Latest revision, 04 December 2006
| Week | Dates | Lecture topics | Reading assignments and files | Lecture notes (tablet PC) | Homework assignments |
| 1 | 09/05 - 09/08 | Introduction: risk, concentrations of air pollutants, fundamentals of contaminant mixtures |
Chapter 1 Chapter_01_Tables.pdf |
Lecture 1 Lecture 2 |
No homework this week |
| 2 | 09/11 - 09/15 | The respiratory system: anatomy of the lungs, modeling gas exchange, diseases of the respiratory system |
Chapter 2 Chapter_02_figures_and_equations.pdf |
Lecture 3 Lecture 4 Lecture 5 |
HW Set 1 - Due Friday 09/15 |
| 3 | 09/18 - 09/22 | Design criteria: contaminant concentration limits, fire and explosion, hearing and sound, heat stress, odors |
Chapter 3 Chapter_03_Corrected_Figure_3_1.pdf Chapter_03_Hearing_and Noise.pdf Chapter_03_Thermal_comfort_and_Heat_stess.pdf Chapter_03_Odors.pdf |
Lecture 6 Lecture 7 Lecture 8 |
HW Set 2 - Due Friday 09/22 |
| 4 | 09/25 - 09/29 | Pollutant emission rates: physical measurements, mass balances | Chapter 4 |
Lecture 9 Lecture 10 Lecture 11 |
HW Set 3 - Due Friday 09/29 hw_03_Problem_05_post.xls |
| 5 | 10/02 - 10/05 |
Pollutant emission rates (continued): emission factors, evaporation rates
**End of Exam 1 Material** |
Chapter 4 (continued) Evaporation_examples_from_Chapter_04.pdf |
Lecture 12 Lecture 13 No class on Friday, October 6 |
HW Set 4 - Due Friday 10/06 by 3:00 p.m. |
| 6 | 10/09 - 10/13 | Evaporation rates (continued); Unventilated spaces; General ventilation and the well-mixed model: dilution vs. displacement ventilation |
Chapter 4 (continued) Intro to Chapter 5 Dilution_vs_Displacement_Ventilation.pdf |
Lecture 14 Lecture 15 Lecture 16 |
No HW this week - Exam 1 |
| 7 | 10/16 - 10/20 | General ventilation and the well-mixed model (continued): sources, wall losses, recirculation, air cleaners, infiltration and exfiltration |
Chapter 5 (continued) Chapter_05_Sections_7_to_10.pdf |
Lecture 17 Lecture 18 Lecture 19 |
HW Set 5 - Due Friday 10/20 |
| 8 | 10/23 - 10/27 | General ventilation and the well-mixed model (continued): effectiveness of ventilation systems, ventilation in tunnels | Chapter 5 (continued) |
Lecture 20 Lecture 21 Lecture 22 |
HW Set 6 - Due Friday 10/27 |
| 9 | 10/30 - 11/03 |
Tunnel ventilation (continued); Present local ventilation practice: hood design, bulk materials, air curtains and buoyant plumes
**End of Exam 2 Material** |
Example_05_16.pdf (tunnel examle) Chapter 6 |
Lecture 23 Lecture 24 Lecture 25 |
HW Set 7 - Due Friday 11/03 hw_07_Problem_02_post.xls |
| 10 | 11/06 - 11/10 | Present local ventilation practice (continued): exhaust duct system design, fan selection and fan scaling laws; Introduction to CFD: fundamentals of CFD, application to indoor air quality and ventilation |
Chapter 6 (continued)
Chapter 10 |
Lecture 26 Lecture 27 Lecture 28 |
No HW this week - Exam 2 |
| 11 | 11/13 - 11/17 | Motion of particles: particle sizes, statistics of aerosols | Chapter 8 |
Lecture 29 Lecture 30 Lecture 31 |
HW Set 8 - Due Friday 11/17 |
| 12 | 11/20 - 11/21 | - | No classes this week (because of evening Exam 1 and evening Exam 2) | - | No homework this week (have a nice Thanksgiving!) |
| 13 | 11/27 - 12/01 | Motion of particles (continued): log normal distributions |
Chapter 8 (continued) Sample_particle_statistics_histogram.xls |
Lecture 34 Lecture 35 Lecture 36 |
HW Set 9 - Due Friday 12/01 |
| 14 | 12/04 - 12/08 | Motion of particles (continued): particle removal efficiency, grade efficency; equations of motion of particle trajectories |
Chapter 8 (continued) Sample_particle_statistics_analysis_with_cleaner.xls Chapter_08_equations_of_particle_motion.pdf Chapter_08_gravimetric_settling_and_inertial_separation.pdf |
Lecture 37 Lecture 38 Lecture 39 |
HW Set 10 - Due Friday 12/08 hw_10_Problem_05_post.xls |
| 15 | 12/11 - 12/15 | Removing particles from a gas stream: physical phenomena underlying particle removal systems, inertial separation, performance and efficiency of particle removal systems |
Chapter 9 Chapter_09_particle_removal.pdf Chapter_09_cascade_impactor.pdf Chapter_10_CFD_cascade_impactor.pdf |
Lecture 40 Lecture 41 Lecture 42 |
HW Set 11 - Due Friday 12/15 No late HW accepted after 3:00 p.m. on 12/15 |