CEV 443 - Design of Air Pollution control Systems

Course Objectives

The course objectives are to develop a basic understanding of the
1. unit operations in air pollution control,
2. air pollution emission standards and legal implementations for different pollution sources,
3. air pollution control applications and best available technologies for different pollution sources,
4. design of air pollution control systems for different pollution sources.

Course Description

General principles, operations and processes in air pollution control: Precipitation, Centrifuge, Filtration, Electrostatic Adsorption, Absorption, Thermal Combustion, Chemical Oxidation, Catalytic Oxidation, Pyrolysis. Emission Standards. Combustion emissions control and treatment, legal implementations, best available technologies. Industrial air pollution control, legal implementations and best available treatment technologies for important industries. Mobile emissions control, control at source, legal implementations, and practices on catalytic convertors.