Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development

Code:

Q4013

Acronym:

Q4013

Level:

400

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Chemistry

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Chemistry

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:Q	9	Official study plan until 2022/2023	1	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to present the main reflexive approaches of chemical principles inherent to the development of a modern society, which also require the concern about sustainability in several different contexts.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course the student should:

-  identify critically chemical problems in modern industrialized societies.

- understand the need to develop more environmentally acceptable alternative procedures.

- be able to propose improvements in attitudes common in the surrounding medium, discussing scientifically the proposals presented to the society in which Chemistry has an important role.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Sustainability and sustainable development (hearth planet and its resources, increasing population and growing reliance on technologies and products of chemical industry, the ecological footprint, requirements for the sustainability of the planet.

Green Chemistry:  principles and concepts

Controlling environmental performance (introduction to Life Cycle Assessment, green process metrics)

Catalysis and green chemistry (catalysis, kinetics and catalytically active species, industrial and environmental catalysis, waste reduction and prevention through catalysis)

Green solvents (supercritical fluids, ionic liquids, water…)

Renewable resources as alternative to fossil fuels (thermochemical processing of biomass, solar power, fuel cells)

Emerging green technologies (stages of technological development, investment and risk, products design)

Mandatory literature

Mike Lancaster; Green Chemistry – An Introductory Text, 2nd edition, RSC Publishing,, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-84755-873-2
A. Azapagic, S. Perdan, R. Clift (Eds.); Sustainable Development in Practice , Wiley, 2004. ISBN: 0-470-85609-2

Complementary Bibliography

P. Ferrão; Ecologia Industrial, IST Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-972-8469-79-5
Neil Winterton; Chemistry for Sustainable Technologies, RSC Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-84755-813-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

In the lectures are presented the contents of the curricular unit, encouraging the active participation of students. Digital educational resources will be used where appropriate to a better understanding of the topics studied. In practical classes, students solve practical problems with the application of theoretical and develop a topic today, which will be presented orally.

keywords

Physical sciences > Chemistry

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	25,00
Prova oral	25,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

The maximum number of absences from TP classes is 1/4 of the foreseen TP classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark, NF, of the curricular unit is calculated as follows:

NF = 0,25 x PA+0,50 x TE + 0,25 x PO.

PA is the grade for the individual contribution in classes; the mark TE is the grade obtained in a monography; PO is the mark for an oral exam.