Principles of Atmosphere Analytics - AB216006
Title: Principles of Atmosphere Analytics
Guaranteed by: Department of Sustainable Fuels and Green Chemistry (228)
Faculty: Faculty of Environmental Technology
Actual: from 2023
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:4
E-Credits: winter s.:4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
For type: Bachelor's
Guarantor: Skácel František doc. Ing. CSc.
Interchangeability : B216006, N216030
Examination dates   
Annotation -
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Fundamentals of air quality assessment. Description of basic factors determining the air quality, survey of criteria of pollutants, basic rules of air quality monitoring and presentation of collected results.
Aim of the course -
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Students will be able to:

define the basic factors influencing the ambient, indoor and workplace air quality

define the ambient air quality monitoring system

define sources of waste gases

express the gaseous mixtures composition

Literature -
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A: Wight G.D.: Fundamentals of Air Sampling, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton 1993 ISBN 0-87371-826-7

R: Lodge J.P.: Methods of Air Sampling and Analysis. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton 1991 ISBN 0-87371-141-6

A: Winegar E.D. a Keith L.H.: Sampling and Analysis of Airborne Pollutants, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton 1993 ISBN 087371-606-X

R: A.G. Clarke : Industrial Air Pollution Monitoring. Chapman & Hall, London 1998 ISBN 0-412-63390-6

Learning resources -
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lectures given in S:\Skácel\Základy analytiky ovzduší

National Emission Standards for Hazardeuous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS)

published in Federal Register Tittle 40, Part 61, Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR 61)

New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) published in Federal Register Tittle 40, Part 60, Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR 60)

Syllabus -
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1. Air types characteristics

2. Factors influencing air quality

3. Anthropogennic and natural sources of the air pollution

4. Legislative and technical requirements of the air quality

5. Basic thermodynamic variables influencing air quality

6. Thermodynamic variables measurement

7. Basic sampling and sample treatment instrumentation

8. Indoor air

9. Workplace air

10. Off-line and on-line determination of suspenden particle matter and adsorbed pollutants

11. Inorganic pollutants dtermination in air samples

12. Organic pollutants dtermination in air samples

13. Automated monitoring systems

14. Remote sensing and bioindicators of air pollution

Registration requirements -
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General and Inorganic Chemistry I, Physical Chemistry A

Course completion requirements -
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passing of written and oral exam