Undergraduate Course: Environmental Issues in Chemical Engineering 3 (CHEE09012)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Chemical |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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. |
Assessment Information
| One 1.5-hour degree examination in May |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dimitri Mignard
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Course secretary | Ms Tina Mcavoy
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
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