ADVANCED AIR POLLUTION
- Course
- ENVE509 - ADVANCED AIR POLLUTION
- Department
- Environmental Engineering - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
This course is about air pollution effects, measurements, emission estimates, meteorology and modeling. Topics covered are air pollution meteorology; physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere, equations of motion, hydrostatic equation, continuity equation, geostrophic approximation, atmospheric stability and inversions / air pollutant concentration models; fixed-box models, diffusion models.
ADVANCED AIR POLLUTION
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Air Pollution |
| Week 2 | Classification of Air pollutants/ Indoor air quality |
| Week 3 | Air pollution Essentials (The earth’s atmosphere, scales of the pollution, sources of air pollution and pollutants) |
| Week 4 | Air pollution meteorology (atmospheric variables) |
| Week 5 | Air pollution motion (horizontal motion |
| Week 6 | Air pollution meteorology (vertical motion) |
| Week 7 | Transports and dispersion of pollutants (Atmospheric stability, inversion) |
| Week 8 | Transports and dispersion of pollutants (Atmospheric stability, inversion) |
| Week 9 | Air pollution effects, |
| Week 10 | Air pollution standards, |
| Week 11 | Air Pollution Measurements, emission estimation |
| Week 12 | Air Pollution modelling |
| Week 13 | Air pollution modelling |
| Week 14 | Article Presentations |
| Week 15 | Article Presentations |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Noel de Nevers, 2000, Air Pollution Control Engineering, 2nd Ed., McGraw Hill.
- 02 Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward J. Tarbuck, Dennis Tasa, 2012, The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology, Prentice Hall.
- 03 D. Bruce Turner, 1994, Workbook of Atmospheric Dispersion Estimates: An Introduction to Dispersion Modeling, 2nd Ed.
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Program Outcomes
- Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied knowledgein these areas in complex engineering problems
- Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex environmental problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modeling methods for this purpose.
- Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results for investigating environmental problems or discipline specific research questions.
- Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language
- Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.
- Consciousness to behave according to ethical principles and professional and ethical responsibility; knowledge on standards used in engineering practice.
- Knowledge about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness in entrepreneurship, innovation; knowledge about sustainable development.
- Knowledge about the global and social effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety, and contemporary issues of the century reflected into the field of engineering; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
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