CHE 572Air Pollution Control
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Chemical Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Nature and sources of air pollutants. Transport of pollutants and dispersion modelling for regulatory purposes. Design of industrial particulate capture systems using cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, filters, scrubbers. Design of organic compound emissions control using incineration, biofiltration, adsorption and absorption. Overview of NOx and SOx control. Indoor air quality assessment techniques.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 3B or higher
- Enrolled in H-Chemical Engineering, or H-Environmental Engineering
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Reviewed on UW Flow
0% liked it38% easy13% useful
From 2 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
AWFUL course. You would think the course structure would be somewhat interesting since it is an important and applicable course but they have no one to teach it so the structure and delivery is awful. Minimum of 1 hour of online video lectures and then another 3 hours of "blended" tutorial periods. Never walks through any examples, honestly is such a hard waste of time. Evening lectures make it worse too.
Mar 2024 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
Do not take this course. This course is only difficult because of the stupid amount of unit conversions you have to do because this industry couldn't be bothered to standardize.
Really boring subject, annoying tests that ask things like "what is a common value of a parameter you've never heard of before, nor have we covered it." Rinse and repeat.
Worst "engineering" course I have taken.Apr 2020 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
4 posts and comments in 3 threads mention CHE 572, July 2018 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2020
ME 571 Vs CHE 572? 0 points, 0 comments
u/morningcoffeeshit: “Im a 4th year Engineering student at UW, and I’m wondering if anyone has taken either ME 571 - Air Pollution, or CHE 572 - Air Pollution Control? Anyone have any good or bad experiences in either of these? Cheers!”
Winter 2020
Who are the livesaver profs? 10 points, 25 comments
“Name them!”
u/Tuanasaurus: “William Anderson, CHE 480 and CHE 572. He also runs that admissions blog and is just a super helpful prof in general.”
Spring 2018
CHE 480 Difficulty for Non-Chem Eng 3 points, 5 comments
u/ContentConcentrate: “… I've taken CHE 572 which is Air Pollution Control and was able to get a pretty OK mark in it, and I've had a couple co-op terms in a chemical manufacturing plant, which is why I'm interested. …”
u/caloriemonster: “Just a heads up, CHE572 is supposed to be a pretty easy course even with zero engineering background. Friend of mine with a biology undergrad took it for his MEng in chemical engineering and got 90s.”
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