Catalog Description:Air resources engineering design and operation of air pollution control systems.
Pre-requisite(s):
ENV 3001
CWR 3201
Designation:Elective
Contribution of course to meeting the Professional Component:
| Math & Science Topic | 0.0 credit hours |
| Engineering Topics | 3.0 credit hours |
| General Education Topics | 0.0 credit hours |
| Class Schedule: | Laboratory Schedule: | ||
| Number of sessions per week | 2 | Number of sessions per week | 1 |
| Duration of each session | 1 hr | Duration of each session | 2 hr |
Course Objectives:
· Increase students' knowledge of air pollution and its control
·
Increase students' knowledge of air regulations and standards, air resource
management
· Teach engineering calculations and design methods for air
pollution control (APC) systems
· Students will learn how to do APC equipment
cost estimating
· Students will learn the basic design equations for each
major group of APC systems and will apply those equations to produce preliminary
designs to solve both PM and VOC air pollution problems
· Students will
gain knowledge of meteorology and will learn the basics of atmospheric dispersion
modeling
Topics:
· Knowledge of the major pollutants - causes, sources, and effects
·
Extensive use of the ideal gas law
· Understanding and appropriate application
of environmental laws - especially the Clean Air Act and amendments; along with
related environmental regulations.
· Knowledge of source emission standards
and ambient air quality standards
· Mass and energy balancing for pollution
control equipment
· Cost estimating for pollution control equipment
· Understanding of fundamental characteristics of gases and particulate
matter (PM)
· Behavior of particulate matter, including PM size distributions, Stokes'
Law and settling velocity
· Measurement of gaseous flow; particulate and
gas sampling techniques
· Design of PM air pollution control systems -
including cyclone separators; electrostatic precipitators; fabric filters; wet
scrubbers;
· Design of VOC control systems, including use of vapor pressure,
heats of combustion, adsorption isotherms, and fluid flow principles in engineering
calculations for VOC control via condensation, thermal oxidation, and carbon
adsorption
· Knowledge of mobile sources and transportation-related air
quality issues
· Understanding of meteorology and pollutant dispersion
analysis, to include use of the Gaussian equation to predict atmospheric dispersion,
and the use of EPA computer models
Textbook(s):
· Air Pollution Control - A Design Approach, 2nd ed. by Cooper and Alley;
published by Waveland Press Prospect Heights, IL (1994)
Reference(s):
· N/A
Relationship of the
course to Program Outcomes:
· This course addresses Env Engr outcome 1
· This course addresses
Env Engr outcome 2
· This course addresses Env Engr outcome 3
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This course addresses Env Engr outcome 4
· This course addresses Env Engr
outcome 5· This course addresses Env Engr outcome 8· This course
addresses Env Engr outcome 10