Length: 2 Days
Air Pollution Control Management Training Course
Air Pollution Control Management Training Course Description
The air pollution control management training course gives you an introductory view of all major, practical aspects of air pollution control.
The air pollution control management training is a multidisciplinary course consisting of science, technology, and regulatory aspects associated with the air pollution control.
The air pollution control management training course help you gain sufficient information on health and environmental effects of air pollution, air pollution meteorology, air quality management, ambient air quality monitoring, measurement and control of emissions, pollution prevention, laws and regulations, emission inventories, compliance and enforcement, and other related topics to effectively tackle air pollution related and impacted projects in the future.
Audience
The air pollution control management training is a 2-day course designed primarily for those individuals who require a general yet comprehensive knowledge of the principals and practices associated with air pollution control.
Training Objectives
Upon the completion of the air pollution control management training course, the attendees are able to:
- Describe common air pollution issues
- Recognize the major air pollutants and their effects on human health and environment
- Understand the regulations and policies
- Discuss the techniques, methods, and strategies of controlling and removing air pollutants
- Understand the principals and fundamental concepts governing particulate matter and gas-phase pollutant chemistry and physics
- Apply knowledge of the theories and practices of air pollution control to the design of realistic particulate matter and gas-phase emission reduction systems.
Training Outline
The air pollution control management training course consists of the following lessons, which can be revised and tailored to the client’s needs:
Overview To Air Pollution Control
- Air Pollution History
- Environmental activism and awareness history
- Government responsibilities
- History of air pollution management
Human Health And The Environmental Effects Of Air Pollution
- Hazardous effects of air pollutants on human body systems
- Pollutant movement through the body
- Upper respiratory system
- Lower respiratory system
- Criteria pollutants
- Particulate Matter (PM)
- Lead (Pb)
- Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
- Carbon Monoxide (CO)
- Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
- Ozone (O3)
- Toxic Air Pollutants
- Nature and sources
- Health and environmental effects
- Trends in toxic air pollutants
- Environmental effects of air pollution
- Ecosystem
- Acid rain
- Visibility
- The Greenhouse Effect
- Stratospheric ozone depletion
- Risk assessment
- Health risks
- Assessment process
- Hazard identification
- Exposure assessment
- Dose-response assessment
- Risk characterization
- Uncertainty of Risk Estimates
Transport and Dispersion of Air Pollution
- Wind speed
- Wind direction
- Atmospheric stability
- Adiabatic and environmental lapse rate
- Looping plumes
- Fanning plumes
- Coning plumes
- Lofting plumes
- Fumigating plumes
- Trapping plumes
- Plume rise
- Topography
- Valleys
- Lakes and Oceans
- Mountains
- Dispersion modeling
- New Source Review (NSR)
- Assessment Population Exposure Model (ASPEN)
- Industrial Source Complex Model (ISC)
Indoor Air Pollution
- Sources, effects and controls
- Biological contaminants
- Radon (Rn)
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
- Stoves, heaters, fireplaces, and chimneys
- Asbestos
- Pesticides
- Organic Chemicals
- Formaldehyde
- Lead (Pb)
- Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
- Indoor air pollution solutions
- Source control
- Ventilation
- Air cleaners
- EPA approach
The United States Clean Air Act
- National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
- State Implementation Plans (SIPs)
- New source review: permit requirements
- Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
- Hazardous Air Pollutants
- Acid Rain Program
- Sulfur Dioxide Emission Reduction Program
- Nitrogen Oxides Emission Reduction Program
- Operating Permit Program
- Stratospheric Ozone Program
- Visibility Protection Program
- Mobile Sources
- Federal Enforcement
Ambient Air Quality Control
- Introduction
- Particulate matter collection
- Gaseous pollutant collection
- Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET)
- Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)
Measurement of Pollutant Emissions
- Introduction
- Source sampling methodology
- Distributed sampling points
- Sampling distributed over time
- Isokinetic sampling
- Separation of gas constituents
- Sample recovery and analysis
- Data recording
- Calculation of results
- Expression of results
- Continuous emission monitoring
- Compliance assurance monitoring
Emissions Inventory
- Introduction
- Estimation of emissions
- Locating & Estimating (L&E) documents
- Purpose of emissions inventories
- Elements of an emissions inventory
- Quality assurance and quality control procedures
for emission
Control of Stationary Sources, Particulate Matter
- Control Procedures
- Control Devices for Particulate Emissions
- Venturi Scrubbers
- Fabric filters
- Settling chambers
- Cyclones
- Momentum separators
Control of Stationary Sources, Gaseous Emissions
- Gaseous emissions
- Thermal incinerators
- Catalytic incinerators
- Flares
- Boilers and process heaters
- Adsorbers
- Absorbers
- Condensers
- Inorganic gas control
- Sulfur dioxide emissions controls
- Wet FGD technologies
- Limestone forced oxidation
- Limestone-inhibited oxidation
- Lime and magnesium-lime
- Dry FGD technologies
- Lime spray drying
- Furnace sorbent injection
- Circulating fluidized bed
- Regenerable FGD technologies
- Performance
- Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions control
Control of Mobile Sources
- Mobile Sources of Pollution
- Gross Emitters
- Reformulated Gasoline and Alternative Fuels
- Future Alternatives
Pollution Prevention
- Legislative History
- Pollution Prevention Strategies
- Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse
- Compliance and Reducing VOC Emissions
- Use Resources
Law and Regulations
- Common law
- Statutory law
- Administrative law
- Constitutional law
- Sources of federal statutes
- Sources of federal regulations
Compliance and Enforcement
- Enforcement Systems
- Penalty Assessment Criteria
- Compliance Audits
- Enforcement Responsibility
Air Pollution Control Management