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MONITORING AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

LUCIA BALDINO MONITORING AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
EQF6
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LESSONS
LUCIA BALDINO Curriculum
STEFANO CARDEA Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO DEVELOP IN STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO:
ANALYZE AND SCHEMATIZE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO GASEOUS POLLUTION RESULTING FROM COMBUSTION PROCESSES;
DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF KEY PROCESS PARAMETERS ON POLLUTANT PRODUCTION;
RELATE POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS IN A GAS STREAM TO VALUES SPECIFIED IN REGULATIONS;
DEMONSTRATE MASTERY OF THE MAIN MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL TOOLS FOR GASEOUS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS:
STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP:
KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO WRITING MATERIAL AND ENERGY BALANCES ON POLLUTANT PRODUCTION PROCESSES;
UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION OF CURRENT REGULATIONS ON AIR POLLUTION;
KNOWLEDGE OF POLLUTANT MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMS, AND THE MOST SUITABLE ABATEMENT SYSTEMS.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED DURING THE COURSE IN THE SELECTION AND PRELIMINARY SIZING OF THE MOST SUITABLE MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR GASEOUS POLLUTANTS, AND IN SOLVING QUANTITATIVE PROBLEMS RELATED TO MATERIAL BALANCES IN POLLUTANT PRODUCTION AND THE DETERMINATION OF THEIR CONCENTRATION IN A GAS STREAM.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ANALYZE DIFFERENT GASEOUS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS AND CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE ABATEMENT SYSTEMS TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT REGULATIONS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT A TOPIC RELATED TO GASEOUS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS TO AN AUDIENCE OF EXPERTS AND NON-EXPERTS IN THE FIELD.

ABILITY TO LEARN:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED IN SITUATIONS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED IN THE COURSE, AND AUTONOMOUSLY IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE REGARDING SUCH SITUATIONS.
Prerequisites
PREREQUISITES:
- CONCEPTS OF ENERGY AND MATERIAL BALANCES ON CLOSED AND ON OPEN SYSTEMS
- BASIC CONCEPTS OF THERMODYNAMICS OF CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA
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: 1 H, PRACTICE: 1 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: 2 H, PRACTICE: 3 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: 4 H, PRACTICE: 8 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: 2 H, PRACTICE: 0 H)
5) AIR POLLUTION REGULATIONS: EUROPEAN, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REGULATIONS. FACTORS OF NORMALIZATION ON THE MEASUREMENT OF THE GASEOUS CONCENTRATION. (THEORY: 2 H, PRACTICE: 1 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: 2 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: 4 H, PRACTICE: 0 H)
8) CALCULATION OF TERMINAL SPEED OF PARTICLES INSIDE FLUIDS. NEWTON AND STOKES LAW. OPERATING PRINCIPLE OF THE CLASSIFIERS. TYPE OF CLASSIFIERS. DESIGN OF A PRECIPITATION CHAMBER AND CALCULATION OF ITS EFFICIENCY. (THEORY: 5 H, PRACTICE: 5 H)
9) FLOW THROUGH A PACKED BED AND RELATIVE PRESSURE DROPS. CARMAN-KOZENY EQUATION. BURKE-PLUMMER EQUATION. PRINCIPLES OF FILTRATION, THE EQUATION OF FILTRATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE DESIGN OF CONTINUOUS AND DISCONTINUOUS FILTERS. DARCY'S LAW. CLASSIFICATION OF GAS-SOLID SEPARATORS (CYCLONES, BAGHOUSE FILTERS, WET SCRUBBERS, ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS) AND EVALUATION OF THE CAPTURE EFFICIENCY. PRINCIPLES OF ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION, THE DEUTSCH-ANDERSON EQUATION AND THE BASIC DESIGN OF ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS. (THEORY: 8 H, PRACTICE: 7 H)
10) THE MAIN STRATEGIES FOR THE REDUCTION OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION. REGULATION. PRINCIPLES OF POLLUTION DISPERSION AND THE DESIGN OF THE CHIMNEY HEIGHT WITH THE GAUSSIAN PLUME MODEL. (THEORY: 3 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.
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 PRODUCTION 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
PRINCIPLES OF UNIT OPERATIONS, JOHN WILEY & SONS INC., A.S. FOUST, L.A. WENZEL, C.W. CLUMP, L. MAUS, L.B. ANDERSEN, ISBN:9780471268970
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AND DESIGN FOR INDUSTRY, M. DEKKER. P.N. CHEREMISINOFF, ISBN:9781315137063
COURSE MATERIAL DISTRIBUTED BY THE TEACHER THROUGH THE E-LEARNING PLATFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO (HTTPS://ELEARNING.UNISA.IT)
More Information
THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION IS ITALIAN.

INFORMATION ABOUT SCHEDULES AND CLASSROOMS FOR THE LECTURES CAN BE FOUND ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
HTTPS://CORSI.UNISA.IT/INGEGNERIA-CIVILE/DIDATTICA/CALENDARI
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