Air pollution control

Department

Bachelor's program Environmental, Process & Energy Engineering

Course unit code

UVET_BA_4_9

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3.0

Name of lecturer(s)

Dr. Back Jan, MSc, Mag. Rupprich Marco, Ph.D.

Mode of delivery

face-to-face

Recommended optional program components

none

Recommended or required reading

Tan, Z. (2014). Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases: From Basic Concepts to Engineering Applications for Air Emission Control. Springer.

Masters, G.M., Ela, W.P. (2007). Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science. 3rd ed., Pearson.

Schultes, M. (1996). Abgasreinigung: Verfahrensprinzipien, Berechnungsgrundlagen, Verfahrensvergleich. Springer.

Level of course unit

Bachelor

Year of study

Spring 2025

Semester when the course unit is delivered

4

Language of instruction

English

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students should be familiar the main chemical categories of air pollution and their environmental impact. They know important legal measures for emission reduction. They are able to layout basic operations in terms of dust removal from waste gas as well as gas purification by absorption, adsorption, thermal afterburning and catalytic afterburning.

Course contents

• Environmental impact of air pollution
• Chemical categories of waste gas components
• Legal measures for emission reduction
• Basic operations of emission reduction
• Adsorption, absorption, thermal afterburning, catalytic afterburning, stripping

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.

Work placement(s)

none