Environmental Protection

1. Apply advanced knowledge of science and technology to solve complex technical problems in an interdisciplinary context.
2. Solve new problems by applying acquired knowledge of the elements of technical systems and processes and their interactions during their entire life cycle.
3. Evaluate the materials, technologies and technical systems from the standpoint of business, social and environmental context.
4. Compare and estimate environmental impacts
5. evaluate the application of different technological steps to reduce the environmental impacts
6. Recommend mitigation measures to address specific environmental problems

Teachers present theory in front of students in one group where all students are present.

Students in the groups create seminars with a given theme and present them.

Teachers conduct demonstration lab exercises in the lab.

1. Lectures: Principals and terms: sustainable development, energy efficiency, renewable energy end resources. Natural cycle of materials. Air, water and soil as potentialy renewable resources. Seminar: Multimedia presentation. Debate. Exercises: -
2. Lectures: Energy and Environment. The atmosphere - composition and structure. Climate system. Greenhouse effect - Global warming potential. Greenhouse gases and Earth`s energy balance. Kyoto Protocol. Seminar: Unit calculations - aqueous solutions, gases and solids. Exercises: -
3. Lectures: Ozone in stratosphere. Chapman`s ozone cycle. Ozone depletion. OD gases. OD potential. Montreal Protocol. Seminar: - Exercises: ozone layer
4. Lectures: Sources and effects of Atmospheric pollution. Air pollutants of importance. Photochemical processes in throposphere. Atmospheric acid formation and deposition - influence on the environment. Seminar: - Exercises: acid rain
5. Lectures: Air pollution control in power generation sector. Equipment for dust particle separation - characteristics and efficiencies. Seminar: Combustion calculations. Analytical methods Exercises: -
6. Lectures: Flue gas desulphurisation technologies Seminar: - Exercises: sulphur in environment
7. Lectures: Flue gas denitrification technologies. Combined DESOx/DENOx process. NOx formation and primary measures for NOx reduction. Seminar: - Exercises: nitogen oxides
8. Lectures: Pollution from traffic sector. Catalytic converters for Otto and Diesel, four and two stroke engines. Fuel quality. Seminar: - Exercises: waste waters
9. Lectures: The hydrosphere, characterization of natural waters. Sources and effects of hydrospheric pollution. Water pollutants of concern. Selfpurification processes. Seminar: - Exercises: military activities and their impacts on soil
10. Lectures: Waste water technology: Mechanical pretreatment and physico-chemical treatment: neutralization, coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, oxidation, disinfection. Seminar: - Exercises: military activities and their impacts on water
11. Lectures: Biological waste water treatment. Activated sludge process. Fixed-film systems. Aerated lagoons. Sequencing batch reactors. Anaerobic treatment. Seminar: - Exercises: military activities and their impacts on atmosphere
12. Lectures: Solid waste - characterization, generation and composition. Seminar: Material flow analysis - examples and calculations. Exercises: -
13. Lectures: Solid waste management. Options for source segregated wastes. Options for NON-source segregated wastes. Reuse and recycling. Composting. Landfilling. Incineration. Mechanical biological treatment. Anaerobic treatment. Seminar: - Exercises: hazardous waste treatment and disposal
14. Lectures: Hazardous waste treatment and disposal. Sources and effects of persistant organic pollutants. Seminar: Physico-chemical characteristics of chosen hazardous materials. Exercises: -
15. Lectures: Environment Management Systems Seminar: - Exercises: standard HRN:EN:ISO 14001