ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 10 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 24
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
The main objective of the course is to provide students with the ability to evaluate and propose the relevant modifications to installations in order to achieve sustainable production with the least possible environmental impact.
The skills acquired should enable them to be in a position both to design new installations that incorporate the best technologies available at any given time and to propose modifications to old installations both to minimise pollution at source and to reduce the pressure on the treatment systems.
The course was designed to cover the contents considered in the syllabus of the Official Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering: "Analysis of production processes", "Waste minimisation and recycling techniques" and "Development of alternative technologies".
In order to deal with these aspects, the following programme was structured:
* Unit 1. Environmental Pollution.
Environmental pollution from a historical perspective. A long road of environmental catastrophes. Sustainable development. Cleaner Production.
* Unit 2. Minimisation, Recovery and Recycling Strategies.
Economy vs. Pollution. Processes vs. Pollution. Processes vs. Heuristic Rules. Minimisation programme. Minimisation strategies. Incentives and Barriers
* Unit 3. Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control.
Industrial Emissions Directive. Best Available Techniques (BAT). BREF documents. Emission Limit Values (ELV). Integrated Environmental Authorisation. State Register of Emissions and Pollutant Sources.
* Unit 4. Environmental analysis of production processes.
Pulp and Paper Industry: general characteristics, BREF requirements, case study - ENCE (integral solution). II. Automotive industry: cleaner production strategies, reduction measures.
* Unit 5. Eco-efficiency - ISO 14045.
* Unit 6. Industrial Ecology
After a short introductory topic in which the great interrelation between production processes, pollution and purification as part of a whole is highlighted, Unit 2 studies the opportunities offered by waste as a productive source, the basis for recycling and reuse processes. In addition, a description of minimisation strategies and programmes is given.
Unit 3 is dedicated to integrated pollution control, taking the IPPC Directive and its transposition into Spanish legislation (Law 16/2002) as a pivot, analysing in detail the concepts derived from it and the definition of the best available techniques. Theme 4 analyses various practical cases in the business field in which the terms defined in Units 2 and 3 were applied. Unit 5 is dedicated to an example of eco-efficiency according to ISO 14045:2012 and Unit 6 will deal with the integration of processes in the framework of Industrial Ecology.
Basic
Environmental Innovation Systems. 2005. Eds K. Matthias Weber and Jens Hemmelskamp. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. eBook ISBN 978-3-540-27298-4
Environmental Management Accounting for Cleaner Production. 2008. Eds Stefan Schaltegger, Martin Bennett, Roger L. Burritt, Christine M. Jasch. Springer Netherlands. eBook ISBN 978-1-4020-8913-8
Complementary
* Recycling and Resource Recovery Engineering: Principles of Waste Processing R. I. Stessel, Springer, 1996.
* Waste: Management, minimisation and treatment. G. Feijoo, J. Sineiro, Ed. Lápices 4, Santiago de Compostela, 2001.
* Environmental biotechnology and cleaner bioprocesses. E.J. Olguin, G. Sánchez, E. Hernández, Ed. Taylor & Francis, London, 2000.
Within the list of competences designed for the master, the main emphasis will be placed on students acquiring the following:
BASIC AND GENERAL
GC1 - Identify and state environmental problems.
GC5 - Carry out appropriate research, undertake the design and direct the development of engineering solutions in new or unfamiliar environments, relating creativity
new or unfamiliar environments, linking creativity, originality, innovation and technology transfer.
CB6 - Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a
ideas, often in a research context
CB7 - Students are able to apply their acquired knowledge and problem-solving skills in new or unfamiliar environments in new or unfamiliar contexts.
new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study.
CB8 - Students are able to integrate knowledge and deal with the complexity of making judgements on the basis of incomplete or unfamiliar information.
information which, while incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgements.
application of their knowledge and judgements
CB9 - Students are able to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale behind them to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and concise way.
CB9 - Students can communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale behind them to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - That students possess the learning skills that will enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
BROAD-RANGE
CT1 - To develop skills associated with teamwork: cooperation, leadership, listening skills.
CT4 - Demonstrate critical and self-critical reasoning, analytical and synthesis skills.
CT5 - Prepare, write and publicly defend scientific and technical reports and projects.
SPECIFIC
CE2 - Have an in-depth knowledge of the technologies, tools and techniques in the field of environmental engineering in order to be able to compare and select technical alternatives and emerging technologies.
and select technical alternatives and emerging technologies
CE3 - Develop sufficient autonomy to participate in research projects and scientific or technological collaborations in the field of environmental engineering.
within the thematic field of Environmental Engineering, in interdisciplinary contexts and, where appropriate, with a high component of
knowledge transfer
CE4 - Design products, processes, systems and services of the process industry, as well as the optimisation of others already developed, taking the technological
developed, taking the different areas of Environmental Engineering as a technological basis.
CE8 - Approach a real environmental engineering problem from a scientific-technical perspective, recognising the importance of the search for and management of existing information and the
the search and management of the existing information and the applicable legislation.
CE11 - Identify actions in the field of circular economy, defining the options within the new business models.
Theory classes will alternate with seminars in which problems applied to real cases will be evaluated. The basic theoretical contents of the course will be taught on the basis of lectures where they will be explained and developed. These classes will be supported by the use of Power Point presentations.
The language of instruction will be Spanish.
Temporal development of activities
Week 1 (W): Topic 1
Week 2 (W): Topic 2
Week 3 (W): Topic 3
Week 4 (E-I-S): Topic 4 Case study I
Week 5 (W-I-S): Topic 4 Case study II
Week 6 (E-I-S): Topic 5
Week 7 and 8 (E-I-S): Revision and presentation of papers. Exam
Competences
Activity
C Lectures CG1, CG5, CB6, CE2, CE4, CE11
Seminars CB7, CB8, CT4, CE8
Tutorials and assignments CB9, CB10, CT1, CT5, CE3
Evaluation of activities and competences
i. Assignments and activities: CB9, CB10, CT1, CT5, CE3
ii. Tutorials: CB9, CB10, CT1, CT5, CE3
iii. Exam: CG1, CG5, CB6, CE2, CE4, CE11, CB7, CB8, CT4, CE8
There will be a continuous monitoring of the learning process. The assessment will consist of a written exam in which the student will have to answer a series of theory questions. The mark will be completed on the basis of the report and the presentation and defence of the aforementioned work, and the marks obtained in the tutorials, in accordance with the following assessment:
Distribution of the grade
Report, Presentation and Defence of the Work 60%.
Tutorials 10%.
Exam 30%.
In the first and second opportunity the evaluation is the same and the marks are maintained. In the case of fraudulent exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the Evaluation of the Academic Performance of Students and for the Revision of Grades will be applied.
Competences
Activity
C Lectures CG1, CG5, CB6, CE2, CE4, CE11
Seminars CB7, CB8, CT4, CE8
Tutorials and Assignments CB9, CB10, CT1, CT5, CE3
The course has a workload of 3 ECTS, which are distributed as shown in the table. The face-to-face hours indicate the number of hours of classes in the subject, through the various activities that are carried out, and by means of a factor that gives an indication of the hours that the student is estimated to have to dedicate per hour of activity, the hours of autonomous work that each activity involves are calculated.
Distribution of the training activity
Hours of student work
Lectures 10 15
Seminars 12 24
Group tutorials 2 2
Exam and revision 2 8
Total 26 49
In addition to knowing the basic mathematical tools and material and energy balances, students must have a good knowledge of the different environmental technologies in order to be able to discern their possible optimisation when applying the best available technologies to the different specific cases to be studied. As this is a course in which the practical application to the resolution of specific problems is essential, it is very important that personal work is carried out in parallel with the development of the course.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Regulations for the evaluation of students' academic performance and review of grades" shall apply.
The use of the virtual campus and MS Teams is required.
Compliance with security measures in the classroom, interactive and laboratory sessions.
Maria Teresa Moreira Vilar
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816792
- maite.moreira [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
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| 01.15.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A7 |
| 01.15.2025 10:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A7 |
| 06.19.2025 09:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A7 |
| 06.19.2025 09:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A7 |