Teaching GuideTerm
Faculty of Science
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Mestrado Universitario en Ciencias. Tecnoloxías e Xestión Ambiental (plan 2012)
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  Environmental Monitoring
   Contents
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1: FUNDAMENTALS OF LABORATORY AUTOMATION I. INTRODUCTION

Introduction. Degrees of automation. Definitions. Analytical techniques and automation. Objetives. Laboratory automation and information management. Disadvantages of automation. Quality and automation.
2: FUNDAMENTALS OF LABORATORY AUTOMATION II. AUTOMATIC ANALYSERS
Automatic analysers and classification. Automatic batch analysers: classification, Automatic tritation systems. Robots in the laboratory. Automatic continuous analysers: classification, automatic unsegmented flow methods (FIA y SIA).
3: FUNDAMENTALS OF LABORATORY AUTOMATION III. SENSORS
Integrated analytical systems. Definition. Classification.

4: PROCESS ANALYSERS
Features of process analysers. Definitions. Characteristics. laboratory instruments vs. process analysers. Advantages and disadvantages of process analysers. Classification. Components of a process analyser.Sampling system. Process analysers: fotometric, electrochemical and chromatographics. Protection of analyser equipment
5: AUTOMATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL. POLLUTION MONITORING. INTRODUCTION
Introduction. Definitions. Classification. Batch and continuous monitoring. Instrumentation.
6: AUTOMATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION II. WATER ANALYSERS. AIR ANALYSERS
Water analysers: off-line and on-line water analysers, single-parameter and multi-parameter analusers. Water survey networks. Air analysers. Air survey networks.
Tutorials: Visits and computer practices
Visit to LMAG-Xunta de Galicia: air monitoring
Visit to inmision air network of IUMA-UDC
Visit to clinic lab

Computer practices i.e backtrajectories and SKIRON modelling, PALMA application, etc


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