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Department of Chemical Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2011/12


CE30145: Environmental management

Click here for further information Credits: 6
Click here for further information Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Click here for further information Period: Semester 1
Click here for further information Assessment: EX 100%
Click here for further information Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Click here for further information Requisites:
Click here for further information Description: Aims:
To develop an appreciation of the complexity of environmental interactions and the ways in which human activities can impinge on the ecosystem as a whole. To explore the nature of pollutants and their major environmental effects. To introduce the technologies used to control the levels of pollutants in air and water.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit students should have an appreciation of the influence of human activities on the earth's ecosystem at a range of levels including both biotic and non-biotic components of the ecosphere. They should also develop an awareness of how such influences impinge on the viability of human populations. After successfully completing this unit the students should also know the operating and design principles of the major technologies for treating polluted air and water, the pollutants which they are most effective at controlling, and be able to recommend appropriate solutions to particular cases of pollution control.

Skills:
The ability to assess the influence of a specific human activity at both local and global levels and to form a reasoned assessment of the possible environmental consequences over a range of time scales. The ability to identify and assess technologies for the control and mitigation of pollutant release. Taught/facilitated and assessed.

Content:
Introduction to the concepts of an integrated environment - the Gaia hypothesis.
Life cycle analysis.
Biodiversity.
Principles of toxicology.
Energy conversion and the environment.
Pinch analysis.
Hydrogen economy
Climate change.
Ozone depletion.
The nature, effects and control of water and air pollution.
Click here for further informationProgramme availability:

CE30145 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Chemical Engineering
  • UECE-AFB03 : BEng (hons) Chemical and Bio Process Engineering (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UECE-AKB03 : BEng (hons) Chemical and Bio Process Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
  • UECE-AFB05 : BEng (hons) Chemical Engineering (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UECE-AKB05 : BEng (hons) Chemical Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
  • UECE-AFM01 : MEng (hons) Biochemical Engineering (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UECE-AKM01 : MEng (hons) Biochemical Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 3
  • UECE-AFM05 : MEng (hons) Chemical Engineering (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UECE-AKM05 : MEng (hons) Chemical Engineering (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 3

CE30145 is Optional on the following programmes:

Programmes in Natural Sciences
  • UXXX-AFB01 : BSc (hons) Natural Sciences (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UXXX-AKB02 : BSc (hons) Natural Sciences with Industrial Placement (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
  • UXXX-AAB02 : BSc (hons) Natural Sciences with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4
  • UXXX-AFM01 : MSci (hons) Natural Sciences (Full-time) - Year 3
  • UXXX-AKM02 : MSci (hons) Natural Sciences with Professional Placement (Full-time with Thick Sandwich Placement) - Year 4
  • UXXX-AAM02 : MSci (hons) Natural Sciences with Study Year Abroad (Full-time with Study Year Abroad) - Year 4

NB. Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.