Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
Mestrado Universitario en Ciencias, Tecnoloxías e Xestión Ambiental (plan 2012) |
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Identifying Data | 2021/22 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Environmental Monitoring | Code | 610500024 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Official Master's Degree | 2nd four-month period |
First | Optional | 3 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
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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