ME 571Clean Air Technologies
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Subject
- Mechanical Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Sources of air pollution and greenhouse gases, chemical and biological aspects, effects on health and environment. Thermodynamics and air emissions, air pollution control techniques and equipment monitoring instrumentation, carbon capture, utilization and storage, low-carbon technologies.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
- AE280 - Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences (0.50)
- BME384 - Biomedical Transport: Biofluids and Mass Transfer (0.50)
- CHE211 - Fluid Mechanics (0.50)
- CIVE280 - Fluid Mechanics (0.50)
- ENVE280 - Fluid Mechanics (0.50)
- GEOE280 - Fluid Mechanics (0.50)
- ME351 - Fluid Mechanics 1 (0.50)
- MTE352 - Fluid Mechanics 1 (0.50)
- SYDE383 - Fluid Mechanics (0.50)
- Students must be in level 3B or higher
- Complete 1 of the following
- Enrolled in H-Software Engineering
- Enrolled in a BASc program
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
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100% liked it75% easy100% useful
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Actually very interesting and prof is an incredibly smart guy. definitely learned a lot of cool things. Also no final/midterm, just weekly tests and a project
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4 posts and comments in 4 threads mention ME 571, April 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.
Winter 2023
yo who is taking ME 571 ??? 0 points, 0 comments
u/IamCaptainAwe: “Shit looking bare hard bruh, what u guys saying”
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 2019
4B Mech | Combustion VS. Air Pollution VS. Non Metallic composite materials 4 points, 5 comments
u/fizo4: “… ME 557 - Combustion 1 ME 571 - Air Pollution ME 533 - Non metallic composite materials”
Winter 2018
need some advise on 4th year mech courses 6 points, 10 comments
u/shaysura: “… Transfer 2 ME 459 - Energy Conversion ME 557 - Combustion ME 567 - Fire Safety Engineering ME 571 - Air Pollution I'm not interested in any particular specialization and am really only looking to take a few interesting courses. …”
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