| Topic |
Sub-topic |
| LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION: IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY |
1. Pollution and environmental impacts
2. Milestones in environmental protection
3. Environmental catastrophes |
| LESSON 2: MAIN UNIT OPERATIONS USED IN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY |
1. Introduction to the unit operations: concept and classification
2. Separation operations controlled by mass transfer
3. Separation operations controlled by heat transfer
4. Separation operations controlled by heat and mass transfer
5. Separation operations controlled by fluid mechanics
6. Membrane separation processes |
| LESSON 3: MASS BALANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROCESSES |
1. Mass balances in steady state with and without chemical reaction
2. Mass balances in unsteady state with and without chemical reaction |
| LESSON 4: ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION |
1. Introduction
2. Types of pollutants
3. Effects of the atmospheric pollution
4. Technical solutions to air emission control
|
| LESSON 5: WATER POLLUTION |
1. Introduction
2. Types of pollutants
3. Indicators of water pollution
4. Wastewater treatment technologies
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| LESSON 6: SOIL POLLUTION |
1. Introduction
2. Types of polllutants
3. Remediation techniques
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| LESSON 7: INTRODUCTION TO SOLID WASTE TREATMENT |
1. Introduction
2. Types of solid waste
3. Solid waste treatment technologies |
| LESSON 8: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT |
1. Introduction to the tools for evaluating the environmental impact
2. Life cycle assessment
3. Environmental management system
4. Prevention and control of the industrial pollution: IPPC directive and PRTR regulation |
| Practice 1. Sedimentation |
The objective of this practice is to determine the sedimentation rate of particles contained in a wastewater in order to design a sedimentation tank. |
| Practice 2: Coagulation - Flocculation |
To improve sedimentation efficiency during wastewater treatment, in many cases, it is necessary to previously perform coagulation followed by flocculation. These processes are optimized in the laboratory. |
| Practice 3: Analysis of the main pollutants in wastewaters |
In this practice, some of the key parameters in the contamination of a water are experimentally measured, such as the chemical oxygen demand and the concentration of sulfates, phosphates and chlorides. |
| Practice 4: Determination of the solids content of a water |
The objective of the previous practice is complemented determining the solid content of a wastewater. |
| Practice 5: Extraction with solvents |
This solid-liquid extraction practice is carried out
in order to get the student familiarized with the chemical processes used to separate contaminants from a soil. |
| Practice 6: Introduction to the simulation software DWSIM |
In this practice, it is used the chemical process simulator DWSIM (open source). The student will become familiar with the simulation tool and will carry out different examples such as conversion reactors, balance reactors, condensers and simple distillation columns. |
| Practice 7: Classification and labeling of solid waste |
In this practice, the students familiarize with the regulations related to the classification and labeling of both hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste. In addition, it is addressed the importance of waste classification for worker safety and health and for society in general. |
