atmosphere and its structure with 3D atmospheric profile visualization tools
- solar radiation
- wind circulation
- lapse rates
- stability conditions
- wind velocity profile
- maximum mixing depth
- Conventional and modern tools wind rose diagram
- general characteristics of stack plumes
- heat island effect Dispersion of Pollutants in the Atmosphere: Introduction to Gaussian dispersion model
- model terms
- assumptions and applications
- concept of plume rise and calculation of effective stack height
Unit 3 Air Quality Monitoring and Standards
- Objectives of Air quality Monitoring
- Types of Air Quality monitoring
- Stack Standards
- National Ambient Air Quality standards
- Stack Monitoring: Purpose
- Specification of Equipment
- Steps of Testing
- Sampling Procedure
- Steps to be followed during Stack
- Emission Factors for source strength Ambient Air Monitoring: National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program
- Guidelines for sampling and analysis of Air pollutants Air Quality Index: Concept
- calculation methodology
- interpretation and applications
Unit 4 Noise Pollution and odour pollution
- 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 strategies Odour Pollution: Introduction
- Effects of odour
- sources of odour
- measurement of odour
- odour control technologies
Unit 5 Indoor Air Pollution
- Factors Affecting on Indoor Air Quality
- Indoor Aerosols
- Monitoring and Analysis
- Indoor Air Purification Technologies: Air purifiers
- HEPA filters
- Activated Carbon filters
- Electrostatic precipitators
Unit 6 Atmospheric Photochemical reactions
- Role of oxides of nitrogen in photo oxidation
- hydro carbon in atmospheric photo chemistry
- oxidants in photo chemical smog
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