Environmental Protection Technologies

Recommended Prerequisites

Industrial Effluents and Environment.

Teaching Methods

The syllabus will be taught in the theoretical-practical (TP) classes.

The various topics will be developed based on theoretical background, including case studies and solving problems. In these classes, small individual tasks will be made, and students will occasionally visit our laboratories, to contact with the research in our Department related to technologies under consideration.

The realization of a work in a group will allow students to research and discuss a relevant topic, to be presented orally in classes.

Whenever possible, a study visit to an industrial plant will be promoted. 

Learning Outcomes

Objectives:

- Understand the diversity of pollutants that can be released at the industrial level throughout wastes, wastewaters and/or gaseous emissions.

- Recognize the need to use technologies to control industrial pollution, in order to comply with legislation or other environmental criteria;

- Dominate the key technologies for the treatment/valorization of solid waste;

- Dominate the technologies for wastewater treatment alternative or complementary to conventional biological methods;

- Dominate the main technologies of air pollution control related to particles and gaseous effluents;

Competencies: Competence to solve problems, analysis, and synthesis, decision making skills, competence in critical thinking, ability to communicate with people who are not experts in the field, and competence concerning sustainable development.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Introduction to industrial pollution and control technologies applicable to ensure environmental protection in an integrated approach. Illustrative examples of chemical industries with solid, liquid and gaseous emissions. Waste treatment technologies. Mechanical-Biological treatment (TMB) and recycling. Physicochemical treatments. Organic valorization of waste through composting and anaerobic digestion. Waste to energy recovery (incineration). Waste disposal (landfill).

Introduction to soil remediation.

Advanced oxidation processes (AOP) for refractory liquid effluents to biological processes: wet oxidation, ozonolysis, Fenton, photocatalysis, and electro-oxidation. Analysis of the importance of catalysts for increasing the efficiency of heterogeneous processes.

Air pollution control technologies. Sedimentation Chambers. Cyclones. Scrubbers. Bag filters. Electrostatic precipitators (ESP).

Head Lecturer(s)

Margarida Maria João de Quina

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Exam: 80.0%

Bibliography

Tchobanoglous, G, Kreith, F. Handbook of Solid Waste Management. 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.

LaGrega, MD, Buckingham, P, Evans, J. Hazardous Waste Management. 2ndEd., McGraw-Hill, New York , 2001.

Haug, RT. The Practical Handbook of Compost Engineering. Lewis Publishers. Boca Raton, Florida, 1993.

Christensen, T. H. Solid Waste Technology & Management, John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom, 2011.

Theodore, L. Air Pollution Control Equipment Calculations, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 2008.

De Nevers, N. Air Pollution Control Engineering. 3rd Ed., Waveland Pr Inc., 2017.

Davis, ML, Cornwell, DA. Introduction to Environmental Engineering. 5th Ed., McGraw-Hill Book Co., NJ, 2013.

Tchobanoglous, G, Stensel, HD, Tsuchihashi, R, Burton, F. Wastewater Engineering -Treatment and resource recovery disposal and reuse/ Metcalf & Eddy 5th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2014.

Stefan, M. (Ed.) Advanced Oxidation Processes for water treatment: Fundamentals and applications, IWA, 2017.