Air Quality Management Laboratory

Air Quality Management Laboratory

MODERN TECHNICAL CENTER AT FACULTY OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN NIŠ

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Overall goals and activities

- Assessment of ambient air pollution and air quality assessment

- Assessment of workplace air pollution

- Assessment of traffic-related air pollution

- Monitoring ambient air in accordance with the air protection regulations

- Monitoring air quality in toxic air pollutant emission accidents

- Assessment of volatile organic compounds emissions from soil, landfill, swamps, etc.

- Monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from energy production, traffic and technological processes

Key words

Air quality

Measurements of air pollutant concentrations

Ambient air quality monitoring

Workplace air pollution

Results

Developed capacity to monitor ambient air quality according to ISO 17025

Developed capacity to measure indoor air quality in the workplace

Developed laboratory line for the examination of gas purifiers which filter dust and chemical pollutants

Realized projects

National projects:

-Development of the system for examining waste gas purifiers (No. TR21010)

-Improvement of the monitoring system and the assessment of a long-term population exposure to pollutant substances in the environment using neural networks (No. III 43014)

Developed prototypes

PhD theses:

-"Distributed monitoring systems and air pollution risk", PhD candidate - Viša Tasić, 2007.

-"Research on air pollution concentration fields using general Gauss dispersion model", PhD candidate - Gršić Zoran, 2008.

Projects:

-Sustainable Energy Action Plan of the City of Niš– SEAP Niš, 2014;

-Subproject Environmental Safety of the City of Niš, City of Niš Safety Strategy, 2009- 2010, funded by USAID;

Patents and other results that add value in research

Technical solutions:

-Web Application "Local Register of Pollution Sources" (2013);

-Laboratory line for the assessment of gas purifiers (2012);

Services


Assessment of ambient air pollution: automatic-continuous monitoring

• Monitoring of the most common ambient air pollutants (emission concentrations): SO2; SO; NOx,NO2, NO; O3; PM10; PM2,5; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, etc.

• Measurement of meteorological parameters – creating pollution roses

• Ambient air pollution testing during the accidents in plants involving the equipment with hazardous materials

• Defining safety zones for evacuation during the accidents in plants, as well as the accidents involving the equipment and transport of hazardous materials

Pollution measurement at emission sources

• Measuring emissions from energy-related pollution sources: SO2, SO, NOx, NO2

• Measuring emissions from technological sources of pollution: amonia, organic solvents, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ketones, etc. (50 substances).

Workplace air pollution measurements

• Measurement of workplace air pollutants (75 substances)

• Assessment of the microclimate in the work environment

• Measurement of flammable and explosive gas and vapour concentrations in indoor and outdoor air

Purifying systems efficiency testing

Testing coating equipment and related vapour and aerosol emissions in the work environment. Testing and analysis of the operating parameters of ventilation systems

Testing and defining the operating parameters of gas and vapour filters – filtration degree

Development of environmental impact assessment studies, reports on plant safety, assessments of territorial vulnerability, etc.

Research facilities


Staff


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Aca Božilov, Teaching Assistant

Head of the Laboratory (CV)

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Dr Ana Miltojevic, Assoc. Prof.

Researcher (CV)

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Dr Amelija Djordjevic, Full Prof.

Researcher (CV)

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Dr Miomir Raos, Full Prof.

Researcher (CV)

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Dr Tatjana Golubovic, Full Prof.

Researcher (CV)

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Dr Dušanka Pejčić, Associate

Researcher (CV)

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Dr Nenad Zivković, Full Prof.

Researcher(CV)

Contact


Info

Prof dr Nenad Živković, Head of the Laboratory

University of Niš, Faculty of Occupational Safety in Niš

Air Quality Management Laboratory

Čarnojevića 10A, 18000 Niš

nenad.zivkovic@znrfak.ni.ac.rs

Phone : +381 18 529 852

Mobile : 063 104 25 98

Fax : +381 18 249 962