Foreword

Abstract

[Excerpt] Predicting air pollution dispersion in a region is a paramount topic usually integrated in Air Pollution Control Engineering courses. As a former professor of a similar course at the University of Minho, I have shared this interest with the author of this book. Romualdo Salcedo, Professor at the University of Porto, has preceded me as an invited teacher of the Biological Engineering undergraduate programme at UMinho and enthusiastically introduced me to several aspects of Air Pollution Control Engineering (and optimization) with the emphasis on Air Pollution Modeling (APM). The teaching of air dispersion modelling has changed significantly in recent years, in large part due to new regulations and the availability of dedicated software tools. This book intends to serve as a reference to follow-up on a better comprehension of air pollution modeling with the aid of hands-on user-friendly software, highlighting the main advantages (but also disadvantages) of using Gaussian dispersion as the main drive to teach this subject. Throughout the book, author Romualdo Salcedo guides readers with an interactive multisource dispersion estimation tool, helping them understand how air dispersion models work. [...]