Environmental Engineering Laboratories I

Code:

EA0030

Acronym:

LEA I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Technological Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical and Biological 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	31	Syllabus since 2006/07	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Pratice od Engienering Science, in the aeas of Fluid Mechanics, and Heat Transfer, with industrial experiements realized at the laboratory scale. 

Learning outcomes and competences

Consolidation of Engineering knowledge by industrial pratice.

Working method

Presencial

Program

It will be carried out the following laboratory assignments: - Laminar pipe flow (DEQ); - Air cooling of a solid body: natural convection (DEQ); - Air cooling of a solid body: forced convection (DEQ); - Flow measurement techniques; Heat transfer coefficientes in agitated tanks; - Flow through weirs (DEC) - Hydraulic machines (pumps) - operating conditions (DEC) - Hydraulic jump (DEC)

Mandatory literature

Docents da UC; Manuais de apoio aos trabalhos laboratoriais

Teaching methods and learning activities

Execution of the planned laboratory tests. Brief presentation of the adequate procedures. Students have to write reports and give oral presentation of the laboratory assignments carried out.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	20,00
Trabalho laboratorial	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Trabalho laboratorial	20,00
Total:	20,00

Eligibility for exams

Laboratory classes are mandatory to all students.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Grade (FG) is based on the following formula: FG= 0.55*DEQ +0.45*DEQ; DEC- Civil engineering department;DEQ- Chemistry department

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Students, who want to improve their grades, have to perform two laboratory assignments and written detailed reports about them and give a presentation on one of the assignments carried out.