Industry and the Environment

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Associate teachers

Status of the course

Course objectives

The students get insight into the basic processes that take place in hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere, and explain the basic physical, physico-chemical and biological processes as well as the selection of process equipment for processing waste streams from industry to protect the environment.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Exercises in Industry and the Environment

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the exam the student is expected to know:
- Explain the cycles processes of in hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere
- Sources of air pollution
- Sources of pollution of the hydrosphere
- Methods and process equipment to prevent emissions from industrial sources in the environment
- Methods and procedures for waste management.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

1st week: Industrial development and environment. Principles of sustainable development.
2nd week: Technology, raw materials and energy in the process of production planning.
3rd week: Ecosystems in nature. Industrial sources of pollutants in atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.
4th week: Properties of atmosphere. Air pollutants and global climate changes.
5th week: Methods and equipment for prevention of atmospheric pollution.
6th week: Solid waste. Waste management.
7th week: Waste disposal. Recycling and recovery.
8th week: Mechanical and biological treatment.
9th week: Energetic value of solid wastes. Biogas production.
10th week: Hydrological cycle. Pollution and contamination of natural waters.
11th week: Depuration and eutrophication.
12th week: Physical, chemical and biological indicators of water pollution.
13th week: Sources of wastewaters. Methods and procedures of wastewater treatment.
14th week: Mechanical, physicochemical and biological treatments
15th week: Tertiary treatment. Examples of technological solutions for wastewater treatments in chemical industry.

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