Objectives and competences
Objectives:
Students get acquainted:
• with the legislation, standards and normatives from the field of environment protection;
• with methods of purification of water and gases;
• with mechanical-biological treatment of solid waste;
• with environmental protection procedures and evaluation of costs for treatment and disposal of different type of waste.
• with the impact of various electricity production technologies on the environment
Competences:
Students recognize, understand and are aware of environmental protection in general;
• they understand the specifics in the field of energy technology;
• know how to define and evaluate waste management procedures.:
Content (Syllabus outline)
• General concepts and basics in the field of environmental protection.
• Review of legislation on environmental protection
• Wastewater: Classification of wastewater from energy processes. Processes of purifying and recycling the wastewater.
• Polluted air: The chemical composition of gaseous and solid harmful and toxic substances in flue gases. Flue gas cleaning procedures.
• Solid waste: Waste disposal site, waste incineration, composting organic waste, generation of biogas and energy production from biomass.
• Electricity production and impact on the environment
• Noise
• Economics and economic comparison of processes of environmental protection processes.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
• Technological procedures for environmental protection: soil, water, air and noise protection.
• Electricity production and environmental impact.
• Knowledge of legal regulations, standards and norms;
• Define the economics of waste management and disposal costs.
Readings
• Peter H. Raven, Linda R. Berg: Environment, John Wiley and Sons, 2003, ISBN: 0471451673.
• N. Samec, A. Lobnik, Okoljsko inženirstvo, učbenik, Fakulteta za strojništvo, 2009.
• Program ravnanja z odpadki in program preprečevanja odpadkov Republike Slovenije (2022), številka: 35405-17/2021-2550, april 2022.
• Zakon o varstvu okolja (ZVO-2), Uradni list RS, št. 44/2022, s pripadajočimi podzakonskimi akti s področja odpadkov.
• Basile, A., Comite, A., Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Membrane Technology for Water and Wastewater Treatment - Advances and Emerging Processes. Elsevier, 2020
• Winnie Wing Mui So, Cheuk Fai Chow, John Chi Kin Lee, Environmental Sustainability and Education for Waste Management, Springer, Singapore, 2019
