635-2009/01 – Ecological consequences of thermal processes (EkoDTP)
Gurantor department | Department of Thermal Engineering | Credits | 6 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2014/2015 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- student will be able to describe the basic climatic factors and energy balance of the ecosystem
- student will be able to describe the main effects of thermal processes on the environment
- student will be able to apply their theoretical knowledge in the design to reduce pollutants from industrial production
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
The subject is focused on the issues of thermal processes and their effects on the environment. Attention is devoted to the description of the ecosystem, creating emissions, the consequences of their occurrence for the environment, the possibilities of preventing their formation and disposal. Furthermore, the subject deals with the disposal of solid waste and water protection.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Elaboration of term project.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. The history of environmental pollution. Sources, consumption and energy management.
2. Creating the environment - its components. Climatic factors. Abiotic and biotic environmental factors.
3. Ecosystem and its components. Biosphere and its components. Diversity of the ecosystem. Energy balance of the ecosystem.
4. Role of photosynthesis. Food chains.
5. Protection and air pollution. Analysis of stationary and non-stationary sources of pollution.
6. Emissions, air pollutants, transmission. Types and dispersion of emissions. Registration emissions, GIS. Greenhouse gases.
7. Effect of thermal processes on the environment, the method and factors of emissions. Creation of ash.
8. Types of smog. Primary and secondary measures that can reduce emissions - detoxification, purification.
9. Formation of SOx. Desulphurisation.
10. Formation of NOx. Denitrification. Organic compounds in the flue gas.
11. Dust extraction - the individual types of equipment. Analyses of dust files, surface properties of particles. Types of separators. Separation efficiency particulate.
12. Supply and waste water of energy economy. Factors that determine the purity of water. Gases in water. Organic compounds in water. Methods of purification.
13. Solid waste - thermal destruction. Waste as fuel. Disposal of waste. Oxidation and reduction processes.
14. Other types of environmental pollution (noise, ionizing radiation, thermal pollution, vibration, etc.).
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction