Environmental Issues in Chemical Engineering 3 (U04240)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : EEL-3-CHEICE

In Environmental Issues students cover contemporary environmental concerns as they impinge on the practising engineer, the legal and regulatory background to engineering activity and the procedures to be followed in seeking a license from the environmental protection agencies for the operation of processes involving prescribed substances. Generation, propagation and the fate of pollutants discharged to the air, to water and to the ground are discussed along with means of mitigating emissions by elimination, substitution and pre-discharge treatment.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Chemical, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 12 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
13/01/2009	09:00	10:00			Sanderson Drawing Office

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	09:50	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students should be able to:

- describe the national and international environmental legislative framework
- deduce from environmental standards the required operating performance of chemical plant
- select plant and processes in the light of targets limiting the emissions of acid and greenhouse gases
- calculate dispersal of gaseous emissions in vents and plumes
- Interpret terms used in the regulation of aqueous emissions, translating these into limits on discharge rates. Calculate the effect of BOD discharge into waterways and select waste disposal treatments
- Appreciate the hazards of landfill disposal and the requirements for safe landfill management
- Select waste minimisation and recycling strategies as alternatives to, or mitigation of, discharge, dumping and incineration of waste.