CVE 5211 - Air Quality

• Identify sources of air pollution and implement pollution control remedies
• Formulate permitting processes based on current standards
• Evaluate means and methods for mitigating air pollution
• Design an air pollution control strategy and facilities needed to achieve permit compliance

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• Sources of air pollution and available control options
• Carbon dioxide, methane and other global warming gases as a pollutant
• Impacts of air pollution on disadvantaged populations, social equity, ethical issues
• National ambient-air quality standards (NAAQS) along with federal new source performance standards (NSPSs) and hazardous air pollutant emission standards (NESHAPs)
• Federal permitting and enforcement
• Title V permitting process, determining when a permit is required, describing the process for applying for permits, determining permit compliance
• Understanding Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT), Best Available Control Technology (BACT), Reasonable Available Control Technology RACT, and Lowest Achievable Emissions Rate (LAER) requirements
• Development of integrated strategies to achieve air quality goals
• Design of air pollution control equipment
• Development and design of carbon capture systems to address global warming