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Lecturers: Professors, experts and technicians in the CLU

Language: English
Applied field: include the use of instruments, result treatment.. .....
Certificate: will be awarded by the university after passing an exam. Attendee who chose not
to take the exam will be given certificate for attending the courses. However, they have to
attend at least 80% of the courses (4 out of five days).
5. Place: Central Laboratories UnitfOffice of researcWQatar University.
(Located in Art and Science building, corridor # 3)

1- Monitoring of Industrial Pollution

Duration: 5 days. (December 21 (Sun) - 25 (Thu) 12008); (from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm)
Activities: Lectures and Exercises
Cost: RQ 2000 per participant

Detailed Subjects
( 1 Air quality and pollution
Air composition.
Air pollution.
Primary air pollutants
Secondary air pollutants
Nature and characteristics of air pollutants
Sources of air pollutants
Industrial activities and nature of their main emissions.
Criteria for selecting pollutants and emission points to be monitor
Formulation of a pollution monitoring plan.

(2) Air and gas samplers

Rotary Vane, dual, venture pumps and gas flow meters.
Dioxin sampler
Low volume air sampler
High volume air sampler
Tedlar gas bag sampler
Green-Berg Smith impinger gas sampler
Passive -diffusive air sampler
Badge gas sampler
Isokinetic stack sampler
Vacuum glass tube gas sampler

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(3) Gas emission monitoring equipment

Portable electrochemical gas monitors
Flue gas monitors
Nondispersive infrared gas monitors
Flame ionization gas detectors (FID)
Differential absorption gas monitors, Lidar (DIAL)
Tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer gas monitor (TDLAS)
Long-path absorption gas monitor (DOAS)
High-resolution Fourier transform gas monitors
Chemiluminescence gas monitors
Surface acoustic wave gas sensors.
Catalytic bead (Pellistors) gas sensors.
Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) gas sensors.
Colorimetric gas detection tubes
Smoke light reflectance monitors
Workplace single and multi gas monitors
Dust monitors
Real-time particulate monitors
Laser dust monitors
Volatile organic monitors

(4) Gas emission monitoring frequency

Instant emission monitoring
Occasional emission monitoring
Regular emission monitoring
Frequent emission monitoring
Intensive emission monitoring
Continuous emission monitoring
On-line emission monitoring

(5) Weather and climate metrology

The weather and climate ,source , factors, variability and change
The impact of climate on the quality and homogeneity of pollution monitoring data.
Weather station sensors( Barometers, rainfall-meters, dust fall-meters , solar meters, hygrometers, tachometers ,thermometers , light- meters , hot wire
anemometer, rotating Vane anemometer, ultrasonic anemometer
Metrological parameters measured for air pollution assessment.

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(6) Standard methods of analysis of gaseous emissions

Determination of indoor and point source emissions:
Sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide.
Ozone.
Nitrogen oxides
Total particulates
PMlO, PM 5, PM 2.5
Hydrogen chloride.
Hydrofluoric acid.
Metals.
Carbon monoxide.
Hydrogen sulfide
Total hydrocarbons.
Volatile organic hydrocarbons.
Ammonia.
Chlorine.
Fluorine.
Hydrocyanic acid.

(7) Data recording, handling, treatment and reporting

Pollution loads.
Quality control/quality assurance for emission monitoring.
Control charts.
Interpretation of control charts.
Data treatment and interpretation.
Records, reporting and data handling.

(8) National and international air quality standards

Standards of ambient air quality according to the local law
Standards of point source emissions according the local law
Standards of emissions from workplace according to the local law
Global, regional and national air quality standards.
Air pollution control and cleaning systems.

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2- Quality and I S 0 Standards

Duration: 5 days (April 12 (Sun) - 16 (Thu) 12009); (from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm)
Activities: Lectures and Exercises
Cost: RQ 2000 per participant

Detailed Subjects

(1) Concept of Quality

Quality ControVQuality Assurance
Quality Management
Total Quality Management
IS0 Standards
General description of IS0 9000, 14000. 17000 and 18000 standards and detailed
description of I S 0 17025

(2) I S 0 9000: Quality Management Systems

(3) I S 0 14000: Environmental Management Systems

(4) OHSAS 18001: Occupational Health and Safety

(5) I S 0 17799: Information Security Management

(6) I S 0 17025: Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories
What is IS0 17025?
Management Requirements
- Organization
- Quality system
- Document control
- Review of requests, tenders and contracts
- Subcontracting of tests and calibrations

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- Purchasing services and supplies
- Service to client
- Complaints
- Control of nonconforming testing andlor calibration work
- Corrective action
- Preventive action
- Control of records
- Internal audits
- Management reviews

Technical Requirements
- Personnel - Accommodation and environmental conditions
- Test and calibration methods and method validation
- Equipment
- Measurement traceability
- Sampling
- Handling of test and calibration items
- Assuring the quality of test and calibration results
- Reporting the results

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3- Modern Methods of Industrial Analysis

Duration: 5 days (April 19 (Sun) - 23 (Thu) 12009); (from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm)
Activities: Lectures and Laboratory Practical Work
Cost: RQ 2000 per participant

Detailed Subjects
(1) Quality and safety requirements of laboratories
Laboratory quality management requirements: Laboratory organization and
responsibilities, quality system, documents, records and reports control, control of
non-conforming testing and calibration, corrective actions, preventive actions.,
internal audit, management review.
Laboratory quality technical requirements: Standard operational procedures (SOP'S),
method validation, calibration and maintenance of equipments, quality
control/quality assurance plans, participation in proficiency testing.
Laboratory Safety: Chemical hygiene responsibilities, chemical inventory, storage
and handling, material safety data sheets (MSDS), chemical spills and spill clean up,
hazardous waste disposal, protective equipments, fire types, safety and
distinguishing, safety of electricity, water and gas lines and connections, handling
and storage of compressed gas cylinders, emergency procedures, handling of
laboratory accidents

(2) Quality control/quality assurance

Equipments: Calibration: methods and schedules.
Control charts: Types (X-, R-, r- and D-charts), types of internal quality control
samples, daily interpretation of control charts, long term use of control chart data.
Type of analysis: Standard addition (spiking technique), analysis of blind samples,
analysis of split samples, repeated (or duplicate) analysis , blank assessment, use of
certified reference materials.

(3) Assessment of data quality

Nature and sources of errors: random errors , systematic errors, gross errors ,
Rounding errors
Statistical evaluation: Measurement of data central tendency, measurement of
data dispersion, standard deviation, within-batch standard deviation, between-batch,
standard deviation, pooled standard deviation, reproducibility and repeatability,
comparison of two standard deviations, confidence interval of a mean , comparison

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(4) Electrochemical methods of industrial analysis

Introduction: How to construct your own low cost ion selective sensor.
Potentiometry with ion selective electrodes: Types of membrane sensors,
homogeneous solid state, heterogeneous solid state, liquid and gas sensors,
potentiometric titration, Gran's plot, application for industrial analysis of cement,
metals, detergents, fertilizers, food products, organic compounds..

(5) Molecular spectrochemical methods of industrial analysis

Spectrophotometry: Theory, instrumentation, measurement techniques and
applications for industrial analysis.
Infrared spectrometry: Theory, instrumentation, measurement techniques and
applications for industrial analysis.
Fluorescence and phosphorescence: Theory, instrumentation, measurement
technique and applications for industrial analysis.

(6) Atomic spectrochemical methods of industrial analysis

Atomic absorption spectrometry: Theory, instrumentation, techniques, calibration
and application for industrial analysis.
Inductively coupled and direct current plasma :Theory, instrumentation.
techniques and applications to industrial analysis
X-ray fluorescence: Theory, instrumentation and application to industrial analysis.

(7) Chromatographic methods of industrial analysis

Ion chromatography
High pressure liquid chromatography
GasAiquid chromatography

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