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 |
| Course website |
None |
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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Co-requisites | |
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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
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
65 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 1:30 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to:
- describe the national and international environmental legislative framework
- appreciate the importance of public perception and of basic science in informing regulations and engineering practice, and the interplay between all these.
- understand basic scientific mechanisms and facts that underpin some of the major environmental issues of our age, as well as what impact if any the process industries may have on these issues. Appreciate how public perception may or may not be based on facts, and the importance of addressing it.
- deduce from existing regulations, environmental standards, Best Available Techniques and local state of the environment 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 appropriate to effluents and body of water where the discharge is taking place
- perform basic material balances around biological treatment plants of waste water effluents, as would be required in any permit application.
- appreciate the hazards of landfill disposal and know the basic requirements for safe landfill design and management
- select waste minimisation and recycling strategies as alternatives to, or mitigation of, discharge, dumping and incineration of waste.
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Assessment Information
| One 1.5-hour degree examination in May |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dimitri Mignard
Tel:
Email: D.Mignard@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lynn Hughieson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Lynn.Hughieson@ed.ac.uk |
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