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EPISODES
DISEASE OF
WEALTH
EPISODES
EPISODE used as a refined form of
the word disaster/ incident.
Air-conditioner
is usually
installed high
on the wall
In a fire, why should you crawl close to
the floor in a smoke-filled room?
Smoke is warmer than the surrounding air.
Altitude (miles)
Mesosphere 45
70 layer we live in;
60 mostly N and O;
35
50
weather; colder as
Stratosphere you go up
40 25
30
Stratosphere: has the
Ozone layer 15 ozone layer; warmer
20
Heating from the earth as you go up
10 Troposphere
5
Environmental science
Pressure = 1,000
0
(Sea 80 40 0 40 80 120 millibars focuses
at mostly on
Level) Temperature (C) ground level
those two layers
Temperature Inversion
Warmer air
Increasing altitude
Inversion layer
Cool layer
Mountain Mountain
Valley
Decreasing temperature
Inversion layer
Sea breeze
Mountain
range
Decreasing temperature
SULFUR OXIDES
-Power plants, industry, volcanic eruptions
-Ocean aerosols, combustion of fossil fuels
ORIGIN AND FATE OF AIR
POLLUTANTS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
-Bacterial action
-Combustion processes
PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS
-Atmospheric reactions (secondary pollutant)
PARTICULATES
-Sea salt, soil dust, volcanic particles, forest
fires
-Anthropogenic sources
An Illinois coal is burned at a rate of
1.00 kg per second. If the analysis of
the coal reveals a sulfur content of 3.00
%, what is the annual rate of emission
of SO2?
Sulfur
dioxide
(SO2)
Sulfur in
Sulfur
dioxide
(ash)
MASS BALANCE:
Sin = Sash + SSO2
Comment:
1.The standard for bituminous coal is
0.60 lb/106 Btu. The power plant does
not meet the NOX standard.
Recommendations:
1. The substitution of sub-bituminous
or lignite coal for the bituminous coal
2. Modification of burner.
Reaction Paper
What did we learn from the
episodes?
Whats different with Donora and
London with then and now?
What made the episode happen
before?
What makes us certain it wont
happen again?
A M R T O
I B L C T
A M R T O
I B L C T
A M G N O
I W L R T