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18-Env-A5 Air Quality and Pollution Control Engineering: December 2017

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  1. Question 1 Sources, Classification and Health/Ecological Impacts of Atmospheric Pollutants
  2. Question 2 Plume Behaviour, Atmospheric Stability, Gaussian Dispersion and Other Air Quality Models
  3. Question 3 Measurement Techniques and Particulate Characteristics
  4. Question 4 Air Toxics, Mobile Sources, Odour Control and Emission Trading
  5. Question 5 Gaseous Pollutant Behaviour and Particulate Emission Monitoring/Control

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National Exams — December 2017 — 04-Env-A5 / Air Quality and Pollution Control Engineering. 3 hours duration; open book; Casio or Sharp approved calculator only. Four (4) of the five (5) questions constitute a complete paper (the first four answers as they appear are marked, maximum 100 marks); all five are solved below for completeness. Each question is worth 25 marks with section marks shown in brackets per the paper's own printed Marking Scheme.

Reference texts. Cooper & Alley, Air Pollution Control: A Design Approach (4th ed.); Wark, Warner & Davis, Air Pollution: Its Origin and Control (3rd ed.); Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering (6th ed.); Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and the Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards (CAAQS) administered by the CCME and Environment and Climate Change Canada.