12-651 Air Quality Engineering Units: 9.0 Department: Civil & Environmental Eng Prerequisites: 12-251 and 12-355 and 36-211 Cross-listed: 12-751 , 19-751 Related URLs: http://www.ce.cmu.edu/ Problems and methodologies for studies of environmental management, with an emphasis on air pollution. Key topics include sources of pollutants, focusing on combustion chemistry for a hydrocarbon fuel; behavior of gaseous and particulate pollutants in the atmosphere including the role of meteorology and the use of dispersion equations; effects of pollutants on human health and global climate; and procedures by which air pollution standards are developed and enforced by regulatory agencies. Statistical treatment of data is included at several places in the course. 3 hrs. rec. Prerequisites: 12-251, 12-355 Co-requisite: 36-220

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