CE8005 – Air Pollution and

Control Engineering

Unit 1
Introduction

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 What is an Air Pollution??

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 Sources of Air Pollution
• Natural Sources –Volcano, forest fire, dust storms, oceans,
plants and trees

• Anthropogenic Sources - created by human beings

Stationary sources
 Point sources (Industrial processing, power plants,
fuels combustion etc.)
 Area sources (Residential heating coal gas oil, on site
incineration, open burning etc.)
Mobile sources
 Line sources (Highway vehicles, railroad locomotives,
channel vessels etc.)

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 Categories of Air Pollution...

 Primary Air Pollutant

Harmful substance that is emitted directly into the
atmosphere

 Secondary Air Pollutant

Harmful substance formed in the atmosphere when
a primary air pollutant reacts with substances
normally found in the atmosphere or with other air
pollutant

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 Categories of Air Pollution...

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 How to measure
Air pollution??

AQI: Air Quality Index

• Indicates whether pollutant levels in air may
cause health concerns.
• Ranges from 0 (least concern) to 500 (greatest
concern)

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