ME60146: Environmental Pollution And Abatement

ME60146
Course name	Environmental Pollution And Abatement
Offered by	Mechanical Engineering
Credits	3
L-T-P	3-0-0
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Semester	Autumn

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Historical perspective, classical pollution episodes. Atmospheric lapse rate, inversions and heat balance. Human respiratory system. Effects of particulate matter, gases and heavy metals on human health and vegetation materials. Classifications and sources of pollutants. CO, CO2,O2 N2 cycles – sources and sinks. Combustion processes and pollutant emission. Reactions of pollutants in the atmosphere, and their effects, smokes, smog, fog, acid rain and ozone layer. Global warming and its effects. Atmospheric diffusion of pollutants, transport, transformation and deposition on global scale. Air sampling and pollutant measurement methods, principles and instruments. Ambient air quality and emission standards. Control principles; removal of gaseous pollutants by absorption, adsorption, reaction and other methods. Selective catalytic reduction of Nox. Particulate emission control; settling chambers, cyclone separation, wet collectors, fabric filters and electrostatic precipitators. Clean coal technology and shifted emphasis on non-carbon sources of energy.