224-0255 – Environmental and energy geotechnics (EEG)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geotechnics and Underground Engineering |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Naďa Rapantová, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate |
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The aim is to cover a wide range of topics (see annotation) so we approached the students with basic terminology, principles and methods in the given subject and their practical application.
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Summary
In the field of Environmental and Energy Geotechnics, geotechnics is connected on an interdisciplinary basis with environmental science issues and the use of geothermal energy through ground heat exchangers including the use of foundation structures.
In the course the knowledge of geotechnics in connection with its application in the field of environmental protection is synthesized. In addition to the specification of the impacts of geotechnical structures on the natural environment, the methods of their prediction and limitation of human impacts on the environment (slope deformations, effects of tunneling, changes in hydrogeological conditions, landfilling, etc.) are analyzed.
Upon completion of this course the student will receive extensive information from the fields of natural science (transfer of pollution and heat in the rock environment) including basic tools used in the field of environmental engineering. Basic types of geohazard and environmental risks arising from construction activities will be defined. Students will be acquainted with methods of technical solution of surface and underground landfilling of liquid and solid wastes (including radioactive), evaluation of their impact on the environment and system of preventive and reparative measures. Part of the subject is also the environmental impact of mining activities, especially with regard to the abandonment of mines (flooding of mines, stability of shafts, subsidence basins, redevelopment of tailings and ponds, etc.). In the field of energy geotechnics, students will be familiarized with the problems of technical solution and design of systems for exploitation of low-potential geothermal energy through drillied heat exchangers and foundation and ground structures.
Compulsory literature:
Sarsby, Robert W.. (2013). Environmental Geotechnics (2nd Edition). ICE Publishing. Online version available at: https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpEGE00003/environmental-geotechnics/environmental-geotechnics.
CIBSE. (2013). Ground Source Heat Pumps - CIBSE TM51: 2013. CIBSE. Online version available at: https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpGSHPCIBE/ground-source-heat-pumps/ground-source-heat-pumps
Recommended literature:
Droege, Peter. (2008). Urban Energy Transition - From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Power. Elsevier. Online version available at:https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpUETFFFR3/urban-energy-transition/urban-energy-transition
Selected publications from journal Environmental Geotechnics
E-ISSN 2051-803X
Brandon, Thomas L. Valentine, Richard J.. (2017). Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 - Geotechnical Materials, Modeling, and Testing - Selected Papers from Sessions of Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, March 12-15, 2017, Orlando, Florida. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Online version available at: https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpGFGMMTS6/geotechnical-frontiers/geotechnical-frontiers
Toth, Aniko Bobok, Elemer. (2017). Flow and Heat Transfer in Geothermal Systems - Basic Equations for Describing and Modeling Geothermal Phenomena and Technologies. Elsevier. Online version available at:https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpFHTGSBE7/flow-heat-transfer-in/flow-heat-transfer-in
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
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Subject has no co-requisities.