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CENG 373 01 / ENVE 373 01 / F&ES 773 01 (F13): Air Pollution Control (APC)

Course Instructor: Yehia F. Khalil, Ph.D., Sc.D.

Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering.

Primary e-mail: yehia.khalil@yale.edu

Alternate e-mails : khalil@alum.mit.edu
ykhalil@alumni.stanford.edu
ykhalil@fas.harvard.edu
Office: M8 Lab: 228
Mason Laboratory, 9 Hillhouse Ave

Course description Understanding of primary and secondary air

pollutants of global concern, federal regulations and
standards, state permit & compliance programs, and
available as well as emerging control technologies
for air pollution produced by power generation from
fossil, nuclear, and other combustion sources.
Topics covered include: ambient air quality,
emission standards, fuel types, combustion
fundamentals, coal pyrolysis, gasification, alternate
combustion strategies (such as chemical looping
combustion and oxy-combustion), abatement
technologies for gaseous pollutants (e.g., SOx, NOx,
and VOCs), particulates emission control
technologies, atmospheric dispersion modeling, and
environmental risk assessment (fault tree and event
tree analysis).

Prerequisite(s) Permission of the course instructor.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material Main Text:

Cooper, C.D., and E.C. Alley, “Air Pollution
Control: A Design Approach,” Fourth Edition,
Waveland Press, 2011.

Additional References:
Flagan, R. C. and J. H. Seinfeld, “Fundamentals of
Air Pollution Engineering,” Prentice Hall, 1988.

Cooper, C. D., J. D. Dietz, and D. R. Reinhart,

“Foundations of Environmental Engineering,”
Waveland Press, 1990.

Holmes, G., B. R. Singh, and L. Theodore,

“Handbook of Environmental Management &
Technology,” John Wiley & Sons, 1993.

Dupont, R., L. Theodore, and J. Reynolds,

“Accident and Emergency Management,” VCH

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Publishers, 1991.

Ray, B. T., “Environmental Engineering,” PWS

Publishing, 1995.

Vesilind, P. A., “Introduction to Environmental

Engineering,” PWS Publishing, 1997.

Wark, K., C. Warner, and W. Davis, “Air Pollution:

Its Origin and Control,” Third Edition, Addison
Wesley Longman Inc., 1998.

Course learning objectives After completing this course, students will:

1. Understand the laws and regulations that have
been promulgated in an attempt to achieve and
maintain acceptable ambient air quality.
2. Recognize the adverse effects of primary and
secondary air pollutants on human health and
the environment.
3. Be exposed to available and emerging control
technologies for air pollution produced by
power generation from fossil, nuclear, and
other combustion sources.
4. Understand the mechanisms responsible for the
performance effectiveness of each control
technology.
5. Solve problems in this area by applying
fundamental engineering thermodynamics,
chemical kinetics, math, and science.
6. Be aware of ethical, environmental, societal,
and economic impacts of air pollution and its
abatement technologies.

Topics covered include 1. Air pollution types, sources, and adverse

effects, clean air act (CAA), regulations, and
standards.
2. Applications of the ideal gas law to air
pollution calculations.
3. Combustion fundamentals: Stoichiometry and
thermodynamics.
4. Particulate control technologies: cyclones,
electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), fabric filters,
and particulate scrubbers.
5. Flue gas conditioning for ESP performance
improvement in coal-fired power plants.
6. Sulfur oxides (SOx) emission control
technologies.
7. Control of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
8. Control of nitrogen oxides (NOx) using
selective catalytic reduction (SCR), and
selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR).
11. Impact of nuclear power generation on the air
quality.
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9. Stack plume opacity calculations

10. Atmospheric dispersion modeling.

Course grading 3 credits course.

Homework = 10 points, mid-term exam = 25 points,
term paper = 30 points, and final exam = 35 points.

Relationship of course to program CENG-373 support the achievement of the

objectives following Program Educational Objectives:
1. Produce graduates who are able to think
critically and can define, formulate, and solve
technical problems related to air pollution by
effectively applying scientific, math, and
engineering principles including
thermodynamics and chemical reaction kinetics.
2. Expose the students to available and emerging
Air Pollution control technologies.
3. Promote a sense of commitment to create a
clean air environment for self and for others.
4. Commit to professional ethics and
responsibility toward the community and
society at large.

Class/laboratory schedule
Final Exam TBD
Date of Preparation of Course Syllabus August23, 2013

Course Instructor Contact Information

Yehia F. Khalil, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Professor of Chemical & Environmental
Engineering

e-mail:

Primary: Yehia.khalil@yale.edu
Alternate: Khalil@alum.mit.edu,
ykhalil@alumni.stanford.edu
ykhalil@fas.harvard.edu

Office: (203) 432-5511

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