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FISICA TECNICA INDUSTRIALE E AMBIENTALE
Module FISICA TECNICA AMBIENTALE

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: Antonio GAGLIANO

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course provides students with the ability to evaluate the parameters that determine the quality of working environments, and any health risks, in the field of thermal comfort and air quality. Students will learn to measure these parameters, compare them with any optimal or regulatory values, and then establish and implement - together with a technician - the most appropriate mitigation strategies

Course Structure

The contents of the discipline will be discussed through traditional lectures.

Required Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Physics and Mathematics

Attendance of Lessons

Attending the lectures is COMPULSORY, with a minimum attendance rate complying with the requirements set by the University.

Detailed Course Content

1) Thermal comfort in workplaces:

- The energy balance of the human body

- Indicators: PMV and PPD (moderate environments) WBGT and WIND CHILL (severe cold environments)

- Measurement of the environmental parameters (air temperature, relative humidity, air velocity)

- Practical examples of evaluation and case studies

 

2) Air quality in the workplace:

- Indoor pollutants and their effects on health

- The measurement of the pollutants’ concentration

- Ventilation requirements for the healthiness of the rooms, and related regulatory references

- Case studies: measurement of CO2 and CO concentration in school and work environments

Textbook Information

  1. Teaxher handouts

2.    Aria calore luce. Il comfort ambientale negli edifici. Uwe Wienke. Editore: Dei.

3.    Il comfort termico negli ambienti di lavoro. Strumenti per la consulenza tecnica e la sorveglianza sanitaria, Francesco Chirico, Editore: Ferrari Sinibaldi.

4.    Il recupero energetico nei sistemi di ventilazione meccanica controllata. Luca Mersi, Roberto Perego. Pubblicazioni tecniche VORTICE (disponibile online sul sito https://www.vortice.it › downloads)

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1The energy balance of the human bodyTeaxher handouts
2Indicators for moderate environments: PMV and PPDTeaxher handouts
3Indicators for severe cold environments: WBGT and WIND CHILLTeaxher handouts
4Measurement of the thermo and  environmental parameters Teaxher handouts
5Practical examples of evaluation of thermal comfortTeaxher handouts
6Indoor pollutants and their effects on human healthTeaxher handouts
7The measurement of pollutants’ concentrationTeaxher handouts
8Ventilation requirements for the healthiness of indoor environments Teaxher handouts
9Case studies: measurement of CO2 and CO concentrationTeaxher handouts

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

The exam consists of an oral test

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

Energy balance of the human body

Parameters on which PMV and PPD indicators depend (moderate environments)

Parameters on which the WBGT and WIND CHILL indicators depend (severe cold environments)

Types of indoor pollutants and their effects on health

Measurements of pollutant concentrations

Ventilation flow rates and healthiness of the rooms