Chemistry and Air Protection

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Course objectives

The students get insight into the basic knowledge about the atmosphere; structure, chemical cycles, and pollution, and the means for preventing the emission of harmful substances into the environment.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the cours Exercises in Chemistry and Air Protection

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the exam the student is expected to know:
- Explain the cycle processes of substances in the atmosphere
- Identify and explain the sources of air pollution
- Explain the reactivity of pollutants in the atmosphere
- Present the methods and process equipment to prevent emissions from industrial sources into the atmosphere.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

Week 1: Basic characteristics of the atmosphere. The structure of the atmosphere. The composition of the atmosphere.
Week 2: The atmosphere of a photochemical system. Incoming radiation - solar spectrum. The absorption coefficients of atmospheric gases.
Week 3: Reemisijska radiation - cooling the Earth’s surface. Chemical cycles in the atmosphere.
Week 4: Temperature inversions. The atmospheric content and cycles of carbon, sulfur and nitrogen.
Week 5: The kinetics and thermodynamics of formation of oxides and control their emissions.
Week 6: Sources of emissions of SOx, NOx and CO2. Chemical and photochemical reactions in the atmosphere. Acid-base reactions in the atmosphere.
Week 7: Acid rain. Greenhouse gases and global warming.
Week 8: The particles in the atmosphere. The processes of formation of particles.
Week 9: organic air pollution. Reactivity of hydrocarbons. Organohalidni, organosulfur compounds and organodušicni.
10th week: The destruction of the ozone layer. Anthropogenic changes to the atmosphere.
11th week: The most important industrial polluters of the atmosphere.
Week 12: Distribution of sources of pollution, secondary and primary pollutants.
13th week: Devices to prevent the emission of harmful substances into the air.
Week 14: Electrostatic precipitators, incinerators.
Week 15: Gravity precipitators, bag filters.
Seminar works: numerical problem solving based on the measurement parameters (calculation of the concentration of SOx, NOx, CO2, NH4 +, PM, metals and ozone, the statistical analysis of the data obtained)

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