Civil & Environmental Engineering, Autumn 2009 Tu Th 10:30-12:20 Room 220 More Hall
CEE 490/ ENVH 461 Air Pollution Control

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Instructor: Michael J. Pilat
Email: mpilat@u.washington.edu

Office: 261 & 266 Wilcox
Telephone: 206 543-4789

2009 Lecture Schedule

Optional Text: Air Pollution: Its Origin & Control (2nd ed or 3rd Ed) by Wark, Warner, & Davis
Tentative Lecture       Schedule Pages in 3rd ed. Wark, Warner, & Davis

1. Oct 1, 2009  (Thursday) Air pollutants, effects, emissions, sources          1-54
2. Oct 6  Government regulations, air quality stds, emission stds   61-104
3. Oct 8  Global issues, meteorology, dispersion of air pollution 109-142
4. Oct 13  Dispersion of air pollution in the atmosphere 143-187
5. Oct 15  EPA dispersion models, SCREEN3 and TSCREEN
6. Oct 20  Application of SCREEN3; Photochemical smog 471-480
7. Oct 22 EKMA model for reducing HC & NOx to meet ozone air quality standards 480-488
8. Oct 27 Motor vehicle emissions of air pollutants 489-524
9. Oct 29 Auto emission controls, catalytic auto emission control
10. Nov 3  Midterm Exam
11. Nov 5  Auto emission controls, new technology (fuel cells, hybrids)
12. Nov 10 Control of particulate air pollutant emissions 188-218
13. Nov 12 Particle emission control equipment 218-293
14. Nov 17 Particle emission control equipment and processes
15. Nov 19 Control of emissions of gases & vapors: Adsorption & absorption 294-339
16. Nov 24  Control of nitrogen oxides from stationary sources 430-470
17. Dec 1  Case studies of air pollution control issues
18. Dec 3  Case studies of air pollution control issues
19. Dec 8  Case studies of air pollution control
20. Dec 10  Case studies of air pollution control issues
21. Dec 14  Final Exam  10:30-12:20 (Monday)

Case studies may include:  Acid rain, control of particulate and sulfur dioxide emissions from Centralia Coal-Fired Power Plant (electrostatic precipitator for particle control, limestone slurry scrubber for sulfur dioxide control), Spokane municipal incinerator (ammonia injection to reduce NOx, wet-dry acid gas absorption with lime slurry, and filter baghouse to collect particulates), thermal desorption of hazardous organics from soil ("dirt burning"), diesel engine emission controls (oxidation catalytic converter to reduce CO & hydrocarbons, diesel particulate filter, and urea injection + selective catalytic reduction to reduce NOx), wastewater treatment plant odor control (new Brightwater plant near Woodinville), air pollutant emission reduction by using electricity co-generation.


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