Environmental Pollution Control

CHE F411

Ajaya Kumar Pani

BITS Pilani Department of Chemical Engineering
B.I.T.S-Pilani, Pilani Campus
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Air pollution may cause 60,000 deaths in 2030: Study

NGT notice to Centre on plea to ban antimony solar
panels
BBMP officials to crack down on those selling plastic
flags
Delhi reports good air quality

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What kinds of pollution are

there?

Water

Pollution

Solid
Air
Waste
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Course outline
Referen Learning
Module No Lecture Session
ce Outcome
To know the
L1.1 Introduction, global different
warming, green house effect, Ch. 9, types of air
climate change, river T1 pollutants,
pollution etc. Significance of Ch. 1, their sources
Environmental Engineering T2 & effects.
course, Handout discussion Awareness
1. Introduction, Air about the
pollution: sources & effects Air act
L1.2 Definition and Scales of
Concentration, Classification
Ch. 2 T2
and Properties of Air Pollutants
Emission Sources

L1.3 Effects of air

Ch. 2 T2
pollution, The air act
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Sources

Classification
Natural
Wind blown dust
Volcanic ash and gases
Smoke from forest fire

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Sources

Classification
Anthropogenic
Combustion
Chemicals and Petroleum, Pulp and paper,
Food and agriculture

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Sources

Classification
Point Source
Industry stack

Line source
Highways

Area source
Residential area

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Air Pollutants
Classification
Particulate matter
Dust 1-200 m, solid Ca, Al, Si compounds, Organic
Smoke 0.01-1 m, liquid or solid compounds
Fumes 0.1-1 m, solid Cd, Pb, Hg, Ni
Mist/Fog - <10 m, liquids

Gaseous pollutants
SOx (SO2, SO3)
NOx (N2O, NO, NO2)
CO
Hydrocarbon

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Air Pollutants
Classification
Primary pollutant
Emitted directly from source
PM, SO2, H2S, NO, NH3, CO, CO2

Secondary pollutant
Formed in the atmosphere by chemical
interactions among primary pollutants and normal
atmospheric constituents
SO3, NO2, PAN, O3

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Air Pollutants
CO
Combustion (coal, gas, wood, trash, etc.)
Automobiles biggest source (80%)
Petroleum refinery
Organic chemicals
Metallurgical (Ferrous) industry
Cigarette smoke another major source

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Air Pollutants
SOx
Combustion of sulfur containing fossil fuels (coal, oil)
Automobile
Metallurgical (Non-Ferrous)
Petroleum refinery
Organic and Inorganic chemicals

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Air Pollutants
NOx
Combustion of fossil fuels (coal, oil)
Automobile
Petroleum refinery
Inorganic chemicals

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Air Pollutants
Hydrocarbon
Automobile
Petroleum refinery
Metallurgical (Ferrous) industry
Organic chemicals
Food and agriculture

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Air Pollutants
PM
Combustion
Automobile
Petroleum refinery
Metallurgical (Ferrous and Non-Ferrous) industry
Inorganic and Organic chemicals
Pulp and paper
Food and agriculture

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Concentration of air pollutants

Mass concentration
Volume concentration
Mass Volume concentration

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Problem

The annual average air quality standard as per CPCB is 60

g/m3 of SO2. An air quality monitoring system reports
the concentration as 1 ppm. Determine if the air quality
meets the CPCB requirement. (250C and 1 atm
pressure)

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