Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501915 Environmental Sciences | OT | 4 | 0 |
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Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering and Circular Economy
• Knowing and applying the concepts of clean technologies and circular economy for the improvement of products and industrial processes
• Identify the available industrial effluent treatments and acquire basic notions for their design
• Select alternatives for the treatment of industrial effluents
• Describe the alternatives for the treatment of contaminants in gaseous effluents
• Identify remediation tools for contaminated soils and water
1. Prevention of pollution: circular economy and clean technologies.
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Economy Circular and design Cradle to Cradle
1.3. Economic aspects
1.4. Methodology
1.5. Case studies
2. Treatment of industrial effluents
2.0. Characterization / fractionation of effluents
2.1. Anaerobic digestion
2.2. Advanced oxidation processes
2.3. Membrane Reactors (MBR)
2.4. Discontinuous sequential reactors (SBR)
3. Treatment of contaminants in gaseous effluents
3.0. Introduction to the treatment of gases
3.1. Elimination of particles
3.2. Physicochemical treatments
3.3. Biological treatments
4. Bioremediation
4.1. In-situ and ex-situ treatments
4.2. Physico-chemical treatments
4.3. Biological treatments
Theoretical classes: Master classes on the topics of the syllabus.
Problem classes: Resolution of case studies corresponding to the subject. Discuss with the students about the solution strategies and their execution.
Seminars: Meetings of small groups of students with the teacher to clarify doubts, one hour per subject.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Problem classes: Resolution of case studies corresponding to the subject | 13 | 0.52 | 3, 4, 6, 5, 11, 9, 14 |
Seminars: Meetings with small groups for study of specific topics | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 4, 5, 11 |
Theoretical classes: Master classes on the topics of the syllabus | 30 | 1.2 | 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 12, 9, 10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Collaborative learning | 32 | 1.28 | 2, 11, 12, 9, 10, 1, 13 |
Self-contained learning of the student | 55 | 2.2 | 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 11, 12, 7, 9, 10, 14 |
Continuous assessment
The contents of this subject will be evaluated through different works and written tests to be carried out during the course:
- Two written tests with a theoretical and practical part (50%)
- Case resolution works (50%)
A final minimum mark of 5.0 is required to pass, but to make the average, the mark of each written test must be higher than 3.5.
Not participating in any of the activities will be valued at zero.
If none of the two written tests are carried out, the final grade will be "Not evaluable".
To ask for a reevaluation the student must have been received a mark in activities that represent at least 2/3 of the global mark during the course.
Single Assessment
Students who have accepted the single assessment modality will have to take a final test which will consist of a theory exam where they will have to answer a series of short questions and develop a couple of topics. When you have finished, you will hand in the internship reports.
The student's grade will be the weighted average of the previous activities, where the theory exam will account for 50% of the grade, and each of the practice reports 10%.
If the final grade does not reach 5, the student has another opportunity to pass the subject through the remedial exam that will be held on the date set by the degree coordinator. In this test you can recover 70% of the grade corresponding to the theory. The practice part is not refundable
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Case Studies | 50% | 11 | 0.44 | 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 11, 12, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 13 |
Two written tests with a theoretical and practical part | 50% | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 11, 12, 7, 9, 1, 14 |
Ellen McArthur Foundation, https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/publications
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (C2CPII), http://www.c2ccertified.org/
Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Product Standard,http://www.c2ccertified.org/resources/detail/cradle_to_cradle_certified_product_standard
Centre d'Activitat Regional pel Consum i la Producció Sostenible (SCP/RAC).http://www.cprac.org/ca/mediateca
United Nations Environment Programme
Metcalf & Eddy Inc. Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse. 4th Edition. Ed. Mc. Graw-Hill Inc., N.Y. (2003).
C. Kennes, M.C. Veiga. Bioreactors for Waste Gas Treatment. Kluwer Academic Publishers. (2001).
Simon Parsons. Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment. IWA Publishing. (2004).
Nazik Artan, Derin Orhon. Mechanism and Design of Sequencing BatchReactors for Nutrient Removal. IWA Publishing. (2005
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