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MONITORING AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

Francesco DONSI' MONITORING AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
EQF6
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
2022/2023

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LESSONS
FRANCESCO DONSI' T Curriculum
ExamDate
MONITORAGGIO E CONTROLLO DELL'INQUINAME06/07/2023 - 09:00
MONITORAGGIO E CONTROLLO DELL'INQUINAME08/09/2023 - 09:00
Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS AND COMPETENCE TO BE ACQUIRED:
ABILITY TO ANALYZE AND SCHEMATIZE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE GASEOUS POLLUTANTS DERIVING FROM COMBUSTION PROCESSES; ABILITY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF THE MAIN PROCESS PARAMETERS ON THE FORMATION OF POLLUTANTS; ABILITY TO RELATE THE CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTANTS MEASURED IN A GAS STREAM WITH THE LIMITS INDICATED IN THE LEGISLATION; COMPETENCE ABOUT THE MAIN GASEOUS INDUSTRIAL MEASURING AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO WRITING MASS AND ENERGY BALANCES ON THE FORMATION PROCESS OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS, ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET THE CURRENT LEGISLATION ON AIR POLLUTION, AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE DEVICES FOR MEASURING AND MONITORING POLLUTANTS, AND ABOUT THE MOST SUITABLE SYSTEMS FOR POLLUTION CONTROL.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPED DURING THE COURSE IN THE SELECTION AND SIZING OF THE MOST SUITABLE MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR GASEOUS POLLUTANTS, AND IN SOLVING QUANTITATIVE PROBLEMS QUANTITIES RELATED TO MASS BALANCES IN THE PRODUCTION OF POLLUTANTS AND IN THE DETERMINATION OF THEIR CONCENTRATION IN A GAS STREAM.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT:
KNOWING HOW TO ANALYZE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL GAS POLLUTION, AND TO CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE SYSTEMS OF POLLUTION CONTROL TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT LEGISLATION.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
KNOWING HOW TO PRESENT A TOPIC RELATED TO MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL GASEOUS POLLUTION TO AN AUDIENCE OF EXPERTS AND NON-EXPERTS IN THE SECTOR.

ABILITY TO LEARN:
KNOWING HOW TO APPLY THE DEVELOPED KNOWLEDGE IN SITUATIONS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED IN THE COURSE, AND HOW TO INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOP ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE EVENTUALLY NEEDED TO FACE THESE SITUATIONS.
Prerequisites
PREREQUISITES:
- CONCEPTS OF ENERGY AND MATERIAL BALANCES ON CLOSED AND ON OPEN SYSTEMS
- BASIC CONCEPTS OF THERMODYNAMICS OF CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA

PROPEDEUTIC COURSES:
NO PROPEDEUTIC COURSE
Contents
1) BASIC ENGINEERING RECALLS: COMPOSITION VARIABLES. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL QUANTITIES AND THEIR MEASUREMENT. THEORY OF ERRORS AND SIGNIFICANT FIGURES. RECALLS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM AND CONVERSION OF UNIT OF MEASUREMENTS. (THEORY: 3 H, PRACTICE: 2 H)
2) MATERIAL BALANCES: SCHEMATIC PROCESSES AND CHOICE OF SYSTEM BOUNDARIES. GENERAL BALANCE PRINCIPLE. COMPOSITE VARIABLES AND INPUT / OUTPUT TABLES. BALANCES ON PHYSICAL SYSTEMS AND REAGENT SYSTEMS. SIMPLE REACTORS, WITH RECYCLE, PURGE, BY-PASS. DEGREES OF FREEDOM. (THEORY: 4 H, PRACTICE: 6 H)
3) COMBUSTION: CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS: DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS; COMPOSITION; HEATING VALUE; OXYGEN AND STOICHIOMETRIC AIR; EXCESS AIR; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY; FLAME ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE. EXAMPLES OF COMBUSTION CALCULATIONS. (THEORY: 6 H, PRACTICE: 12 H)
4) INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS: CLASSIFICATION OF POLLUTANTS AND SOURCES OF POLLUTION. ITEMS OF TOXICOLOGY AND REGULATIONS ON EXPOSURE LIMITS. POLLUTANT SOURCES, HUMAN EFFECTS AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING MAJOR POLLUTANTS: SULFUR OXIDES, NITROGEN OXIDES, CARBON MONOXIDE, PARTICULATE MATTER, OZONE, BENZENE AND PAH. (THEORY: 3 H, PRACTICE: 1 H)
5) AIR POLLUTION REGULATIONS: EUROPEAN, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REGULATIONS. FACTORS OF NORMALIZATION ON THE MEASUREMENT OF THE GASEOUS CONCENTRATION. (THEORY: 2 H, PRACTICE: 4 H)
6) MEASUREMENTS OF THE MAIN PROCESS VARIABLES: TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT: THERMOCOUPLES, THERMISTORS AND PYROMETERS. PRESSURE MEASUREMENT: DEFORMATION, PIEZORESISTIVE AND PIEZOELECTRIC GAUGES. FLOWMETERS: ORIFICES, VENTURI, ROTAMETER, TURBINE FLOWMETERS, VORTEX, ULTRASONIC, PITOT TUBE. (THEORY: 4 H, PRACTICE: 0 H)
7) SAMPLING INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES AND MEASUREMENT OF THE GAS COMPOSITION: SAMPLING CIRCUIT. CONTINUOUS AND DISCONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS. PRINCIPLES FOR THE DETECTION OF GAS CONCENTRATION. CONTINUOUS ANALYZERS. GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY. (THEORY: 5 H, PRACTICE: 0 H)
8) POLLUTANT ABATEMENT SYSTEMS: REMOVAL OF PARTICULATE: PRE-TREATMENT CHAMBERS, CYCLONES, ELECTROFILTERS AND SLEEVE FILTERS. ELEMENTS OF DESULFURIZATION OF FUMES. ELEMENTS ON DENITRIFICATION OF FUMES. SCRUBBER, NEBULISER TOWERS AND ABSORPTION COLUMNS. CONDENSATION SYSTEMS. COMBUSTION SYSTEMS: TORCHES, THERMAL AND CATALYTIC COMBUSTORS. ADSORPTION. PRELIMINARY AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR THE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS ARISING FROM INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, AND IN PARTICULAR FROM COMBUSTION PROCESSES, INCLUDING SOLID WASTE TREATMENT OR INCINERATION PROCESSES. (THEORY: 6 H, PRACTICE: 2 H)
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE (60 H OF TEACHING FOR 6 CFU) IS BASED ON FRONTAL LECTURING (33 H – 3.3 CFU), AND EXERCISE LESSONS (27 H – 2.7 CFU).
THE FRONTAL LECTURING ADDRESSES THE MAIN THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE COURSE TOPICS. IT IS USUALLY CARRIED OUT USING A COMPUTER-AIDED PRESENTATION AND THE BLACKBOARD, WITH THE SUPPORT OF COURSE MATERIAL.
EXERCISE LESSONS ARE AIMED AT ANALYZING AND SOLVING PROBLEMS OF RESOLUTION OR VERIFICATION OF BALANCE ON COMBUSTION PROCESSES AND THE GENERATION OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS, AND ARE CONDUCTED BY THE TEACHER, WITH STUDENTS WORKING IN GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALLY.
LECTURES ARE PROVIDED IN CLASSES IN THE PRESENCE OF STUDENTS.
THE MINIMUM FRACTION OF ATTENDED HOURS OF LECTURES REQUIRED TO TAKE THE EXAM IS 70%
THE ATTENDANCE CHECK WILL BE PERFORMED BY STUDENT BADGE.
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT REACH THE SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF ATTENDED HOURS MUST SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE TEACHING COUNCIL, SPECIFYING THE TOPICS THEY COULD NOT ATTEND AND THE REASONS. THE COUNCIL WILL ESTABLISH THE METHODS OF MAKING UP MISSED LESSONS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
Verification of learning
THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES WILL BE BASED ON A WRITTEN TEST, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF THE COURSE.
THE TEST CONSISTS OF FIVE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN TWO HOURS
THE FIRST THREE QUESTIONS CONCERN MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCE ISSUES ON COMBUSTION ISSUES, WHICH GENERATE POLLUTANTS, AND DETERMINATION OF CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS TO BE COMPARED WITH LEGISLATION. A LIST OF THE PROBLEMS OF PREVIOUS YEARS IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE STUDENTS AS COURSE MATERIAL.
THE LAST TWO QUESTIONS CONCERN THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE PRODUTION OF POLLUTANTS, MEASUREMENT AND SAMPLING, AND THE ABATEMENT SYSTEMS. A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE TOPICS COVERED BY THESE QUESTIONS IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE STUDENTS AS COURSE MATERIAL.
EACH QUESTION IS EVALUATED ON A SCALE FROM 1 TO 10, DEPENDING ON THEIR THEORETICAL CORRECTNESS, THE CORRECTNESS OF THE REPORTED BALANCE EQUATIONS AND THE CALCULATIONS PERFORMED (WHENM REQUIRED), THE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE USED AND THE LEVEL OF MASTERY OF THE TOPIC. THE FINAL GRADE IS DETERMINED BY THE AVERAGE WITH WEIGHT 1 OF THE EVALUATION OF EACH QUESTION, CONVERTED ON A 30 BASIS.
THE ESSENTIAL CONDITION TO PASS THE WRITTEN EXAM IS THE CORRECT ANSWER TO AT LEAST TWO QUESTIONS, AND THE CORRECT SETTING OF A THIRD ONE.
THE STUDENT ACHIEVES A LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE WHEN PROVING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE PROBLEMS (INCLUDING PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THOSE PRESENTED IN THE CLASSROOM) BY OPERATING THE CORRECT SIMPLIFICATIONS AND REACHING THE COMPLETE SOLUTIONS OF ALL PARTS OF THE PROBLEM, INCLUDING NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS AND COMPLETELY MASTERING ALL THE THEORETICAL ASPECTS PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE.
THE “LODE” (WITH PRAISE) WILL BE AWARDED TO THE CANDIDATES ON THE BASIS OF:
- THE QUALITY OF THE EXAM, IN TERMS OF APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE
- THE ABILITY OF CROSS-CORRELATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TOPICS OF THE COURSE AND, WHERE POSSIBLE, WITH OTHERS DISCIPLINES
- THE REACHED AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT.
Texts
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, FOURTH EDITION, RUTH E WEINER AND ROBIN A. MATTHEWS, ISBN: 0750672943
HANDBOOK OF AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL, NICHOLAS P. CHEREMISINOFF, ISBN: 0750674997
INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT HANDBOOK, FRANK WOODARD, ISBN: 0750673176
COURSE MATERIAL DISTRIBUTED BY THE TEACHER THROUGH THE E-LEARNING PLATFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO (HTTPS://ELEARNING.UNISA.IT)
More Information
TEACHING LANGUAGE:
ITALIAN.

PLACE AND TIME OF DELIVERY
THE COURSE IS DELIVERED AT THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING. PLEASE LOOK UP INTO THE FACULTY WEBSITE (HTTP://WWW.INGEGNERIA.UNISA.IT/) FOR THE INDICATION OF THE TIMETABLE AND OF THE CLASSROOM.
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