Environmental Safety

Published: Friday, 14 October 2016 06:31

Appendix 1

Course: Environmental Safety

Programme Summary

Major: 13.04.01 Thermal Power Engineering and Thermal Technology

Degree: Master

Course units:

• Unit 1. Introduction.
• Unit 2. The environmental impact of thermal power industry.
• Unit 3. The engineer’s methods of environmental protection against the anthropogenic impact of the energy industry.
• Unit 4. Thermal power plants and the dedusting technology.
• Unit 5. Gas purification.
• Unit 6. Treatment of waste water and other industrial waste produced by thermal power plants.
• Unit 7. Low-waste and resource saving technologies in thermal power industry.

Course contents:

Unit 1. Introduction.

The role of environmental protection in today’s society. Environmental management and protection and the state regulation.

Unit 2. The environmental impact of thermal power industry.

Sources of pollution. The main characteristics of pollutants and hazardous impacts. The assessment of environmental damage caused by industry.

Unit 3. The engineer’s methods of environmental protection against the anthropogenic impact of the energy industry.

Environmental protection activities in energy industry. Environmental contamination restrictions. Dispersion of hazardous emissions in the air.

Unit 4. Thermal power plants and the dedusting technology.

The main physical, physical and chemical and electrical properties of dispersion systems; distribution of dust particles. Classification of dust collecting units. Dry gas purification techniques: gravitational and inertia-type dedusters, cyclones, filters. Wet gas purification techniques: scrubbers, cyclone dust collectors, water film dedusters. Electrostatic precipitation: the physical basis, the electrostatic precipitator design, the electrostatic precipitation technique.

Unit 5. Gas purification.

The theoretical basis of gas purification processes. Extraction of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, chlorine oxide, chlorine hydride, hydrogen sulphide, mercury, hydrogen fluoride, cyanides and carbon dioxide.

Unit 6. Treatment of waste water and other industrial waste produced by thermal power plants.

The theoretical basis of waste water treatment processes. Waste water treatment techniques and plants. Waste water treatment and the adsorption, extraction and ion exchange technologies. Aerotanks, oxytanks, methane tanks and the biological treatment techniques.

Unit 7. Low-waste and resource saving technologies in thermal power industry.

The principles and elements of low-waste and resource saving technologies in thermal power industry. National standards for the sustainable use of natural resources. New environmentally friendly production technologies.

Activities:

• Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
• Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
• Office-hours.

Total hours – 72.

Total points – 2.

Classroom hours – 36.

Unsupervised hours – 36.

Midterm assessment – Pass/fail examination.