ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 1 Expository Class: 10 Interactive Classroom: 16 Total: 27
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
Within the framework of air pollution of industrial origin, the main objective of the subject "Industrial air pollution" is to involve the student in the processes associated with the problem of air pollution control at all stages, with special emphasis on atmospheric pollutants of industrial origin, namely:
1. The identification, control and evaluation of emissions of atmospheric pollutants.
2. The knowledge and calculation of the atmospheric processes that pollutants experience, and that result in multiple effects on health and the environment. Atmospheric processes that, technically and legally, necessarily condition the design of industrial processes and the control of their atmospheric emissions.
BLOCK / OBJECTIVES
I. Industrial systems and atmospheric emissions.
- Industrial sectors and pollution.
- Control of air pollution. Air emissions.
- Atmospheric emissions inventories.
II. Atmospheric environment and pollution.
- Air pollutants.
- Physical and chemical processes of air pollution.
- Air quality models.
III. Seminars on air pollution modelling.
- Calculation of industrial emissions.
- Calculation of atmospheric dispersion on an urban scale.
Specific objectives (by blocks)
Next, the specific objectives of each block of the subject are introduced, for which the contents of each one are first detailed and, in relation to them, the objectives to be achieved in their learning are summarized in a table.
I. Air emissions
This first block begins by identifying the origin of atmospheric pollutants, with special emphasis on the industrial field, the strategies and technologies for their prevention and control, and the evaluation of these emissions within the atmospheric emissions inventories.
II. Atmospheric environment and pollution
In this second block, the atmospheric environment is introduced in relation to its pollution and the main atmospheric pollutants; and then address the different atmospheric physical and chemical processes that condition the levels of pollutants in the atmosphere. Including the technology of air quality models.
III. Modelling of air pollution
The third block is of a practical nature, and it addresses specific cases of estimation of atmospheric emissions and the application of air quality models to the dispersion and chemical transformation of pollutants.
The contents that are developed in 3.0 ECTS are those succinctly contemplated in the descriptor of the subject in the curriculum of the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses, and which are: "Industrial sectors and pollution. Air pollution control. Air emissions. Air pollutants. Chemical transformation. Meteorology and atmospheric dispersion. Air quality models. Applications."
Taking into account these limitations, with the descriptor indicated above, the program is structured in the following thematic blocks.
Block I. Air emissions
Topic 1. Introduction. Industrial sectors. Industrial pollution. Air pollution.
Topic 2. Air pollution control. Prevention of air pollution. Legislative action. Control strategies. Current technologies applied.
Topic 3. Emission sources and emissions inventories. Emitting foci. Estimation of atmospheric emissions. Atmospheric emissions inventories. Applications.
Block II. Atmospheric environment and pollution
Topic 4. Atmospheric medium. Air pollutants. Classification. Gas phase chemistry. Aqueous phase chemistry. Aerosols. Effects.
Topic 5. Meteorology and dispersion of atmospheric pollutants. Meteorological phenomena. Dispersion processes. Applications.
Topic 6. Air quality models. Eulerian models. Lagrangian models. Gaussian models. Applications.
Block III. Air pollution modelling seminar
Topic 7. Estimation of atmospheric emissions. Industrial emissions.
Topic 8. Dispersion of atmospheric pollutants. Dispersion on an urban scale.
Basic bibliography
European Environment Agency “EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook”. EEA Technical Report, 2016. https://www.eea.europa.eu/
publications/emep-eea-guidebook-2016. ISSN 1977-8449.
Jacobson, M.Z. "Atmospheric Pollution". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780511802287. SIGNATURA: 222 4.
Additional bibliography
Baumbach, G. “Air Quality Control”. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1996. ISBN 10: 3540579923.
Boubel, R.W., Fox, D.L., Turner, D.B., Stern, A.C. "Fundamentals of Air Pollution". London: Academic Press, 1994. ISBN 0-12-118930-0.
Calvert, S. “Air Pollution”. 3a ed., vol. 4, Academic Press, New York, 1977.
Catalá Icardo, M., Aragón Revuelta, P. "Air pollutants: Problems solved". Valencia: Editorial Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 2008. ISBN
978-84-8363-224-6.
Finlayson-Pitts, B.J., Pitts Jr., J.N. “Atmospheric Chemistry”. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1986. ISBN 0-471-88227-5.
Jacobson, M.Z. “Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modelling”. Cambridge: University Press, 2005. ISBN 9780521548656. SIGNATURA: A220 4 A
Ministry of Industry and Energy. "Manual of calculation of industrial chimneys". Madrid: Servicio de Publicaciones Miner, 1992. ISBN
978-84-7474-635-8.
Pielke, R.A. “Mesoscale meteorological modeling”. Academic Press, New York, 1984. ISBN 9780123852373.
Seinfeld, J.H. "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics of Air Pollution". New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1985. ISBN 0-471-82857-2.
Seinfeld, J.H., Pandis, S.N. “Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics”. 2nd edition, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2006. ISBN 978-0471720171.
SIGNATURE: 220 5.
Stull, R.B. "An introduction to boundary layer meteorology". The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988. ISBN 978-94-009-3027-8.
US EPA. “Compilation of air pollutants emissions factors – Vol I: Stationary points and area sources”. AP-42, Research Triangle Park, California, 2016.
https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-factors-and-quantification/ap-42-comp…
Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, J., van Heerwaarden, Ch.C., van Stratum, B.J.H., van den Dries, K. “Atmospheric Boundary Layer” New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2015. ISBN 9781107090941. SIGNATURE: 220 7.
Zannetti, P. "Air Pollution Modeling". New York: Computational Mechanics Publications, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990. ISBN 978-1-4757-4465-1.
SIGNATURE: A222 7.
Other documentation
The teacher will provide presentations of the contents of the subject and other documents through the Virtual Classroom, in the language of teaching of the same.
In this subject, the student will achieve a series of learning outcomes, both general and desirable in any university degree, and specific, specific to engineering in general or specific to the subject Industrial Air Pollution, in particular.
Within the table of learning outcomes included in the degree report and divided into knowledge, competences and skills, students will achieve the following:
Knowledge: CN01, CN02
Competencies: CP01, CP02
Skills: HD01, HD02, HD11
Methodology
This subject will be developed through different teaching and learning mechanisms, as indicated in the following points:
- Theoretical teaching, in which the student will be introduced to the concepts and methods of the subject.
- Practical teaching, in which the student will be proposed different numerical cases to be solved in class, which allow the application of the concepts and methods studied. For its follow-up, there will also be mandatory group tutoring.
- Experimental teaching (computer room), in which students will solve different cases related to the analysis and evaluation of air pollution. Attendance at this experimental teaching, which will be evaluated on the basis of the results obtained in it, is mandatory.
- Group tutoring: Students will solve a practical case, under the tutelage of the teacher. Attendance is mandatory for evaluation.
The use of a Virtual Classroom is planned to support teaching.
Media:
Experimental teaching: A computer room equipped with MS-Windows computers is required for the development of the 8 hours of laboratory work provided for in the Master's thesis.
Technical visits: Technical visits will be considered together with the students of the subject "Energy Transition and Integration", related to the contents of the subject, depending on the internal and external means and conditions available.
Skills development
1=E/I classes 2=Computer room 3=Problem solving 4=Compulsory tutoring 5=Technical visits
Competence developed
Knowledge
CN01 1 2 3 4
CN02 1 2 3
Competences
CP01 2 3 4
CP02 1
Skills
HD01 2 3 4 5
HD02 1 2 3 5
HD11 2 4 5
Grading System
The assessment of the subject will be composed of a combination of:
Grading system Assessment mode Weight in the overall grade Minimum value out of 10
Individual Written Exam 40 % 3.5
Laboratory Practices In a team 40 % -
Attendance and active participation in class, including group tutoring Individual 10% -
Teacher report (inc. technical visits) Individual 10 % -
To pass the subject, the student must obtain a minimum grade of 3.5 over 10 in the written exam. Otherwise, the student's overall grade will correspond to that of the written exam.
The grades of the internship/tutoring and the teacher's report obtained in the course in which the student has studied the subject in person will be kept in all the evaluations of that course. It is always necessary that in each new opportunity the student takes the exam, which will receive the corresponding grade.
Repeating students will follow the same evaluation system as new students.
In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of qualifications" will apply.
Competency assessment
Eval. Sist.: 1=E/I Classes 2=Computer Room 4=Tutoring 5=Written Exam
Competence
Knowledge
CN01 1 2 4 5
CN02 1 2 5
Competences
CP01 1 2 4 5
CP02 1 5
Skills
HD01 2 4 5
HD02 1 2 5
HD11 2 4 5
The subject has a workload of 3.0 ECTS, with 1 ECTS credit corresponding to 25 hours of total work, with the total number being about 75 hours.
These hours are distributed as follows:
Activity Face-to-face hours
Theory (inc. technical visit) 12
Seminars 6
Laboratory Practices 8
Group Tutoring 1
Review and Review 2
Total face-to-face hours 29
Total hours of student's personal work 46
Total: Hours 75 ECTS 3.00
where the face-to-face hours indicate the number of hours of face-to-face teaching of the subject, including the various activities and face-to-face tutorials that will be carried out in it. The hours of personal work are the sum of those corresponding to all the activities that the student must carry out, and that the student must dedicate without the presence of the teacher.
The student must apply their fundamentals of mathematics, physics, chemistry and engineering to industrial processes, the atmospheric environment and the processes related to atmospheric pollution that are studied in this subject. Mathematical models will also be used to facilitate the application of the techniques studied, for which basic computer programs (spreadsheet, web browser) and other specific ones will be used that will be introduced within the laboratory practices of the subject.
Enrolled students must regularly monitor classes and participate in all assessable activities that take place both in the classroom and outside of it.
The subject will be taught in Spanish.
The use of a Virtual Classroom of the subject is planned.
Jose Antonio Souto Gonzalez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816757
- ja.souto [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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