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CHIM-H409

Environmental technology

academic year
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Michel VERBANCK (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

3

Language(s) of instruction

english

Course content

Pollution control at source - Sulphur content of fuels - Improved burning conditions - Main unit operations of environmental remediation - Treatment of gaseous pollutants - Air pollution control engineering, including particle removal - Drinking water production - Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment - Solid waste & sludge treatment - Soil remediation - Regulatory aspects.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Acquire an overall view of present-day environmental technologies. Develop technical skills in relation with green chemistry. Appreciate whether current technical solutions (implemented in environmental protection) actually fit with sustainable development goals.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Ex cathedra lectures. Three technical visits (illustrating liquid and gaseous effluents, and solid waste management, respectively).

Contribution to the teaching profile

This teaching unit contributes to the following competences:

  • In-depth knowledge and understanding of exact sciences with the specificity of their application to engineering

  • Consciousness of the ethical, social, environmental and economic context of his/her work and strives for sustainable solutions to engineering problems including safety and quality assurance aspects

  • The flexibility and adaptability to work in an international and/or intercultural context

  • An integrated insight in chemical process and materials' technology

  • Insight in chemistry as a link between process and materials technology

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Reference textbooks: Baumbach G. (1996). Air quality control. Springer-Verlag, 490p. Metcalf & Eddy (2003) Wastewater engineering: treatment, disposal, reuse. McGraw-Hill, 4th edition. Freeman H.M. (2000). Standard handbook of hazardous waste treatment and disposal. McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition.

Valid general information can also be found in: Masters G.M. & Ela H.P. (2008) Introduction to environmental engineering and science. Prentice-Hall Engineering, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 3d edition, 625p. Kiely G. (2007). Environmental Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Int edition, 890p.

Other information

Contacts

Michel VERBANCK Tél.: 02/650.51.98 Email: mikeverb@ulb.ac.be. Office at Campus Plaine, Room B5.212.

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Oral exam. Note that the material illustrated through and during the technical visits also forms a component of what could be asked during the oral exam.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

The assessment for ChimH409 is only based on the oral exam.

Language(s) of evaluation

  • english

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