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Modeling of Pollutant Dispersion in Atmosphere

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 338-0929/02
Abbreviation MVA
Course title Modeling of Pollutant Dispersion in Atmosphere
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Sylva Drábková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Atmospheric boundary layer (definition, properties)
2.Stability in the boundary layer, classification of stability conditions
3.Turbulence in the atmosphere
4.Approaches to the pollutants dispersion modeling in the atmospheric boundary layer
5.Diffusion (Gaussian) models (mathematical basis of the model input, meteorological parameters for the diffusion model, constraints)
6.Dynamic model (mathematical basis of the model, advantages, constrains)meteorological parameters for the diffusion model, constraints)
7.Basic equation of the mathematical model of atmospheric boundary layer
8.Basic numerical solution of partial differential equations, differential
methods
9.Definition of meteorological conditions in the dynamic model (vertical profile
speed, temperature, turbulence values)
10.Approaches to definition of pollution sources
11.Modelling pollution dispersion in complex terrain
12.Application of GIS for the numerical modeling of flow and dispersion in real terrain
13.Commercial software products for computing dispersion studies

Literature

STULL,B.R.: An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994, 666 s.
Center for Chemical Process Safety of the American institute of Chemical
Engineers: Guidlines for Use of Vapour Cloud Dispersion Models, 345 East 47th
Street, New York, NY 10017, 1996, 271 str.

Advised literature

RODI, W.: Numerische Berechnung turbulenter Stromungen in Forschung und Praxis. Sonderforschungsbereich 210, Karlsruhe: TU, 1992, 245 p.
HEWIT, G., F. et al. Prediction of Turbulent Flow. Cambridge University Press, 2005. 343 s. ISBN-13978-0-521-8389-3