FUNDAMENTALS OF
WATER AND AIR
POLLUTION
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
(CENG 184)
SECOND SEMESTER
Name of Lecturer:
Dr. Daniel A. Ankrah
Contacts: Tel: 0541736698, email: danankltd@yahoo.com
STRUCTURE OF COURSE
Lecture Period : Thursdays, 9 am to 12pm prompt
Assessment:
Attendance and discussions
Class assignment
Mid semester Exams
End of Semester Exams
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5%
15%
20%
60%
COURSE CONTENT
• Introduction: review of Course content
• Air pollution effects- measurement and control
• Influence of artificial pollution on atmosphere
• Evaluation of health, economic effect of air pollution techniqies for measuring
atmospheric pollution.
• Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetic
• Elements of Fresh and sea water chemistry
• Precipitation and dissolution
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
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V.L. Snoeyink, and David Jenkins, Water Chemistry, John Wiley and Sons.
M.L. Davis and S.J. Masters, Principles of Environmental Engineering, McGraw Hill.
N. De Nevrs, Air Pollution Control Engineering, 2nd Edition, Waveland Press Inc.
P. C. Mishrai, (2018). Fundamentals of Air and water pollution: APH publishing
Corporation, 4435-36/7, New Delhi- 110 002
COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF
THE ATMOSPHER
VERTICAL THERMAL STRUCTURE OF THE
ATMOSPHERE
VERTICAL THERMAL STRUCTURE OF THE
ATMOSPHERE
COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE
PERMANENT AND VARIABLE GASSES
WATER VAPOR (H2O)
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
SOURCE AND SINK OF CO2
OZON (O3)
FORMATION OF OZONE (O3)
NITROGEN (N2)
OXYGEN (O2)
ARGON (Ar)
TYPES AND SOURCES OF AIR
POLLUTION
MAJOR AIR POLLUTANTS
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AIR
POLLUTANTS
EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION
HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION
CHILDREN AND AIR POLLUTION
MAJOR CLASSES OF AIR POLLUTANTS
CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION
CONTROLLING AIR POLLUTION