Curricular Unit:			Code:
Gaseous Effluents Management and Treatment			823GTEG
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
3	Undergraduate	Environmental Engineering	2 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	26
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
This course aims to provide knowledge regarding the main available technologies related with management and treatment of gaseous emissions, focusing both prevention and control. The students are expected to develop skills regarding: the knowledge of gaseous emissions characterization techniques; the identification of legal requirements regarding gaseous emissions, including the ability to evaluate its applicability in different conditions; the identification of technological alternatives regarding gaseous emissions prevention and control.
Syllabus:
Gaseous Emissions Preventive and Control Technologies: Legislation and Regulations, Control of Particles, Control of Volatile Organic Compounds, Control of Acid Gases, Control of Nitrogen Oxides.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
1. Characterization of Gaseous Emissions Skills: ability to identify technologies regarding the characterization of gaseous emissions; ability to relate different physical and chemical properties of a gaseous effluent. 2. Legal Requirements Skills: ability to identify the main legal requirements related with gaseous emissions, including the ability to evaluate its applicability regarding different operational conditions. 3. Gaseous Emissions’ prevention technologies Skills: ability to identify technological alternatives regarding gaseous emissions prevention technologies in different operational conditions. 4. Gaseous Emissions’ control technologies Skills: ability to identify technological alternatives regarding gaseous emissions control technologies; ability to make a choice regarding the different options available for the control of a gaseous emission’s pollutant, depending on the emission’s characteristics.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The teaching methodologies are mainly expositive, interrogative and demonstrative, both during classes and tutorial orientation sessions. Case-studies are frequently used, in order to allow the interpretation and correct application of theoretical knowledge. Students are encouraged and oriented to perform research essays. Whenever possible, lectures with external guests are promoted. The evaluation is continuous, through the practical application of knowledge in individual or group assignments, and research essays.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The teaching methodologies of this curricular unit were planned in order to enhance the practical applicability of the theoretical concepts transmitted. Project analysis and interpretation will be done whenever adequate in order to stimulate practical oriented study. Proposed skills development will take place through exercises developed in class, group and/or individual project analysis in the classroom or as individual work.
Reading:
[1] DE NEVERS, N.: Air Pollution Control Engineering, Waveland Press, 2010. [2] LIU, D.H.F.; LIPTÁK, B.G.: Environmental Enginneer’s Handbook, Lewis Publishers, 1997 [3] BISHOP, P.L.: Pollution Prevention: Fundamentals and Practice, Waveland Pr. Inc., 2004 [4] HEINSOHN, R.J.: Sources and Control of Air Pollution, Prentice Hall, 1999.