Air Pollution and Air Pollution Management
Air Pollution and Air Pollution Management
Air Pollution and Air Pollution Management
b. Emission Standards –
gives the minimum
allowable concentration
and duration of the
material in discharge
stream from a stack
Troposphere – roughly 12 km in depth
◦ contains 95% of the total air mass
◦ Oxygen dependent life sustained
◦ clouds are formed
◦ Weather patterns developed
◦ Air pollution problem occur
SO2 + OH HOSO2
Effects:
Stationary Sources
Examples are power plants, food
and food industries, pulp and
paper, acid and fertilizer, plants,
petroleum refineries, mining and
metal, nuclear plants.
Mobile Source
From the combustion product of
the engines or motor vehicles.
1. Carbon Monoxide (CO) - usually coming from
automobile exhausts due to low temperature
combustion.