546-0355/04 – Air Protection (OchrO)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Environmental EngineeringCredits4
Subject guarantorIng. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
Year3Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2015/2016Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesHGFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
KOD009 Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Course objectives: To provide fundamental information and knowledge about processing of dust removal and gas cleaning from anthropogenic air pollution. The accent is given on separating device, dust collecting device, air pollution control equipment, gas separator, technique for air pollution measurements, air pollution, monitoring and modelling the spread of air pollution.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Project work
Field trip

Summary

Atmospheric physics, dust and industrial gas properties, dust separation, industrial gas separators, measurement of emissions and imissions, air pollution modelling, migration of chemical substances.

Compulsory literature:

BOUBEL, R. W., FOX, D. L. Fox, TURNER, B., STERN, A. C.: Fundamentals of Air Pollution (Third Edition), Academic Press, Inc., 1994

Recommended literature:

WHO. Health risk assessment of air pollution. General principles. Available online: https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/air-quality/publications/2016/health-risk-assessment-of-air-pollution.-general-principles-2016

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

- continuous examination orally and in writing - submission of the final seminar work - passing the written and oral exam

E-learning

Other requirements

- continuous examination orally and in writing - submission of the final seminar work - passing the written and oral exam

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Composition and structure of the atmosphere, its role, significance and protection 2. Thermal stratification of the atmosphere, stability classes (stability, indifference, lability). Vertical temperature gradient. 3. Pressure, basic quantities, atmospheric fronts, atmospheric circulation. 4. Air flow (basic types of flow in the atmosphere - laminar, convection, subsidence, turbulence, advection, geospheric and cyclospheric wind, meteorological characteristics). 5. Water in the atmosphere, humidity, condensation, fog, clouds (classification) 6. Meteorology (measurement and processing of basic meteorological characteristics (temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation, heliograph, anemometer) 7. Air pollution and pollution - emissions, immissions, transfer, deposition, distribution of pollutants - characteristics, properties, sources of air pollution (distribution in terms of industry, place of leakage, etc.) 8. Greenhouse effect (causes, description, consequences) 9. Ozone depletion (causes, description, consequences), smog (causes, description, basic division, consequences) 10. Characteristic harmful effects on fauna and humans, characteristic harmful effects on vegetation 11. Characteristic harmful effects on inanimate nature 12. Measurement of immissions and evaluation of air quality 13. Mathematical modeling, propagation of ZL in the air (shapes of smoke sidings), scattering studies 14. Air protection legislation (implementing legal regulations, IRZ, ISPOP, etc.)

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2014/2015 Winter semester, validity until: 2019/2020 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit Credit 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Submission of a seminar paper on a chosen topic and participation in excursions. Passing the final exam.

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2016/2017 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R028) Environmental Biotechnology P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B2102) Mineral Raw Materials (3904R028) Environmental Biotechnology P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2015/2016 Winter