Section outline

    • Lecture 06: Urban air pollution and photochemical smog pollution control Lesson

      Key issues:

      • Urban air pollution: civilization and anthropogenic emission
      • Common problems: burning of fuels & raw materials
      • Results: uncontrolled, smoky cities, health problems, fatal episodes
      • London-type smog: emission & fog or temperature inversion
      • Automobile and photochemical smog: and NOX, ROGs with sunlight
          • ROGs: alkenes, aromatics, aldehydes, not many alkanes
          • Oxidizing agents: OH(g), HO2(g), NO3(g), O3(g), O(g)
          • Photostationary-state relationship: NO:NO ratio and O3 level
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    • Module 06. Urban air pollution and photochemical smog pollution control File PDF


      Supporting handouts for Lecture 06
      Printable pdf format, A4 size, landscape layout

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    • Shared media: the nature and science of photochemical smog Page


      Illustrative video clips:

      • Smog, and toxic air shortens human lives by 20 months on average
      • Urban photochemical smog in the lab-scale chamber
      • Smoke and fog in London, a turning point of urban air pollution
      • Regional transboundary haze monitoring in Southern Asia

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    • Relevant link / literature URL

      Assessment and Management of Urban Air Quality in Europe

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    • Individual presentation 06 Workshop


      Title 06: Road vehicle and non-road machinery emission & control

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    • Practical exercise series / Topics 14 and 15 Assignment


      Topic 14. Chemistry of photochemical smog, 3pts
                       (a. 1pt / b. 1pt / c. 1pt)
      Topic 15. Urban photochemical smog control, 5pts
                       (a. 1pt / b. 1pt c. 1pt / d. 2pts)

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