ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.25 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.5
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
The aim of the subject is to introduce the student into the environmental issue, presenting the pollution in different sources. With this purpose basic knowledge (theoretical and practical), about the existing issue with the environmental pollution of anthropogenic origin, will be facilitated. The characterization, management and treatment of the wastewater, the solid wastes and the contaminated gases, as well as the bases related to the current legislation, will be studied. In addition, the main policies, tools and indicators developed within the frame of the environmental management for the prevention of the pollution will be presented.
Therefore objectives of this subject are:
. Identify the main environmental technologies according to the area of application.
. Be capable of giving answer to a specific problem of pollution based on technical, legal and economic criteria.
. Be capable of evaluating the environmental impact of technical solutions to solve a problem.
. Be capable of taking part in the implantation of environmental management tools.
The contents listed on the report of Undergraduate studies on Chemical Engineering will be developed: “Pollution. Wastewater characterization. Wastewater pretreatments and treatments. Solid waste characterization, management and treatment. Polluted gases characterization and treatment. Integrated Prevention and Pollution Control (IPPC). Environmental Impact Assessment. Current legislation”
The subject will be divided in four sections:
Section I: Environmental pollution and management (7 hE + 1 hI)
Chapter 1. General view of the environmental issue. (1 hE)
Impact of the anthropogenic activities. Types of pollutants, origin, characterization and treatment. The limits of growth. Depletion of non-renewable resources. Concept of sustainable development.
Chapter 2. Environmental management systems. (3 hE)
ISO 14001 and EMAS. Integrated Prevention and Pollution Control (IPPC). Best Available Techniques (BAT). Reference documents (BREF). Emission Limit Values (ELV). Integrated Environmental Authorization (IEA). Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). Environmental management tools. Life cycle assessment (LCA). Environmental footprints.
Chapter 3. Environmental Impact Assessment. (3 hE + 1 hI)
Conceptual, legal and institutional framework. Environmental inventory. Assessment of the environmental elements. Identification and assessment of environmental impacts and calculation of final impact. Measurements to minimize the global impact. Programs of environmental watchfulness. Case studies.
Section II: Wastewater treatment (12 hE + 5 hI)
Chapter 4. Introduction to the wastewater treatment. (4 hE)
Characterization of wastewater: physical, chemical and biological parameters. Characterization of flows and polluting loads. Current legislation. Wastewater treatment methods. Introduction to the analysis and selection of treatment processes.
Chapter 5. Pre-treatments and physico-chemical treatments. (3 hE)
Separation of coarse solids, flow equalization, decantation, sedimentation, floatation and filtration. Chemical treatments. Neutralization, chemical precipitation, coagulation-flocculation, oxidation-reduction, adsorption.
Chapter 6. Fundamentals of biological wastewater treatments. (5 hE + 5 hI)
Removal of organic matter and nitrogen. Introduction and design of activated sludge process. Problems of exploitation. Processes of adhered biomass. Biofilms bioreactors.
Section III: Solid waste characterization and treatment (4 hE)
Chapter 7. Solid waste characterization. (2 hE)
Solid waste definition. Solid waste classification. Solid waste characterization: physical, chemical and biological properties. European and national legislation. The Waste European Catalogue.
Chapter 8. Solid waste treatment (2 hE)
Landfilling, biological treatment and thermal processes.
Section IV: Air pollution and treatment of contaminated gases (6 hE + 3 hI)
Chapter 9. Atmospheric pollutants characterization. (2 hE)
Main sources and impacts of atmospheric pollutants. Gas streams characterization: particles and gases. Emission and inmission. Odours. Legislation.
Chapter 10. Treatment technologies (I): removal of particles in suspension. (2 hE)
Behaviour of particles within a fluid. Streams characterization. Technologies of particles separation: chambers of sedimentation, cyclones, electrostatic precipitators (ESP), baghouses and scrubbers.
Chapter 11. Treatment technologies (II): gaseous contaminants and vapour. (2 hE + 3 hI)
Criteria for the definition of a treatment strategy. Main physico-chemical processes: i) incineration of VOCs; ii) absorption; iii) adsorption. Gas decontamination by means of biological reactors: biofiltration.
• Basic Bibliography
Kiely, G. Environmental Engineering. Editorial Mc-Graw Hill Higher Education, 1998. ISBN: 0-07-709127-2.
Code ETSE: A200 1 C
Surampalli, R.Y., Zhang, T.C., Satinder, K.B., Krishnamoorthy, H., Rama, P. & Mausam, V. Handbook of Environmental Engineering. Boston: Mc-Graw Hill Education, 2018. ISBN: 9781259860225 (on-line)
• Complementary Bibliography
• Wastewater treatment
Metcalf & Eddy Inc. Wastewater Engineering. Treatment and reuse. 5ª Edición. New York: Editorial Mc-Graw Hill Higher Education, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-259-01079-8
Code ETSE: A213 13 H
• Gases treatment
Wark, K. & Warner, C.F. Contaminación del aire: origen y control. México: Limusa, 2001. ISBN: 978- 968-18-1954-5
Code ETSE: A222 26
• Solid waste treatment
Tchobanoglous, G. Gestión Integral de Residuos Sólidos. Madrid: Editorial Mc-Graw-Hill., 1998. ISBN: 84-481-1830-8.
Code ETSE: A233 9 C
• Environmental management
Azapagic, A., Perdan, S. & Clift, R. Sustainable development in practice: case studies for engineers and scientists. Chichester (England): Wiley & Sons, cop., 2004. ISBN: 0-470-85609-2.
Code ETSE: A245 9
Claver Cortés, E., Molina Azorín, J.F. & Tarí Guilló, J.J. Gestión de la calidad y gestión medioambiental: fundamentos, herramientas, normas ISO y relaciones. 3ª Ed. Madrid: Pirámide, D.L. 2011. ISBN: 9788436824582.
Code USC: A EM 99 A.
Garmendia, A., et al. “Evaluación de impacto ambiental”. Madrid: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2010. ISBN: 9788420543987.
Code USC: EMA 911.
Specific skills
CI.10. Basic knowledge and application of environmental technologies and sustainability.
General skills
CG.7. Ability to analyse and assess the environmental impact of the technical solutions.
CG.10. Ability to work in a multilingual and multidisciplinary environment.
CG.11. Knowledge, comprehension and ability to apply required legislation in the frame of the profession of Technical Industrial Engineer.
Transversal skills
CT.1. Ability of analysis and synthesis.
CT.5. Ability of information management.
CT.7. Decision making.
CT.8. Teamwork.
CT.13. Ability to apply the knowledge in practice.
CT.16. Sensitivity towards environmental issues.
CT.19. Autonomous learning
VIRTUAL CAMPUS
The Virtual Classroom of the USC will be used through the Moodle application, as a communication tool with the students. It will offer them information on the teaching programming throughout the course in the classroom and complementary materials for the study of the subject (teacher's notes as well as scientific-technical articles), promoting the autonomous study of the student and the management of bibliographic sources in English.
At the beginning of the course, students will be provided with the following material on the subject's virtual campus:
• TEACHING GUIDE: the approved teaching guide for the subject (Galician, Spanish, English).
• DAILY PLANNING: a guide that will indicate the detailed planning of day-to-day activities.
• PRESENTATIONS: the guide-presentations used by the teacher in the expository classes (pdf format and mp4 videos generated from the original ppt presentations).
• EXERCISES: pdf file with the list of exercises as well as their resolutions (in some cases with videos demonstrating their resolution).
• COMPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: for each topic such as relevant legislation, scientific articles, links to web pages with content of interest (products, companies, etc.).
SCENARIO 1 (without restrictions on physical attendance)
Face-to-face teaching
• Expository and interactive classes: The master class (expository classes) will be used to develop most part of the contents. The seminars will be basically dedicated to the realization of exercise sessions (exercise bulletins will be delivered) promoting interactive classes with the participation of students in solving them.
• Technical visit to an industrial facility: A technical visit to a wastewater management facility or urban and / or industrial waste is considered as a necessary complement to the topics of the subject, whenever possible. It is intended to involve students in the aforementioned visit by conducting an evaluation through a questionnaire.
Telematic teaching
• Teamwork: students are expected to carry out a teamwork task related to a topic in block I, which they will hand out at the end of the course.
• Group Tutorials: There will be two group tutorials focused on: a) impact matrices in an EIA; b) the modeling of biological reactors using the Excel spreadsheet. They will be held through a videoconference on the MS Teams platform.
• Individualized tutoring: they will be carried out through the MS Teams platform at the student's request.
SCENARIO 2 (partial restrictions on physical attendance)
Face-to-face teaching
• Interactive classes: They will be face-to-face classes. Students will be divided into groups of 20-25 people. Groups will alternate face-to-face classes according to the schedule established in the course calendar.
Telematic teaching
• Expository classes: The lecturer will use the tool MS Teams for the expository classes that will take place in the schedule established in the course calendar.
• Technical visit to an industrial facility: A virtual technical will take place in a session of MS Teams where the lecturer will guide the students through a specific process (photos, technical data discussion, videos, press releases…)
• Group Tutorials: Same as in scenario 1.
• Teamwork: Same as in scenario 1.
• Individualized tutoring: Same as in scenario 1.
SCENARIO 3 (closure of facilities)
Telematic teaching only
• Expository classes: The lecturer will use the tool MS Teams for the expository classes that will take place in the schedule established in the course calendar. The lecturer will promote the contact with the students on a daily basis combining different resources (lecturer´s explanations, video watching, discussion sessions, web resources,…)
• Technical visit to an industrial facility: As described in scenario 2.
• Group Tutorials: Same as in scenarios 1 and 2.
• Teamwork: Same as in scenarios 1 and 2.
• Individualized tutoring: Same as in scenarios 1 and 2.
ONGOING ASSESSMENT (OA)
In this subject, the following percentages of the final mark will be applied: CA: 35 or 75%, Final Exam: 65 or 25% (to choose by the student).
SCENARIO 1 (without restrictions on physical attendance)
The student´s mark is the weighted average of his performance in all the sections assessed: exam, performance in the class (participation, cooperative work) and the technical visit.
Activities comprising the Ongoing Assessment
The Ongoing Assessment comprises the following activities:
• Check questionnaires: 4 short questionnaires (15 min) in Moodle to be carried out after finishing each section of contents. To perform individually. Mark weighting: 40%. Telematic modality only.
• Group Tutorials that will be assessed by means of deliverables (Leopold Matrix, Excel Modelling). To carry out in teams. Mark weighting: 10% (5% each one). Telematic modality.
• Teamwork that will consist on a deliverable on a thematic task of Section I. Mark weighting: 15%. Telematic modality.
• Technical visit that will be assessed by means of a questionnaire, which will be given to the students the day of the visit. Students will fill in the questionnaire during the visit to deliver at the end of the visit. It is an individual task. Mark weighting: 5%. Face-to-face or telematic modality.
• “Proactive behaviour in the class” is intended to assess each student´s daily attitude, in special: a) probe that he follows the subject and the discussions in the class up to date; b) appropriated comments on what has been taught; c) positive motivation and attitude in the class, among others. To be carried out individually. Mark weighting: 5%. Face-to-face or telematic modality.
Final exam (face-to-face)
• The exam will comprise two different parts: theoretical questions (40% of the exam total mark) and numerical problems which will be solved using excel spread sheets (60% of the exam total mark). Students will have to obtain a mark of 3 out of 10 in each part to pass the exam. The theoretical part can be replaced by the short questionnaires if the student did them. Mark weighting: 35 or 75%. Face-to-face or telematics modality.
"In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or probes, the provisions of the Regulations for evaluating student academic performance and reviewing grades will apply."
Distribution of the marks Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3
Ongoing Assessment 35% 75%
- Questionnaires - 40% Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous
- Group Tutorials 10% 10% Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous
- Teamwork 15% 15% Telematic, asynchronous Telematic, asynchronous Telematic, asynchronous
- Technical Visit 5% 5% Face-to-face, Telematic, synchronous Face-to-face, Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous
- Proactivity 5% 5% Face-to-face Face-to-face / Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous
Final exam 65% 25%
- Theory (min. 30%) 40% - Face-to-face Face-to-face Telematic, synchronous
- Problems (min. 30%)25% 25% Face-to-face Face-to-face Telematic, synchronous
The subject will be passed with a minimum final grade of 5. For this purpose to reach a mark of 30% of the maximum achievable mark in the exam is required.
The consideration of “not presented” will be taken if students do not attend any evaluation activity (exam, group tutorials, teamwork or technical visit). If students do not attend only one of them, the qualification at the first opportunity will be “non pass”.
Those who have to go to the second opportunity will keep the grades obtained in group tutorials, teamwork, technical visit and proactive classroom behaviour. If they have not participated in a specific activity, they will have additional questions:
- If students did not participate in teamwork, they will be asked questions about innovative technologies.
- If students did not participate in group tutorials, questions related to the corresponding topics will be included.
- If students have not participated in the technical visit, questions about it will be included.
COMPETENCES EVALUATION
Quite possibly, the real scenario will be a combination of the previous scenarios, so it is considered important that they are as compatible as possible in order to pass from one to the other with the least possible impact.
The skills to be developed are:
Activity………………………………….Modality………….………….......…….Skills
Master lectures………………….Expository..……..… CI.10, CG.10, CG.11, CT.5, CT.16, CT.19
Exercises solving………………….Seminars……………………….. CI.10, CG.7, CT.1, CT.7, CT.13
Case study…………………………….Tutorial session……………... CI.10, CG.7, CG.11, CT.8, CT. 13
Technical visit……………………….Seminars …………………….… CI.10, CT.13, CT.16
The subject has a workload equivalent to 4.5 ECTS distributed as indicated in the table. The face to face hours indicate the number of hours in the class of the subject, for the various activities undertaken. The factor indicates the estimate of hours the students have to spend per hour of activity. The personal work is the quantification of the factor multiplied by the hours devoted to each activity. The total is the total workload involved in each activity. The total dedication in hours of the subject is of 112.5 hours of work considering that each ECTS involves 25 hours student’s work.
Distribution of formative activities in ECTS
Activity ………………..….Face-face hours…………………Personal work……….ECTS
Master Lectures…….….. 28.0………………………………… 34.0……………………….2.5
Seminars…………………..….9.0……………………………………11.0……………………….0.8
Computer room ……….….0.0…………………………………… 0.0……………………….0.0
Laboratory practices …...0.0…………………………………… 0.0……………………….0.0
Tutorials (in groups)……..1.0…………………………………….4.0……………………….0.2
Subtotal.....................38.0...........................49.0...................3.5
Tutorials (individuals)……1.0…………………………………….2.0………………………..0.1
Exam and revision…………5.0…………………………………….17.5……………………..0.9
TOTAL…………………………….44……………………………………..68.5……………………..4.5
It is supposed that the students who register in the subject have basic knowledge important to pass it, gathered throughout the first 3 years of the study of Chemical Engineering Degree, on:
Fundamental Chemistry, Inorganic, Organic and Analytical Chemistry.
Analysis and Fundamentals of Chemical Processes
Mathematics, Computers and Physics.
Engineering of Chemical Reaction
Mass Transfer
Technical English
Furthermore, to obtain an optimum performance in the subject it is advisable that the student have additional knowledge in informatics tools at user level (Word, Excel, use of e-mail, check of web pages). The attendance and active participation to the lectures is advised together with the continuous study of the subject and the use of the Moodle tool following the indications mentioned before.
The subject will be taught depending on the two groups designed in the PDA: (1) in Spanish/Galician and (2) English. However, only English information sources will be handled.
The use of the Virtual Campus is recommended as the backbone of all the activities to be carried out in this subject.
Recommendations for telematic teaching
• In accordance with the rules of the telematic evaluation, it is necessary to have a computer with a microphone and a camera to carry out telematic exams, in addition to the fact that these devices greatly improve interaction with the teacher.
• Improve information and digital skills with the resources available at USC.
A) TEACHING METHODOLOGY
Contingency plan for remote teaching activities:
• They will be carried out synchronously and always according to the schedule established by the center, through the different telematic means available at the USC, preferably the Virtual Campus and / or Ms Teams.
• Due to the nature and content of this subject, as well as the methodology used, the main difference between face-to-face teaching and remote teaching is in the case of the technical visit, which will be virtual.
• To carry out tutorials, as well as to maintain direct communication both between the students themselves and between them and the teacher, they can be done through the Virtual Campus forum, through MS TEAMS or by email.
More specifically, the specific methodologies for each scenario are indicated below.
SCENARIO 2 (partial restrictions on physical attendance)
Face-to-face teaching
• Interactive classes: They will be face-to-face classes. Students will be divided into groups of 20-25 people. Groups will alternate face-to-face classes according to the schedule established in the course calendar.
Telematic teaching
• Expository classes: The lecturer will use the tool MS Teams for the expository classes that will take place in the schedule established in the course calendar.
• Technical visit to an industrial facility: A virtual technical will take place in a session of MS Teams where the lecturer will guide the students through a specific process (photos, technical data discussion, videos, press releases…)
• Group Tutorials, Teamwork, Individualized tutorials: Same as in scenario 1.
SCENARIO 3 (closure of facilities)
Telematic teaching in its entirely
• Expository and interactive classes: MS Teams sessions will be used that will take place in the schedule established in the course calendar. The lecturer will promote the contact with the students on a daily basis combining different resources (lecturer´s explanations, video watching, discussion sessions, web resources,…)
• Technical visit to an industrial facility: As described in scenario 2.
• Group Tutorials, Teamwork and Individualized tutoring: Same as in scenarios 1 and 2.
B) ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
The evaluation system will be exactly the same regardless of the type of teaching used (face-to-face or virtual), with the only difference that the evaluation activities will be carried out, as established by the competent authorities, either face-to-face in the classroom or remotely through the telematic means available at the USC. The following table indicates the evaluation modality for each activity.
Scenario 2 Scenario 3
Ongoing Assessment
- Questionnaires Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous
- Group Tutorials Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous
- Teamwork Telematic, asynchronous Telematic, asynchronous
- Technical Visit Face-to-face, Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous
- Proactivity Face-to-face / Telematic, synchronous Telematic, synchronous
Final exam
- Theory (min. 30%) Face-to-face Telematic, synchronous
- Problems (min. 30%) Face-to-face Telematic, synchronous
Francisco Omil Prieto
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816805
- francisco.omil [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Anuska Mosquera Corral
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816779
- anuska.mosquera [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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| 09:00-10:00 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Spanish | Classroom A2 |
| Tuesday | |||
| 09:00-10:00 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Spanish | Classroom A2 |
| 09:00-10:00 | Grupo /CLIS_03_inglés | English | Classroom A7 |
| Thursday | |||
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom A2 |
| 11:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | English | Classroom A7 |
| Friday | |||
| 10:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Classroom A2 |
| 10:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | English | Classroom A7 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_03_inglés | Classroom A3 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A3 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Classroom A3 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | Classroom A3 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A3 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | Classroom A4 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A4 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_03_inglés | Classroom A4 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Classroom A4 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A4 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Classroom A8 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A8 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | Classroom A8 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A8 |
| 05.20.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_03_inglés | Classroom A8 |
| 07.07.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_02 | Classroom A2 |
| 07.07.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLE_02_inglés | Classroom A2 |
| 07.07.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Classroom A2 |
| 07.07.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_01 | Classroom A2 |
| 07.07.2021 16:00-20:45 | Grupo /CLIS_03_inglés | Classroom A2 |