Air Pollution and Control

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Air Pollution and Control
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Overview

Gain a comprehensive overview of the Air Pollution and Control principles and concepts

Duration	12 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

Air Pollution and Control
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Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion

Air Pollution and Control
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Course details

More about this course

The objective of the course is to impart the knowledge and understanding of causes and effects of air pollution and their controlling mechanisms
The course will provide a deeper understanding of air pollutants, pollution inventory and modelling
The course also imparts knowledge on the impacts of air pollution on different aspects such as policy, human health and various contemporary technological innovation for betterment of air quality

Air Pollution and Control
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Curriculum

Week 1 : Air Pollution: Introduction and Impacts of air pollution on human health, vegetation, animals, building materials, structures, and atmosphere, soil and water bodies.

Week 2 : Sources, classification and formation/transformation of air pollutants: Meteorology and Atmospheric Stability.

Week 3 : Lapse Rate, Plume Behaviour, and Air Quality Monitoring, Air Quality Index (AQI)

Week 4 : Air Quality Modelling, Gaussian dispersion models: point, line and area source models

Week 5 : Emissions Inventory: Transport, Industrial, Agricultural, Residential and Commercial sectors

Week 6 : Application of Remote sensing/Satellite based data in emission inventory, Source apportionment using receptor modelling.

Week 7 : Indoor air pollution: sources, types and health impacts. Sampling, assessment and evaluation of Indoor air quality.

Week 8 : Global and regional environmental issues of air pollution: Ozone depletion, Climate change, Global warming, Acid rain.

Week 9 : Air pollution control devices, equipment and their design.

Week 10 : Air pollution emission standards, National and international policies, acts, rules and regulations.

Week 11 : Emerging technologies and strategies to mitigate air pollution, Current challenges and way forward.

Week 12 : Lab-based measurements of air pollutants.

Air Pollution and Control
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Faculty details

Prof. Bhola Ram Gurjar

Dr. Bhola Ram Gurjar holds a PhD in the area of Environmental Risk Analysis from India's premier technological institution I.I.T. Delhi followed by Postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) in Mainz, Germany.