COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNIQUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5008 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA ODABAŞI

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Environmental Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

This is a unique course for engineering students on air pollution control. It focuses primarily on control of particulate matter emissions. Control of gaseous pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides is also included. This course does not require a prerequisite, engineering background is sufficient.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know the basic characteristics of particles
2   To know the basic particulate matter control principles
3   To be able to design particulate matter control devices based on gravitational and centrifugal forces
4   To be able to design the particulate matter control devices based on electrical forces
5   To be able to design the particulate matter control devices based on filtration and scrubbing

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Characteristics of particles
2 Gravity settlers (settling chambers and cyclones)
3 Cyclones and multicyclones
4 Electrostatic precipitators
5 Aerodynamic capture of particles
6 Fabric filters
7 Fabric filters (Continued)
8 Mid term exam
9 Wet collectors
10 Auxilary equipment: Hoods, ducts, fans and coolers
11 A particulate control problem
12 Control of nitrogen oxides
13 Control of sulfur oxides
14 Repetition and assigment control

Recomended or Required Reading

Cooper, C. D. and Alley, F. C. (1994). Air Pollution Control: A Design Approach, Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, Illinois.
Benitez, J. (1993) Process Engineering and Design for Air Pollution Control, Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in lecture format with class presentations and discussions. All class members are expected to attend the lecture hours and take part in discussion sessions. Besides the taught lectures, weekly homework assignments will be prepared by the students. The solutions to the assignment will be given and discussed in the following lecture.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 10 3 30
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31111
LO.41
LO.51