Course details

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INTRODUCTION

Air quality is a major area of importance in environmental engineering. Contaminants emitted along an air pathway from industry have been shown to have a major adverse public health effect worldwide. As a result, many government agencies are promulgating and enforcing strict air quality rules, and industrial facilities are employing environmental engineers to minimize emissions, impacts, and exposure to the public. Growing research and case studies have demonstrated a greater understanding of air quality engineering. Strategies and technologies exist to accomplish these goals. There are few “black and white” solutions, however. Engineering decisions to reduce air emissions and impacts draw upon a strong understanding of the technologies available, their effectiveness, cost, and capability of causing auxiliary production and environmental problems.

OBJECTIVES

This course begins with a thorough explanation of the background and history of air quality engineering, followed by discussions of what we know about air emissions, different ways they are calculated, air pollution control (APC) technologies and strategies, factors involved in their ground-level concentrations, and potential health impacts and ways to regulate air emissions. The course is designed to help you understand the basics of air quality engineering and understand its particular language, terms, and approaches. Orem ipsum dolor sits elit.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology is interactive with group exercises and is suitable for all employees involved in functions management. The pace and level of the training workshop is customized to the understanding of the delegates. Ongoing back-up and support is available after the training on request to the supplier, and the training course is also available for in-house presentation as well as for “Competency Transfer”.

Course Certificate

Certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total tuition hours of the course.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course will be useful for environmental engineers, design professionals, APC equipment manufacturers, machinists, inspectors, and construction workers who are interested in gaining a better understanding in air quality.

COURSE OUTLINE

This course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills

Definition of greenhouse gases
Understand the nature and classes of the different (general) air pollutants
Major types of greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
Methane (CH₄)
Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
Sulfur oxides (SO₂ and SO₃)
Fluorinated gases
Understand the basic constituents and fate of the atmospheric gases
Define the different types of emissions into the atmosphere
Determine the different factors involved in determining ground-level concentrations (impacts) of air pollutants
Learn about special topics related to regulating air pollution
Human health and the environmental effects of air pollution
Hazardous effects of air pollutants on human body systems
Pollutant movement through the body
Upper respiratory system
Lower respiratory system
Criteria pollutants
- Particulate Matter (PM)
- Lead (Pb)
- Sulfur Dioxide (SO₂)
- Carbon Monoxide (CO)
- Nitrogen Dioxide (NO₂)
- Ozone (O₃)
Toxic air pollutants
- Nature and sources
- Health and environmental effects
- Trends in toxic air pollutants
Environmental effects of air pollution
- Ecosystem
- Acid rain
- Visibility
- The Greenhouse Effect
- Stratospheric ozone depletion
Risk assessment
- Health risks
- Assessment process
- Hazard identification
- Exposure assessment
- Dose-response assessment
- Risk characterization
- Uncertainty of Risk Estimates
Transport and dispersion of air pollution
- Wind speed
- Wind direction
- Atmospheric stability
- Adiabatic and environmental lapse rate:
  - Looping plumes
  - Fanning plumes
  - Coning plumes
  - Lofting plumes
  - Fumigating plumes
  - Trapping plumes
- Plume rise
- Topography:
  - Valleys
  - Lakes and Oceans
  - Mountains
- Dispersion modeling:
  - New Source Review (NSR)
  - Assessment Population Exposure Model (ASPEN)
  - Industrial Source Complex Model (ISC)
Indoor air pollution
- Sources, effects and controls
- Biological contaminants
- Radon (Rn)
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
- Stoves, heaters, fireplaces, and chimneys
- Asbestos
- Pesticides
- Organic Chemicals
- Formaldehyde
- Lead (Pb)
- Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
- Indoor air pollution solutions:
  - Source control
  - Ventilation
  - Air cleaners
Ambient Air Quality Control
- Introduction
- Particulate matter collection
- Gaseous pollutant collection
- Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET)
- Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
Measurement of Pollutant Emissions
- Introduction
- Source sampling methodology:
  - Distributed sampling points
  - Sampling distributed over time
  - Isokinetic sampling
  - Separation of gas constituents
  - Sample recovery and analysis
  - Data recording
  - Calculation of results
  - Expression of results
- Continuous emission monitoring
- Compliance assurance monitoring
Emissions Inventory
- Introduction
- Estimation of emissions
- Locating & Estimating (L&E) documents
- Purpose of emissions inventories
- Elements of an emissions inventory
- Quality assurance and quality control procedures
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Control of Stationary Sources, Particulate Matter
- Control Procedures
- Control Devices for Particulate Emissions:
  - Venturi Scrubbers
  - Fabric filters
  - Settling chambers
  - Cyclones
  - Momentum separators
Control of Stationary Sources, Gaseous Emissions
- Gaseous emissions:
  - Thermal incinerators
  - Catalytic incinerators
  - Flares
  - Boilers and process heaters
  - Adsorbers
  - Absorbers
  - Condensers
  - Inorganic gas control
- Sulfur dioxide emissions controls
- Wet FGD technologies
- Limestone forced oxidation
- Limestone-inhibited oxidation
- Lime and magnesium-lime
- Dry FGD technologies
- Lime spray drying
- Furnace sorbent injection
- Circulating fluidized bed
- Regenerable FGD technologies
- Performance
- Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions control
Control of Mobile Sources
- Mobile Sources of Pollution
- Gross Emitters
- Reformulated Gasoline and Alternative Fuels
- Future Alternatives
Pollution Prevention
- Legislative History
- Pollution Prevention Strategies
- Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
- Compliance and Reducing VOC Emissions
- Use Resources