ENV 4120
Air Pollution Control
Example: Fall 2006
DESCRIPTION:ENV 4120, a senior level course, serves as an in-depth introduction to air pollution engineering. We will cover such topics as the causes, sources, and effects of air pollution; regulatory standards (both ambient and source) for pollutants; air quality calculations and gas flow measurements; particle properties; design and operating principles of different control technologies; mobile sources; basic meteorology and dispersion modeling.
CREDIT:3 semester hours; 2 lectures per week.
TIME & PLACE:9:00 – 10:15, MW, Bldg. EN-2, Room 205
FACULTY:Dr. C. David Cooper, P.E.
Office: EN-2 211LPhone: 823-2388e-mail:
Office Hours: Open Door Policy
TEXT:AIR POLLUTION CONTROL – A DESIGN APPROACH (3rd Edition) by
C. David Cooper and F.C. Alley, Waveland Press, 2002.
PROCEDURE:Material will be covered by lectures, discussion, written homework, and tests. The lectures will not be restricted simply to text material.
There will be 3 scheduled tests and a comprehensive final exam. Pop quizzes may be given at any time. Homework will be assigned and collected for grading. The overall course grade will be weighted as follows:
Tests (3)@21%=63%
Final@27%=27%
Homework@10%=10%
The final letter grades will be assigned as follows:
A=90 – 100
B=80 – 89.9
C=70 – 79.9
D=60 – 69.9
F=59.9 and below
Plus and minus grades will be given at the discretion of the professor.
ETHICS: It is expected that students will be academically honest, and will exhibit a high
degree of ethical and professional behavior in and out of the classroom.
ENV 4120
Air Pollution Control
Topical Outline
ReadingHomework Due
Week ofTopicAssignmentThis Week
Aug 21Administration, definitions, historical perspective; Ch 1, pp 1-15 & 45-63 pollutants-causes, sources, effects; air quality trends
Aug 28Emissions factors, legislation, standards; gas flowCh 1, pp 15-44
Sep 4Labor Day Holiday (9/4), Design Principles/Cost EstimationCh 2 1
Sep 11Properties of Particulate MatterCh 3 2
Sep 18Cyclones; TEST #1 (9/20); Ch 4 (Test covers Ch. 1-3 only)
Sep 25Electrostatic PrecipitatorsCh 5
Oct2Fabric FiltersCh 6 3
Oct 9TEST #2 (10/11); {Withdrawal deadline 10/13}(Test covers Ch. 4-6 only) 4
Properties of Gases and VaporsCh 10
Oct 16VOC IncineratorsCh 11 5
Oct 23FAWMA Meeting Mon-Tue – no class on Mon; students
encouraged to attend – JaxBeach; Carbon AdsorbersCh 12 6
Oct 30Finish C Ads; BiofiltersCh 14 7
Nov 6TEST #3 (11/8) (Test covers Ch. 10 – 12, 14)
Veteran’s Day Holiday (Friday11/10)
Nov 13Mobile Sources; Intro. to MeteorologyCh. 18Ch 19 8
Nov 20Atmospheric Dispersion ModelingCh 20
Thanksgiving Holidays (11/23-24)
Nov 27Indoor Air QualityCh 21 9
Dec 4-9FINAL EXAM(7:00 – 9:50 Wed, 12/6)Chaps 1-6, 10-12, 14, 18-21
Homework Assignments
AssignmentProblemsDue Date
11.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.13, 1.15, 1.169/6/06
22.1, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.159/13/06
34.4, 4.17, 5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 5.6, 5.1110/2/06
46.1, 6.2, 6.5, 6.6, 6.710/9/06
510.4, 10.9, 10.10, 11.1, 11.2, 11.15, 11.1910/25/06
612.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.1311/1/06
714.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.511/6/06
818.1, 18.2, 18.8, 18.1311/20/06
919.4, 19.5, 20.1, 20.3, 20.10, 20.12, 20.2511/29/06
Homework policy statement: Due to the tight schedule for this course, homework will not be accepted late for grading. If not turned in on time, a homework assignment will be graded as a zero. However, the lowest homework grade will be dropped from the averaging when determining the final homework grade. Homework will be turned in flat, not folded, and stapled in the upper left corner, with your name on each page. It should be done with a professional looking quality. Writing must be neat and organized, and margins must be observed. Students are encouraged to work together on homework in order to help each other learn. However, straight copying of homework is not ethical.