INDUSTRIAL

POLLUTION
 CONTENTS
• Air pollution
• Industrial air pollution
• Industrial sources of air pollution
• Cause and effects
• Preventive measures
• Conclusions
 Air pollution
• Contamination of the air by noxious gases and
minute particles of solid and liquid matter
(particulates) in concentrations that endanger
health.
 Industrial air pollution
• Industrial Air pollution accounts for
approximately 70 % of the total air pollution
• Industrial Air Pollution is much worse than
Vehicular Exhaust.
 P oll u ta n ts :
5M ajor

CO
HC
PM
SOx
Nox
 Industrial Sources of Air Pollution
All these activities of Industries Lead to Air Pollution -;

• Coal Combustion,
• Oil Combustion ,
• Gas Combustion,
• Chemicals Manufacturing ,
• Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing
• Fertilizer Manufacturing ,
• Metallurgical Industry ,
• Smelting of Non- Ferrous Ores ,
• Construction Material Industry ,
• Petroleum Industry ,
• Manufacture of Iron and Steel ,
• Paper & Pulp Industry etc….
 CAUSES & EFFECTS
CAUSE EFFECT
• Inefficient Waste Disposal • Carcinogenic effect
• Use of Outdated • Irritation of eye
Technologies • Lung problem
• Unplanned Industrial • Asthma
Growth • Soil pollution
• Water pollution
Water pollution
SOIL POLLUTION
•Acid rain due to SOx and
NOx harms vegitation
•To grow, trees need
healthy soil to develop in.
Acid rain is absorbed into
the soil making it
virtually impossible for
these trees to survive. As
a result of this, trees are
more susceptible to
viruses, fungi.
Depletion of ozone
layer
Ozone depletion is
another result of
industrial pollution.
Chemicals released
by activities affect
the stratosphere .The
ozone layer in the
stratosphere protects
the earth from
harmful ultraviolet
radiation from the
sun.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
 FABRIC FILTERS OR BAG HOUSES
• Operate in a manner similar to a household vacuum
cleaner
• Dust-laden gases pass through fabric bags where the
dry particulates are captured on the fabric surface.
• used to control air pollutants from coal-fired power
plants, steel mills, foundries, and other industrial
processes.
• Fabric filters can collect over 99.9% of the entering
particulates, even fine PM
 BIOFILTERS
• Biofilters operate to destroy VOCs and odors by
microbial oxidation of these problem
compounds.
• The polluted air is passed through a wetted bed,
which supports a biomass of bacteria that absorb
and metabolize pollutants.
• Most effective on water-soluble materials
• Efficiencies over 98% are possible with this
application.
 ACTIVATED CARBON
• Activated carbon (charcoal), which possesses the large internal
surface area needed to adsorb large quantities of gases within
its structure, is often used to remove VOCs from flue gases.
• After the activated carbon is saturated with VOCs, it is often
treated (by heat and/or steam) to strip off the collected VOCs.
The
• VOCs are then sent for further treatment, and the carbon is
reused in the adsorption reactor.
• Adsorption is commonly used for removing gases from
contaminated soil, oil refineries,municipal wastewater
treatment plants, industrial paint shops, and steel mills.
 VAPOR CONDENSERS
• Vapor condensers can be used to control
emissions hydrocarbons and other organic
vapors such as chlorine, fluorine and
particulate matter
 Sustainable
Development

International
Lower Emissions Conventions
and Treaties

Mitigation
Lower
of Air National and
International
Transboundary
Emissions Pollution funds, Eco-
Conversion

New
Lower
Technologies,
Combustion
Recycling
 Conclusions
• Emission rates should be restricted to
permissible levels by each and every industry
• Incorporation of air pollution control
equipment in design of plant layout must be
made mandatory
• Continuous monitoring of the atmosphere for
pollutants should be carried out to know the
emission levels.