CEE 452: Air Quality(Required for a BSEnvE
degree)
Study of air quality management, standards and regulations and pollutant
dynamics. Design and operation of emission control equipment for mobile
and stationary sources of pollution.
Prerequisite
CEE 350 (Environmental Pollution and Control),
or junior standing
Textbook(s) and/or Other Required Material
AIR POLLUTION: Its Origin and Control (3rd edition), by Wark, Warner,
and Davis, Addison Wesley
Course Objectives
Students taking CEE 452 will obtain a thorough understanding of air
quality as it pertains to ambient conditions and to industrial gas
streams. In particular, students will obtain knowledge and skills in the
following areas:
Definitions, composition of air and gases generated by combustion
units, applications of the ideal gas law, standard conditions,
standardizing concentrations for temperature and pressure, normalizing
concentrations of contaminants for H2O and CO2
or O2
Chemical and physical classification of particulate and gaseous
contaminants
Particle mechanics, aerosol optics, and visibility degradation
Air quality legislation, the clean air act and its amendments
Design and operation of particulate and gaseous pollutant removal
mechanisms including gravitational settling chambers, wet, venturi, and
cyclonic scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters,
adsorption beds and absorption towers.
Air pollution dispersion theory including Gaussian dispersion
models, elevated point source dispersion, atmospheric stability and the
design of air emission stacks.
Topics Covered
Introduction to Air Quality Engineering and basic definitions (1 hr)
Chemical and Physical Classification of Air Pollutants (3 hrs)
Particle Mechanics (4 hr)
Aerosol Optics and Visibility Degradation (3 hr)
Air Legislation (3 hr)
Air Pollution Control Devices (19 hrs)
Introduction to Combustion (1 hr)
Adsorption and Absorption (4 hrs)
Air Dispersion Theory (4 hrs)
Class/Laboratory Schedule
One 150- minute lecture session per week.
Computer Applications
Required use of a spreadsheet program
Laboratory projects
None
Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component
College-level mathematics and basic sciences: 0 credits
Engineering topics: 3 credits
General education: 0 credits
Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes
This course will enhance the student's
ability to apply knowledge in mathematics, physics, fluid mechanics,
and engineering science to environmental engineering problems,
ability to develop design criteria to meet desired needs and to
design an environmental engineering system, component, or a process
satisfying these criteria,
ability to identify and formulate an engineering problem, to collect
and analyze relevant data, and to develop a solution,
ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a
societal and global context,
knowledge of current issues and awareness of emerging technologies,
knowledge of fundamentals of environmental system modeling,
proficiency in atmospheric systems and air pollution control.
