Environmental Pollution Engineering

At the end of the course, the students should be able to: recognise the different types of environmental pollution, techniques for their monitoring and control; identify and value the effect of the pollutants on the environment: atmosphere, water and soil; analyse an industrial activity and identify the environmental problems; explain the design of control systems for different types of pollution; plan strategies to control, reduce and monitor pollution; select the most appropriate technique to purify and/or control the emission of pollutants; discuss the effects of solid waste on water sources; and elucidate the laws and regulations governing environmental pollution.

Air pollution: monitoring and control, air pollutants, characteristics, sources, dispersion of pollutants in air, dispersion models, equations, design of air pollution control systems. Water pollution: types of water pollution, point sources and non-point sources, effects of pollutants on water, control and management of water pollution. Solid waste management, classification, quantification and composition of solid waste disposal methods; environmental protection regulations.