Introduction to Environmental Engineering

Code:

EA0009

Acronym:

IEA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Design, Development, Implementation and Operation
OFICIAL	Basic Sciences
OFICIAL	Interp/Personal professional attitudes and capac.

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	50	Syllabus since 2006/07	1	-	4	46	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Present to the students the main background concepts, language, definitions, descriptions and issues in the environmental theme. Motivate and create them a constructive criticism as well as opening them a window on their future activity as environmental engineers.
Develop personal and interrelationship skills, work in group and improve communication

Conceive, project, implement and operate systems at companies and social context

Program

The two 1.5 hours/week thematic communications sessions will foccus topics as atmospheric pollution, indoor and outdoor air quality and its control, noise pollution, global impact of gaseous emissions, transports and their impacts, renewable sources of energy, waste management, water treatment and quality management, wastewater treatment, ionizing radiation, sustainable development and some other background subjects. These themes are presented by internal and external invited persons with recognized competence in the matters.
One or two visits to plants playing its activity on the environmental engineering field are also programmed in this course, for example a wastewater treatment plant, a landfill or any other plant nearby Porto city.
The 1 hour TP weekly sessions (tutorials) aims to introduce students to the general problem of estabilishing Material Balance equations to both non-reacting and reacting process units. Pratical situations will be illustrated using the SuperPRO Designer simulation software.

Mandatory literature

Apresentações dos palestrantes, 2005
Apresentações dos palestrantes, 2005

Complementary Bibliography

Peavy, Howard S.; Environmental Engineering. ISBN: 0-07-049134-8
Lindner, G. 340; Environmental Engineering. ISBN: 90-277-0347-7
Rich, Linvil G.; Environmental Systems Engineering. ISBN: 0-07-052250-2
Lipták, Béla G. 340; Environmental Engineers. handbook. ISBN: 0-8019-5692-7 (v.1)
Peavy, Howard S.; Environmental Engineering. ISBN: 0-07-049134-8
Lindner, G. 340; Environmental Engineering. ISBN: 90-277-0347-7
Rich, Linvil G.; Environmental Systems Engineering. ISBN: 0-07-052250-2
Lipták, Béla G. 340; Environmental Engineers. handbook. ISBN: 0-8019-5692-7 (v.1)

Teaching methods and learning activities

The matter exposed at the so-called theoretical periods of the course (2 x 1.5 h per week) is brought by invited persons who generally call for interactivity of the students. They are FEUP professors as well as from other Schools, staff from companies with environmental strategy or environmental management activity, people engaged to the environment activities in the municipalities, administration services and profissional organizations. As a rule, they offer a summary of their presentations to be accessed and loaded at the page of the course, and, at the same time, they indicate relevant bibliography in the theme.
Simultaneously, in tutorial sessions (1 hour/week), simple pratical processes are introduced to the students and the basic model equations are explained (particularly, those of mass balance equations). The SuperPRO Designer is used as a tool to solve the identified equations. In these sessions, groups of two students are formed and dispose of an workstation. A professor is present to provide help and ensure students progress.

Software

SuperPro Designer
SuperPro Designer

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering
Natural sciences > Environmental science
Natural sciences > Environmental science
Technological sciences > Engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

The FEUP regulation requirements concerning this matter will be valid here. As a rule the students must be present at least in 75% of the foreseen TP sessions.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final classification = 0.5x score in a work carried out at the TP sessions + 0.5 x average score from short test evaluations on the themes presented at the 1.5 h sessions

Examinations or Special Assignments

Continuous evaluation as above mentioned, i.e., small tests with alternative answer options of True and False around the subjects brought to the 1.5 h sessions and from the visits.
Continuous assessment of the students performance at the TP times.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Not applicable

Observations

Information related to the subjects presented in the sessions will be provided to the students generally as .pdf documents loaded at the site. Also, some other references about the subjects will be generally referred as secondary source of information.
The software used at the TP sessions can be loaded at the software site of the campus, therefore usable by the students.