Jets created overdraft to counter Delhi’s air pollution
Q. JNTU and MIT researchers have pursued which plan to improve Delhi’s winter air quality?- Published on 12 Dec 16a. Jets to be placed close to power plants to form updrafts and disrupt winter inversion.
b. Water sprinkled from choppers above.
c. Both of the above
d. Neither of the above
ANSWER: Jets to be placed close to power plants to form updrafts and disrupt winter inversion.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, is researchers are pursuing an idea to improve Delhi's winter air quality.
The scientists plan to pilot a project under which decommissioned jet engines will be placed close to a power plant.
The turbojets and turboprop engines will be directed upwards to form powerful updrafts (air moving upward) and disrupt "winter inversion.”
This is a phenomenon during which air temperature near the ground is less than above which traps pollutants close to the ground
