Course Number: ENVE 460
(Undergraduate)*
* A term project
is required for graduate students.
Level: Senior Undergraduate
First Year
Graduate
Instructor:
Dr.
Mehrdad Lordgooei
Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering
School of Environmental Science, Engineering & Policy
Drexel University
Philadelphia,
PA 19087
Continuing advancement in
technological development and industrial production, along with global
economical growth require control of undesirable by-products that are
discharged into the environment.
Air discharges comprise majority of the industrial pollutant
releases in the environment; therefore, an economical control of air pollution
is one of the most important challenges that the industry is facing
to tackle.
In this course, fundamental
topics with regard to the formation and control of air pollutants are studied.
This course intends to provide a strong foundation for design and development
of engineering solutions, devices and systems for industrial air pollution
prevention and control. Environmental, chemical, and mechanical engineering
students, as well as environmental science students, are among the groups who
could mostly benefit from this course.
Course
Objectives:
Specific objectives of this course
are:
1)
Students will become familiar with the classification
and type of anthropogenic air pollutants while they learn that air discharges
comprise the majority of the industrial pollutant releases in the
environment.
2)
Students will understand the need for economical
control of undesirable by-products that are discharged into the environment by
the continuing advancement in technological development and industrial
production, as well as with the rise in the global economy.
3)
Students will become familiar with the fundamental
physical and chemical principles regarding formation and control of air
pollutants in industrial and technological processes.
4)
Students will learn how to design devices
and systems for
air pollution control in collaboration with professionals from other
engineering and scientific disciplines.
5)
Students will learn how to predict the concentration
of air pollutants, resulted from uncontrolled industrial or accidental
discharges dispersed in the atmosphere, as a function of time, location and
meteorological conditions.
6)
To provide students with the job skills required for
an engineer in the industry, government, or consulting firms involved in air
pollution issues.
Course Outline:
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Topic |
Date |
Reading Assignment |
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Introduction Air Pollutants Strategies for Prevention and Control
of Air Pollutants Fundamental Computations Mass and Volumetric Flow Rates Concentrations of Contaminants Rate Concepts Chemical Equilibrium Chemical Kinetics Chemical Equilibrium &
Steady State |
Week
1 |
Chapter 1 of Heinsohn and
Kabel (HK) |
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Formation of Pollutants in Combustion
Systems Fundamentals of Combustion Combustion Devices & Power Cycles Free Radical Chemistry in Flames Carbon Oxides Nitrogen Oxides Sulfur Oxides Unburned Hydrocarbons Particulates (Fly Ash, PAHs & Soot) Dioxins and Furans Metals Emission
Factors |
Week
2 |
Chapter 7 HK |
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Prevention & Conventional
Pollution Control of Combustion Carbon Oxides Nitrogen Oxides Sulfur Oxides Unburned Hydrocarbons Dioxin & Furan Particulate |
Week
3 |
Chapter 7 HR |
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Uncontrolled Pollutant
Emission Rates Measurements of Process Gas Streams Pollutant Material Balance AP-42 Emission Factors Empirical Equations Evaporation & Diffusion Diffusion Through Stagnant Air Evaporation of Single Component Liquids Single-Film Theory for Multicomponent Liquids Evaporation in Confined Spaces Drop Evaporation Leaks |
Week
4 |
Chapter 8 HK |
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Capturing Gases and
Vapors Condensation Adsorption Absorption Absorption & Chemical
Reaction Thermal Oxidation |
Week
5 |
Chapter 10 HK |
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Capturing Gases and Vapors
(cont.) Selective Catalytic
Reduction Selective Noncatalytic
Reduction Flue Gas
Desulfurization Bioscrubbers, Biofilters, &
Trickle-Bed Reactors Ultraviolet-Ozone
Oxidation Supercritical Water
Oxidation |
Week
6 |
Chapter 10 HK |
Midterm Take Home Exam |
11/6 |
|
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Motion of
Particles Drag Physical Properties of
Aerosols Equation of Particle
Motion Freely Falling Particles in Quiescent
Media Horizontal Motion in
Quiescent Air Gravimetric Settling in
Chambers Gravimetric Settling in
Ducts Clouds Stokes Numbers |
Week
7 |
Chapter 11 HK |
|
Capturing Particles
Overall Collection
Efficiency Cyclone
Collector Particulate Scrubbers Fabric Filters
|
Week
8 |
Chapter 12 HK |
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Air Pollutants Dispersion & Stack
Design Box Model Gaussian Plume
Models Plume Rise Building Exhaust
Stacks Instantaneous Point Source: Puff
Diffusion Continuous Elevated Line
Source Numerical Dispersion Models |
Week
9 |
Chapt 9
HK |
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Introduction to Indoor Air
Pollution & Industrial Ventilation |
Week
10 |
Handouts |
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Final Exam |
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Course
Grading:
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Midterm
Exam: Final Exam for
Undergraduate Students: Class Attendance & In Class Discussion: |
30% 30
% 40 % 20 % 10 % 10 % |
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Grading
Policy: |
All evaluation
sections will be weighted based on the statistical performance curve. Then,
the final grades will be submitted based on the following
scale: A: 87-100, B: 75-86, C: 63-74, D: 51-62, F:
< 50 |
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Exams
Format: |
All exams will be open book and open note |
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Assignments: |
There will be
approximately 7 assignments distributed during the term. Assignments are due
one week after the distribution date. Each assignment will be worth 100
points. A late submission is accepted with a reduction rate of 20 points/day
late. |
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Term Paper: |
Each graduate student is asked to write a paper about a topic related to the air
pollution formation or control and present it in the class. The selected
topics should be from the current published literatures (last two
years). |
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Office Hours: |
There will be two
office hours in two different days during the week. |
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Required Texts: |
Heinsohn R. J. and R. L. Kabel, 1999, Sources and Control
of Air Pollution, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458,
ISBN: 0-13-624834-9 Noel
De Nevers, 2000, Air Pollution Control Engineering,
McGraw-Hill, NY, NY, ISBN:0-07-039367-2 |
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Reference
Books: |
Buonicore,
A.J.; Davis, W. T. (2000) Air Pollution Engineering Manual, Van
Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY Cussler, E. L. (1997)Diffusion Mass
Transfer in Fluid Systems, Cambridge University Press, New
York, NY Crawford, M. (1976) Air Pollution
Control Theory, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY Flagan, R.C. and Seinfeld, J.H.
(1988) Fundamentals
of Air Pollution Engineering, Prentice Hall, Englewood
Cliffs, CA Friedlander, S.K. (1972) Smoke,
Dust, and Haze, John Wiley & Sons, New York,
NY Licht, W., (1988) Air Pollution
Control Engineering, 2nd Edition, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New
York, NY Michaelson, H.B. (1986) How to
Write and Publish Engineering Papers and Reports, 2nd
Edition, ISI Press, Philadelphia, PA Strauss, W. (1975) Industrial Gas
Cleaning, Pergamon Press, New York, NY United States Environmental Protection
Agency, (1988) Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors,
Volume 1, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 4th Edition, Research
Triangle Park, NC Weast, R.C. Editor, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and
Physics,
CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL |
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Reference Periodicals |
Aerosol Science and Technology American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)
Journal Chemical Engineering Communications Chemical
Engineering Journal Carbon, Energy
and Fuels Environmental Progress Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals Energy & Fuels (ASC) Environmental Progress Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) Gas Separation
and Purification Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Process Journal of Aerosol Science Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE) Journal of Membrane Science Journal of the Air & Waste
Management
Association |
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