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Arbaminch University
Department of water & Environmental Engineering
Course Outline Air and Noise Pollution Engineering !"!" # ENE! $"% Chapter & ' (ntroduction to Air Pollution: Composition and properties of atmosphere and pure air, Air pollution- definition and historical background, unit and measurements, Different types of sources and pollutant and their classification, Limit and standards. Chapter 2 Effects of Air Pollution: Effect of dust, SPM, RPM, COx, NOx, SOx, Hydrocarbon etc. on human health, plants, animals and properties. Global Implications !cid rain, "reen house effect, heat island, o#one depletion, fo" etc. Indoor Air pollution: Sources, impact and control measurement. Ambient & stac) monitoring and laboratory measurement* of Dust, S!, RPM, COx, NOx, SOx, and Hydrocarbons. Chapter " ' Essential meteorology related to pollutant dispersion, "ind rose, lapse rate # turbulence, "ind shear, moisture humidity etc. Air dispersion model: $ddy diffusion model, normal distribution model for point, line, area and %olume sources, lume and puff model, calculation of &LC # stack height. De%elopment of air pollutant monitoring net"ork. Chapter + ' Air pollution control system for stationary and mobile sources. rincipal of Air ollution Control: self-purification, dilution, process modification etc. 'orking principal of different type of A control instruments e.g. scrubber, collector, filter, $S, catalytic con%erter etc. Chapter 5 Noise pollution, Concept of sound propagation, (asic physics and "a%e theory )octa%e and other spectra* of sound, measurement of sound r m s and sound pressure le%els, 'eighting net"orks A, (, C types, $ffect of sound, +oise rating system, limit and standards for different ,one and sources, +oise influence and mitigation for houses, transport, community, industrial and commercial sector. Chapter 6 Soil pollution, composition, pollution sources, prevention, soil conditioning & Treatment Discuss briefly about the ambient air indicating therein the composition of clean air What are the broad air pollution categories Define particulate matter, aerosol, fume, mist & soot