Chemical Engineering Department

College of Engineering
Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology

Course Syllabus

Course Number and Section: ChE ELEC 2

Course Title: Air Pollution Control
Semester, AY: 2ND Semester AY 2017-2018
Schedule & Room: 9:00 - 10:30 am WF, CEN Bldg.
Lecturer: Engr. John Andrew A. Tiria
Department of Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering, EARIST-Manila
09753150322 / chemengsijohn@gmail.com

Course Description:

Earth Atmosphere, Sources, Properties, Transport, fate & Dispersion, Environmental and Health
impacts of air pollutant; Principles of Pollution Control: Air pollution processes and equipment;
Characteristics of air pollutants; Processes in the atmosphere; Air quality management; regulatory
control of air pollution.

Course Requirements (as percentage of final Grade)

10% Attendance
10% Short Class Exercises & Homework
20% Long Quiz
30% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
100% Total

Other reminders:
-On Cheating: in accordance with the Institutional rules, the minimum penalty for cheating is a grade of 5.0

Grade Conversion Table

FG 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2 2.25 2.75 3 5

% 100-96 95-87 90-86 85-81 80-76 75-71 70-66 65 <64
Course Outline:

1. Introduction and course overview

1.2 The Atmosphere and Its Pollution

2. Air Pollution Control

2.1 Pollution Control Principles
2.2 Control Techniques for Stationary Sources
2.3 Control Techniques for Mobile Sources
2.4 Agricultural Sources
2.5 Natural Sources

3. Processes in the Atmosphere

3.1 Atmosphere Physics
3.2 Characteristics of Air Pollutants
3.3 Physical and Chemical Processes
3.4 Atmosphere Chemistry
3.5 Deposition

4. Air Quality Management

4.1 Emission measuring techniques
4.2 Emission inventories
4.3 Measuring of Air Quality and Deposition
4.4 Air Pollution Modelling

5. Regulatory Control of Air Pollution

5.1 Air Quality and Standards
5.2 Indoor Air Quality
5.3 Philippine Regulation on Air Pollution: The Clean Air Act
5.4 Elements of Regulatory
5.5 Organization Framework for Air Pollution Control

References:

Jess Finger & Jens Christian Tjell (eds) Air Pollution: From a local to a global perspective. Ed. Jes
Finger & Jens Christian Tjell RSC publishing polyteknisk. 2009. ISBN13 9788750209676