Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Air Pollution in the Workplace (17.ZR400)

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Occupational Safety Engineering (Year: 4, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Environment Protection Engineering Inženjerstvo zaštite na radu
ECTS	5

Introducing students of environmental engineering with the basic principles and laws of chemistry of the atmosphere, sources and fate of pollutants in the air.

Acquiring fundamental knowledge of the chemistry of air pollution and the phenomenon of degradation and the transformation processes in the atmosphere.

The main objective of the course is to introduce students to the complex problems of air pollution in the workplaces. General principles of prevention and control. The purpose of air monitoring in the workplace. Specific pollutants in technological processes ?f heavy, light and special industry, chemical and medical laboratories. Chemical fumes. Noxious gases. Solvent vapours. Suspended particles. Carcinogenic substances in the air of working place. Improving of the air quality in the workplace.

Lectures. Laboratory and calculation exercises. Consultations - individual and collective. During the semester, students are obliged to attend lectures and exercises, to pass colloquiums in a number of experimental exercises and to do a term paper. After successfully realized examination prerequisites, students take the final exam which consists of practical and oral part.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Richard C. Flagan, John H. Seinfeld	Fundamentals of air pollution engineering	1988	California Institute of Technology	English
International Labour Office Geneva	Ambient factors in the workplace	2001	International Labour Office Geneva	English
Lawrence K. Wang, Norman C. Pereira, Yung-Tse Hung	Air Pollution Control Engineering	2004	Humana Press Inc, New Jersey	English
Lawrence K. Wang, Norman C. Pereira, Yung-Tse Hung	Advanced Air and Noise Pollution Control	2005	Humana Press Inc, New Jersey	English
Jeremy Colls	Air Pollution	2002	Taylor and Francis group, London	English
World Health Organization	WHO guidelines for indoor air quality:selected pollutants	2010	WHO Regional Office for Europe Copenhagen ,Denmark	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	40.00
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00