Air Pollution Engineering (5 cr)

Objective

The student understands the main sources and formation mechanisms of atmospheric pollutants, and can describe their harmful climatic and health effects. The student knows the principles of measuring pollution and control emissions. The student knows air pollution related legislation.

Content

-Air pollution compounds and units
-Pollution phase control
-Monitoring and sampling of particulate and gaseous emissions, and subsequent data analysis
-Legislation

Location and time

Lectures on Mondays from 11:00 to 14:00 during the 3rd and 4th periods.
-Laboratory exercises: Scheduled according to the timetable on Tuesday, April 8th and April 15th.
-No lectures on: March 3rd and March 24th (independent study on these dates).
-All exceptions have been updated in the schedules

Materials

The thesis materials will be distributed to students via the Moodle learning platform.

Teaching methods

The course consists of lectures, classroom exercises, assignments, laboratory exercises, and two mid-term exams.

Exam schedules

Mid-term Exams (available in the timetable)
-1st mid-term exam: Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from 14:00 to 17:00 in classroom C230.
- 2nd mid-term exam: Monday, May 5, 2025, from 11:00 to 14:00 in classroom C230.
Resit session: Wednesday, May 14, 2025, from 9:00 to 12:00 in classroom C230, where students can retake or improve their mid-term exam scores.

Student workload

Lectures: 42 hours
Assignments: 5 assignments, 8 hours each ? 40 hours
Laboratory exercises and reporting: 15 hours
Lecture notes: 15 hours
Independent study and exam preparation: 23 hours

Content scheduling

Tarkempi aikataulu harjoitustehtävistä (tms.) löytyy Moodlesta

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to define or describe the subject matter related to the concepts and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the associated basic quantitative comparisons and calculations.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to apply, calculate, change and choose the concepts related to the matter and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the basic quantitative calculations as well as to complete and produce the necessary information for the calculations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students is able to categorize, collect, combine and generalize the concepts related to the matter and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the basic quantitative calculations as well as derive and rearrange given basic information.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student is able to define or describe the subject matter related to the concepts and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the associated basic quantitative comparisons and calculations.

Assessment methods and criteria

Mid-term exams: Total 50 points

Two mid-term exams, both of which must be passed.
Minimum score: 10 points per exam.
Maximum score: 25 points per exam.
Assignments: Total 50 points

5 assignments, each worth 0-10 points.
A minimum of 1 point per assignment is required to pass.
Laboratory exercises and reporting (group work): Total 20 points

Lecture notes: Total 10 points (partially optional)

This section is not mandatory, but achieving the highest grade (5) in the course requires its successful completion.

Qualifications

The student masters the basics of fluid mechanics and knows the most common equations related to fluid dynamics. The student knows the basics of thermodynamics.