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Air Pollution

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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

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