Gaseous Emissions Control and Management

Code:

EA0039

Acronym:

CEG

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Environmental Management
OFICIAL	Interp/Personal professional attitudes and capac.
OFICIAL	Environmental Technologies

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	46	Syllabus since 2006/07	4	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main objectives of this course are: i) to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge about atmospheric pollution, air quality management and control of atmospheric emissions, namely on gas-solid separation; ii) to stimulate student participation through the contact with National and European problems. It is a priority to call the students’ attention to real industrial situations and how to solve them.


Specific aims
To acquire advanced engineering technical knowledge related to air quality evaluation and management and control of atmospheric emissions.
To acquire personal and professional skills to:
i) identify, formulate and solve problems related to the impact of air quality on human health and environment;
ii) identify, formulate and solve problems of gas and particles emission by industrial processes;
iii) develop initiative and critical thinking skills;
iv) take advantage of the knowledge acquired;
v) stimulate a responsible, persisting and flexible attitude;
vi) stay current on world of engineering.
To acquire interpersonal skills by developing teamwork, involving leadership recognition and task division in order to develop a common project.
In an external and societal context:
i) responsibility regarding environmental issues, namely concerning air quality management and emission control;
ii) to acquire skills in order to implement systems in an enterprise and societal context, which allow human health and environment protection, in a sustainable development context.

Program

Air Quality Management
Atmospheric pollution: past, present and future.
Pollutant classification, units for expressing concentrations
Global impacts of atmospheric pollution: climate change, depletion of stratospheric ozone, acid deposition and radiations.
Strategies for air quality managing. Air quality monitoring: monitoring networks. European Union and Portuguese legislations.
Atmospheric pollutants: characteristics, emission sources, control, impacts and guidelines (suspended particles, sulphur compounds, carbon monoxide, nitrogen compounds, volatile organic compounds, tropospheric ozone, noise, other atmospheric pollutants).
Evolution of atmospheric pollutant concentrations in the North of Portugal.
Control of Atmospheric Emissions
Strategy on attack to an emission air pollution problem. Control processes.
Introduction to air pollution control devices.
Control devices for gaseous contaminants.
Control devices for particulate contaminants.
Design.

Mandatory literature

Colls, Jeremy; Air pollution. ISBN: 0-415-25565-1
Lee, C. C. 340; Handbook of environmental engineering calculations. ISBN: 1591244013 (electronic bk.)
USEPA ; Stationary Source Control Techniques, October 1998
EPA fact sheets (vários)

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation and discussion of the different subjects, case studies, group works on air quality management (in the Oporto Metropolitan Area and in the North of Portugal), and on emission control.
Lectures supported by audiovisual media.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

To be approved through distributed evaluation the students must obey the following criteria:
i) Attendance to classes according to FEUP norms;
ii) Minimum mark of 6 (in 20) for CQA and CCE;
iii) A minimum mark of distributed evaluation equal to 10 (in 20).
Students that are not approved through distributed evaluation need to make an exam to be possible to be approved.

Calculation formula of final grade

The mark of distributed evaluation (CAD) is based on the marks of Air Quality Management (CQA) and of Control of Atmospheric Emissions (CCE):
CQA = 0,2 CTG1 + 0,4 CTG2 + 0,4 CTE1
CCE = CTE2
CAD = 0,5 CQA + 0,5 CCE
The final mark is equal to CAD.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to general rules applied at FEUP.

Classification improvement

Global examination.