Unit POLLUTION CONTROL
- Course
- Environmental engineering
- Study-unit Code
- A002612
- Curriculum
- Difesa del suolo
- Teacher
- Marzio Rosi
- CFU
- 10
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
BIO-ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATIONS
| Code | A002305 |
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| CFU | 5 |
| Teacher | Marco Fornaciari Da Passano |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Academic discipline | BIO/03 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Notes on vegetative Organisms and in particular toward the Plant’s Kingdom. Notes on plant ecology. Relationships between plant and climatic, edaphic, biological, anthropogenic factors. Phytomass, Flora and notes on the vegetation. Environmental monitoring through “Plant biological indicators”. Relationships between plants, environment and climate. |
| Reference texts | Sandro Pignatti, Ecologia vegetale, UTET, Torino 1995. James D. Mauseth, Botanica Biodiversità, Idelson-Gnocchi, Napoli 2006. Colin R. Townsend, L’essenziale di Ecologia, Zanichelli, Bologna 2005. Luigi Sanità di Toppi, Interazioni Piante-Ambiente, Piccin Padova, 2018. |
| Educational objectives | To know the structure and functions of ecosystems. To know the bioclimatic diversities and the climatic factors which influence the plant life. To know the principal relationships between plants and environmental factors. To be able in the vegetation monitoring. To be able in phenological and aerobiological monitoring. |
| Prerequisites | Some abilities to scientific method (also in laboratory) are required, moreover, basic knowledges of biology, particularly of plant biology, are required. |
| Teaching methods | Lectures, laboratory exercises, visits to botanical gardens and other outdoor facilities. |
| Other information | Recommended frequency both for lessons and exercises. There are sessions of oral examinations. The dates can be found in the site: http://www.ing1.unipg.it/ |
| Learning verification modality | The oral test, lasting approximately 60 minutes, is designed to test the student's level of knowledge of the topics covered in the course, to assess his or her competence in presenting the issues dealt with, and to assess any personal contribution to case studies. For information on support services for students with disabilities and / or DSA visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa |
| Extended program | The course aims to define the essentials of plant evolution. The Plant Kingdom. Elements of cytology, histology, plant anatomy and morphology. Systematics and Taxonomy. In addition, the aim is to define the structure and functioning of ecosystems, to provide the basis for understanding the relationships between the main biotic and abiotic factors and plant organisms, and to teach the modern approach to the study of vegetation and its applications in environmental studies. The salient aspects of environmental pollution and the monitoring of the environment for the assessment of environmental quality are covered. Plants that can serve as biological indicators and/or bio-indicators will be indicated. Aerobiology and the environment. Phenology and the environment. |
CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR POLLUTION CONTROL
| Code | A002599 |
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| CFU | 5 |
| Teacher | Marzio Rosi |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Academic discipline | CHIM/07 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Atomic structure and chemical bond. General principles of the instrumental chemical analysis for environmental pollutants. Spectroscopic analysis: IR and UV-Vis, Mass spectrometry. Cromatography. NMR spectroscopy. Nuclear chemistry and environmental radioactivity. |
| Reference texts | David W. Oxtoby, H. P. Gillis & Laurie J. Butler, Chimica Moderna, EdiSES, Napoli Douglas A. Skoog, F. James Holler, Stanley R. Crouch, Chimica Analitica strumentale, EdiSES, Napoli Colin Baird, Chimica Ambientale, Zanichelli, Bologna Ian Williams, Environmental Chemistry, Wiley, Chichester . Notes distributed on web |
| Educational objectives | The student will be able to perform an evaluation of the analysis of pollutants. At the end of the course, the student should be able to analyze IR, UV-VIS and NMR spectra in order to understand which chemical species are present. The student should be able to know all the following topics: error theory, optical spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, nuclear chemistry and radioactivity. |
| Prerequisites | Knowledge acquired during the Chemistry course. It is necessary in particular a good knowledge of the atomic structure, of the periodic properties of the elements and of the chemical bonding. For this reason, in the first part of the course we will dedicate few lessons to a review of these topics. |
| Teaching methods | Face-to-face lessons and laboratory demonstrations |
| Other information | There are eight sessions of examinations: June 2024 (2 dates); July 2024; September 2024; January 2025 (2 dates); February 2025; April 2025. The dates can be found in the site: http://www.ing1.unipg.it/ |
| Learning verification modality | Written examination lasting 90 minutes followed by a discussion of the written test. The written test is divided into 10 questions, which can be numerical problems or theoretical descriptions. To each question answered correctly and completely are attributed 3 points; the score decreases if the response is only partial. The absence of a response is not penalized. The questions cover all the topics of the program: error theory, optical spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, radioactivity. During the test it is possible to check books, computer and student's notes. The oral examination is only a revision of the written test. For information relative to students with disabilities or specific learning disorders see the WEB page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa |
| Extended program | Atomic structure and chemical bonding. General principles of environmental chemical analysis. Methodology, instrumentation, precision and accuracy of measurements, standard deviation, and reliability limits, detection limits. Principles of the optical spectroscopy; absorption and emision spectra, molecular spectroscopy, UV, visible and IR. Applications of spectroscopic techniques to the pollution control of atmosphere, water analysis, ozone analysis, nitrogen oxides analysis, CO analysis, SO2 analysis. General principles of mass spectrometry. Types of ionization, dispersion systems, detection of gaseous ions. Some applications to pollutant analysis. Few notes about the nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and its application to the chemical analysis. Nuclear chemistry and radioactivity. Environmental radioactivity in buildings. Radon. Nuclear risk. Nuclear accidents. Chernobyl. General considerations about problems on the pollution control. |