Air Quality Management – Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra

Base Knowledge

Basic knowledge of environmental chemistry and microbiology.

Teaching Methodologies

Use of interactive audiovisual media in theoretical classes; presentation of case studies/practical examples in theoretical-practical classes and conducting study visits; instrumentation and practical measurements of atmospheric pollutants to reinforce the understanding of the syllabus.

Learning Results

The student must acquire knowledge of:

Composition and constituents of air

Form and agents of atmospheric pollution

Dispersion and treatment of pollutants

Air quality monitoring methodologies

The student must acquire skills to:

Recognize the sources of air quality pollution

Recognize methodology for monitoring air quality

Conduct indoor air quality assessments

Create ways to improve air quality

The student must acquire competences to:

Integrate air quality assessment teams

Conduct indoor air quality assessments

Create air quality improvement mechanisms

Program

THE ATMOSPHERE

The composition and function of the atmosphere

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION

History and origin of atmospheric pollution

Main air pollutants and effects on human health and on ecosystems

Classification of emission sources

Climate change and influences on air quality

The ozone layer

Air quality index

Air quality monitoring

Transport and deposition mechanisms of atmospheric pollutants

Dispersion models

Processes for the treatment and purification of gaseous effluents

INDOOR AIR QUALITY

Legal framework

Sick building syndrome and building related illnesses

Quantification of indoor air pollutants

Measurement and monitoring of air quality

Impacts of poor air quality on health

Assessment of physicochemical pollutants CO (index 2,) PM (index 10) and PM (index 2.5), under the simplified

assessment

Analytical assessment component

Curricular Unit Teachers

Marta Jorge de Vasconcelos Pinto

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

Bibliografia primária

– Ferreira, A.; Qualidade do ar interior em escolas e saúde das crianças, Faculdade de Medicina da universidade de Coimbra, 2014

– Vasconcelos Pinto, M.; Percepción y Riesgo de exposición laboral a agentes biologicos en centros de classificación de residuos y vertederos, Universidad de Léon, 2013

– Silva, M. Eldery exposure to air pollitants, Delft University of Technology, 2015

– GOMES, J. POLUIÇÃO ATMOSFÉRICA, EDIÇÕES TÉCNICAS, LISBOA, 2001

– ITSEMAT AMBIENTAL, MANUAL DE CONTAMINACIÓN AMBIENTAL, FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE, EDITORIAL MAPFRE, S.A., 2000

– THAD GODISH, AIR QUALITY, 3RD EDITION, LEWIS PUBLISHERS, 2004

– BOMBEL, R.W. ET AL: FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION, 3RD EDITION, ACADEMIC PRESS

DE NEVERS, NOEL (1997): INGINIERIA DE CONTROL DE LA CONTAMINACIÓN DEL AIRE, MCGRAW HILL

Bibliografia Secundária e outras referências de interesse:

APA, AGÊNCIA PORTUGUESA DO AMBIENTE, RELATÓRIO DO ESTADO DO AMBIENTE, ALFRAGIDE, PORTUGAL (última edição em vigor);