CEE 490 /
ENVH 461 "Air Pollution
Control"
Autumn 2008
Class Time:
10:30-12:20
Tuesday and Thursday
Credits: 4 More 221
Course Web Site:
http://courses.washington.edu/cee490
Description: Fundamental concepts of air pollution
control. Emission sources, atmospheric
dispersion, ambient
concentration, adverse effects, governmental
regulations, emission standards, air quality standards, processes
and equipment for controlling emissions.
Instructor: Dr.
Michael J. Pilat
Office: 261 Wilcox
Professor of Civil Engineering Phone: 206 543-4789
Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering Email: mpilat@u.washington.edu
Optional Text:
"Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control" ( 2nd Edition 1981),
(ISBN: 070022534X)
by Kenneth Wark
& Cecil Warner.
"Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control" (3rd
Edition 1997), (ISBN: 0673994163)
by Kenneth Wark;
Cecil Warner, & Wayne Davis.
Used
available at Amazon.com & Abebooks: http://www.abebooks.com/
Course Grade:
Approximately: Homework 20%,
Midterm 40%, Final 40%.
Homework will be due at class time (usually at
beginning of the class) and written on paper.
Tentative 2008 Lecture Schedule Pages in 3rd Edition Wark,
Warner, & Davis
1. Sept
25 Air pollutants, effects, emissions,
sources Quiz 1 1- 54
2. Sept 30 Government regulations,
air quality stds, emission stds 61-104
3. Oct 2
Global issues, meteorology, dispersion of air pollution
109-142
4. Oct 7
Dispersion of air pollution in the atmosphere
143-187
5. Oct 9
EPA dispersion models, SCREEN3 and TSCREEN
6. Oct 14 Application of SCREEN3; Photochemical
smog
471-480
7. Oct 16 EKMA model for reducing HC & NOx to meet ozone air quality standards 480-488
8. Oct 21 Motor vehicle emissions of air
pollutants
489-524
9. Oct 23 Auto emission controls, catalytic auto
emission control
10. Oct 28
Midterm Exam
11. Oct 30
Auto emission controls, new technology (fuel cells, hybrids)
12. Nov 4
Control of particulate air pollutant emissions 188-218
13. Nov 6
Particle emission control equipment 218-293
14. Nov 13
Particle emission control equipment and processes
15. Nov 18
Control of emissions of gases & vapors: Adsorption &
absorption 294-339
16. Nov 20
Control of nitrogen oxides from stationary sources
430-470
17. Nov 25
Case studies of air pollution control issues
18. Dec 2 Case studies of air pollution control
issues
19. Dec 4 Case studies of air pollution control
issues
20. Dec 8 Final Exam:
10:30-12:20 (Monday)
Case studies may include:
Acid rain, control of particulate and sulfur dioxide
emissions from
(electrostatic precipitator
for particle control, limestone slurry scrubber for sulfur dioxide control),
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 (Brightwater), air pollutant emission reduction by using
electricity co-generation.