1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Laboratory exercises	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

PURPOSE:
Introduction to technological processes and devices that are applied in the protection of air, with special emphasis on the optimization of operating conditions of the process, design of the process equipment and development of the integrated processes.

THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE:
1. The composition and structure of the atmosphere and the definition of basic terms.
2. The sources and sinks for the main pollutant groups and consequences of air pollution.
3. Emission, imission and transboundary transport of air pollutants.
4. History of air pollution and legislation.
5. Classification of air pollutants and determination of the air pollutants concentration.
6. Mechanisms of formation for the major groups of air pollutants.
7. Approaches to problems solving in the air protection (primary and secondary approach, integrated approach).
8. Classification of the technical processes and devices and basic features of their operation.
9. Removal of particulates from the waste and/or exhaust gases using mechanical methods of separation (gravitational sedimentators, cyclones, filterbags, electrostatic precipitators).
10. Washing of waste gasses and wet dedusting (scrubbers).
11. Removal of gaseous pollutants (gasses and vapors) by the physical methods of separation (absorption and adsorption processes).
12. Removal of gaseous pollutants by using condensation and membrane separation.
13. Chemical treatment of waste or exhaust gasses: high temperature and catalytic treatment.
14. Biological treatment of waste gases.
15. Treatment of exhaust gases from the mobile sources.

GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMPETENCE:
Application of the basic methodology of chemical engineering necessary for the selection of devices that can be applied for the air treatment, an understanding of their working principles, the definition of process variables and parameters and development of mathematical models to describe their work.

KNOWLEDGE TESTING AND EVALUATION:
laboratory exercises, solving of problem tasks, periodic evaluation of knowledge (colloquium), written and oral examination (if applicable)

MONITORING OF THE COURSE QUALITY AND SUCCESSFULNESS:
The quality and effectiveness of teaching will be monitored through student surveys, interviews with the students during the teaching process, and their success in the periodic checks of knowledge.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE COURSE:
1. describe fundamental concepts in air protection
2. classify sources of air pollution
3. evaluate air quality management and analyze the causes and effects of air pollution
4. recognize major legislation governing air pollution
5. explain the mechanisms of pollutants formation
6. classify various air pollution control methods and the costs to implement those controls
7. analyze a methodology to determine the performance of air pollution control techniques
8. describe design of control technologies
9. apply the appropriate numerical and/or analytical methods for solving practical environmental problems
10. recommend control strategies for specific air pollution problems

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAMME:
1. the ability to understand and apply the fundamentals of mathematics, the basic sciences, engineering sciences and engineering design methods
2. the ability to design a system or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints, such as economics, environmental, social, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability and sustainability
3. the ability to understand and apply specific chemical engineering skills such as mass and energy balances, single and multi-component thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer operations, process economics, process design, process safety and process design
4. the ability to identify, define and solve complex engineering problems with relevant methodologies and available program packages

Teaching unit:
Sources of air pollution, defining basic terms, classifications

Learning outcomes:
- analyze the composition and structure of the atmosphere
- define basic concepts (pollution, pollutant, contaminant, emission, aerosols, etc.).
- explain the greenhouse effect
- explain the history of air pollution
- analyze classification of pollutants according to their physical state
- describe the mechanisms of pollutants formation and formation of gaseous pollutants (gases and vapors)

Evaluation criteria:
- explain the consequences of the air pollution
- describe the impact of pollution on human health
- recognize the effects of global air pollution
- explain the basic principles of the air pollution monitoring
- identify current research questions in the field of air quality engineering

Teaching unit:
Approach to solving problems in air protection

Learning outcomes:
- explain the different approaches of solving problems in air protection
- compare the primary and secondary processes used to protect the air
- analyze the industrial plants with regard to sources of pollution

Evaluation criteria:
- classify end-of-pipe processes in the air protection
- give examples of application of the process-integrated approach to the environmental protection
- give a schematic representation of an industrial plant with an indication of possible sources of emissions into the environment
- discuss the basic types of emissions from industrial plants

Teaching unit:
Removal of particulates from waste gases

Learning outcomes:
- classify methods for removing particulates from the stationary sources
- consider the advantages and disadvantages of mechanical and physical methods of separation
- explain the factors that influence the selection of the appropriate process
- define the characteristic dimensions that describe the motion of the solid particles in the fluids
- describe particulate control equipments
- explain the wet process for particulates removal

Evaluation criteria:
- compare wet and dry processes for particulates removal
- describe operation of dry process
- give examples of different designs of devices based on wet processes
- explain the influence of process parameters on the removal of the suspended particles
- calculate the efficiency of cyclone
- summarize the effectiveness of different systems for dust removal with respect to the particle size

Teaching unit:
Removal of gaseous pollutants (gases and vapors)

Learning outcomes:
- consider the similarities and differences between the gases and vapors
- compare absorption vs. adsorption
- explain the different performance absorber
- analyze the working principle of the adsorber
- describe condensation and membrane separation processes and chemical procedures for the treatment of waste gases
- explain the basic principles of the biological treatment of waste gases

Evaluation criteria:
- comparable scrubbing and stripping
- specify the application of the absorption process in the air protection
- indicate the parameters that affect the efficiency of the adsorber
- compare different types of condensers
- consider differences between thermal and catalytic processes
- compare recuperative and regenerative combustion devices

Teaching unit:
Treatment of exhaust gases from the mobile sources

Learning outcomes:
- classify methods for the treatment of exhaust gases from mobile sources
- explain the working principle of the three way catalysts
- specify the basic features of monolithic catalysts and catalytic converters
- describe treatment of exhaust gases from diesel engines
suspension reactors

Evaluation criteria:
- explain the role of monolithic structures in the field of the air protection

1. to distinguish basic concepts in air protection
2. to analyze the sources of air pollution
3. to categorize the mechanisms of pollutant formation
4. to distinguish approaches to solving problems in air protection
5. to compare the basic processes and devices used in environmental protection and analyze the basic features on which their work is based
6. to select appropriate numerical and/or analytical methods in solving given examples

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Izborni kolegiji - Regular studij - Chemical Engineering