ENE3606 · The air environment

Overview

Through lectures, practice classes, individual assignments and tests, you should develop knowledge of air pollution issues, assessment and control of pollutants from emission sources. The unit focusses on air pollution sources, emissions behaviour, pollutant pathways, receptor impacts and the associated national legislation and international treaties. The unit includes atmospheric stability conditions, pollutant transport models, air pollution control strategies and factors important in control equipment or schemes. The unit also encompasses climate change, greenhouse gas emissions sources and carbon accounting as well as national and international climate change mitigation strategies and adaptation approaches.

Areas of study: E3001 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Specialisation: Environmental engineering Minor: Environmental engineering

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Continuous assessment: 50% Final assessment: 50% This unit contains hurdle requirements that you must achieve to be able to pass the unit. You are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final assessment component. The consequence of not achieving a hurdle requirement is a fail grade (NH) and a maximum mark of 45 for the unit..

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Describe the major types and causes of air pollution and the associated impacts to human health, ecosystems, aesthetic and infrastructure in the context of Australian legislation.
2. Interpret various atmospheric stability conditions drawing from a description of atmospheric conditions and demonstrate how the conditions affect plume behaviour.
3. Quantify the atmospheric dispersion of discharges from both point and areal sources of air pollution.
4. Analyse different types of emission control technologies and discuss the theoretical basis of the control provided, relevant to common industrial air emission sources.
5. Discern the concept of the advanced greenhouse effect and discuss major greenhouse gas emissions sources and sinks, both natural and anthropogenic.
6. Determine greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy use and analyse mitigation strategies.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.