Pollution Monitoring and ControlLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

Students understand the main sources and formation mechanisms of atmospheric pollutants, and can describe their harmful climatic and health effects.
Students know the principles of sampling methods and can recognize the most relevant error source when sampling. Students can analyse the sampling data.
Students understand the main sources and formation mechanisms of pollutants in water. Students know common water pollution analysis methods, principles of sampling and standards.
Students know the most common air pollution (AP) components, their acknowledged adverse health effects and the typical control methods. Students understand the difference between the dynamics and control methods of gaseous, vapor and particulate phase AP. After the class, students also understand the basic operation and the design of the most typical air pollution control applications.

Content

1. Units, compounds and adverse effects
2. Pollution phase description and dynamics
3. Pollution phase control
4. Solid/gaseous/vapor pollutants control
5. Monitoring and sampling of particulate and gaseous emissions, and subsequent data analysis
6. Water pollution, legislation, sampling, analytical methods and standards

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1. Air pollution compounds and units: Students knows the most typical AP compounds, and knows how to calculate the basic dynamics of them.
2. Control methods: Student can list the methods, knows when they are used and some basic calculus
3. Students recognize the air quality standards to protect human life, and can apply the information in interpreting the results from air quality stations by the authorities.
4. Student can list sources of water pollution and principles of legislation. Student knows common analytical methods and standards

Assessment criteria, good (3)

1. Air pollution compounds and units: Students can handle AP condition/ phase changes
2. Control methods: Students can solve basic problems and knows the effect of the condition changes
3. Students understand the main principles of some instruments developed for gaseous and particle concentration measurements.
4. Knows formation mechanism and chemistry related to water pollution. The student can apply legislation, analytical methods and standards to solve water pollution related problems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

1. Pollution compounds and units : Students can apply the mathematical methods and knowledge of the AP dynamics in given problems
2. Control methods: Students can solve advanced problems.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

1. Air pollution compounds and units: Students knows the most typical AP compounds, and knows how to calculate the basic dynamics of them.
2. Control methods: Student can list the methods, knows when they are used and some basic calculus
3. Students recognize the air quality standards to protect human life, and can apply the information in interpreting the results from air quality stations by the authorities.
4. Student can list sources of water pollution and principles of legislation. Student knows common analytical methods and standards