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    Air Quality

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    This document discusses air pollution, including its definition and categories. It defines air pollution as substances in the air that pose a threat to human health or the environment. Air pollution sources are categorized as either stationary (fixed locations) or mobile (moving from one place to another). Air pollutants are further classified as primary (emitted directly from sources) or secondary (formed from chemical reactions of primary pollutants). Several major air pollutants are identified along with their effects on plants, humans, and the environment. Measurement techniques for particulate matter and gaseous pollutants are also outlined.

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    This document discusses air pollution, including its definition and categories. It defines air pollution as substances in the air that pose a threat to human health or the environment. Air pollution sources are categorized as either stationary (fixed locations) or mobile (moving from one place to another). Air pollutants are further classified as primary (emitted directly from sources) or secondary (formed from chemical reactions of primary pollutants). Several major air pollutants are identified along with their effects on plants, humans, and the environment. Measurement techniques for particulate matter and gaseous pollutants are also outlined.

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    This document discusses air pollution, including its definition and categories. It defines air pollution as substances in the air that pose a threat to human health or the environment. Air pollution sources are categorized as either stationary (fixed locations) or mobile (moving from one place to another). Air pollutants are further classified as primary (emitted directly from sources) or secondary (formed from chemical reactions of primary pollutants). Several major air pollutants are identified along with their effects on plants, humans, and the environment. Measurement techniques for particulate matter and gaseous pollutants are also outlined.

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    Air Quality

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    This document discusses air pollution, including its definition and categories. It defines air pollution as substances in the air that pose a threat to human health or the environment. Air pollution sources are categorized as either stationary (fixed locations) or mobile (moving from one place to another). Air pollutants are further classified as primary (emitted directly from sources) or secondary (formed from chemical reactions of primary pollutants). Several major air pollutants are identified along with their effects on plants, humans, and the environment. Measurement techniques for particulate matter and gaseous pollutants are also outlined.

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    What is air pollution?

    The presence in the air of substances which pose a potential threat to human health and/or the environment.

    CATEGORIES OF AIR POLLUTION


    I. STATIONARY Sources-are those that have
    relatively fixed location Point sources - emit pollutants from one or more controllable sites Fugitive sources - generate air pollutants from open areas to wind processes.

    Area sources - are well defined areas within which are several sources of air pollutants.

    one place to another

    II. MOBILE Sources-

    Air pollutants move from

    AIR POLLUTANT
    a substance or effect dwelling temporarily or permanently in the air , which adversely alters the environment by interfering with the health, the comfort, or the food chain, or by interfering with the property values of people. Can be solid, liquid or gas

    CLASSIFICATION OF AIR POLLUTANTS


    PRIMARY
    emitted into the atmosphere directly from the source of the pollutant and retains the same chemical form EXAMPLES: particulates, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, etc

    SECONDARY
    EXAMPLES: ozone

    -forms as a result of chemical reactions between primary pollutants and atmospheric compound.

    Stratospheric ozone depleters Toxic air pollutants

    Sulfur Dioxide Nitrogen Dioxide Carbon Monoxide Ozone and Other Photochemical Oxidants Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Particulate Matter Lead Greenhouse Gases

    MAJOR AIR POLLUTANTS & Effects

    Effect of Air Pollution to PLANTS

    Effect of Air Pollution on HUMANS

    Effect of Air Pollution on ENVIRONMENT


    Acid Rain Stratospheric Ozone (Ozone Hole) Smog Climate Change

    Destruction of Ozone CFCl3 + h CFCl2 + Cl Cl + O3 ClO + O2 ClO + O Cl + O2

    GLOBAL WARMING

    MAJOR AIR POLLUTANTS


    PARTICULATES GASEOUS POLLUTANTS

    PARTICULATES
    Dust Fume Mist Smoke Spray

    Measurement of Particulates
    High-volume sampler

    Problems
    1. A hi-vol clean a filter weighs 18.0 g, and the dirty filter weighs 18.6 g. The initial and final air flows are 70 and 40 ft3/min. What volume of air went through the filter in 24 hr.? What was the particulate concentration?

    2. The data for a hi-vol are as follows: Clean filter: 20.0 g Dirty filter: 20.5 g Initial air flow: 70 cfm Final air flow: 50 cfm Time: 24 hours a. What volume of air was put thru the filter? b. How is the air flow in a hi-vol measured? c. What is the weight of the particulate d. What is the condition of the atmosphere?

    Gaseous Pollutants
    Measurement of gases

    g/m3 = MW x 1000 x ppm


    24.5 Note: For 1 atm and 00C 24.5 becomes 22.4

    Applicable for conditions at 1atm and 250C

    Problems
    3. If the primary ambient air quality standard for nitrogen oxides (as NO2) is 100 g/m3, what is this in ppm? (Assume 1atm and 250C) 4. The concentration of carbon monoxide in a smoke-filled room can reach as high as 500 ppm. a. What is this in g/m3? b. What effect would this have on people who are sitting around having a political discussion for 4 hours?

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