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CE50217: Resource conservation: waste minimisation, recovery and valorisation

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: EX 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Exam (2 hours) (EX 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
Characterize, classify and quantify mass and energy fluxes in industrial processes to recognise process inefficiencies and opportunities for resource recovery and valorisation.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit the student will be able to:
* develop and evaluate strategies to minimise waste in process industries (including reactors, separation and utility systems) for resource conservation/ waste minimisation
* quantify and assess the material and energy resource efficiency of industrial processes and their impact in terms of their emissions (energy and waste streams)
* identify potential for resource recovery and valorisation from Industrial process streams
* define processes and process boundaries from microscale (single industrial) to macroscale (global), including the emissions these processes are causing.

Skills:

* the ability to integrate prior knowledge and understanding with that at advanced level, and to apply this to a range of scenarios, to critically analyse, evaluate, interpret and report on information from a range of sources and to solve complex / novel problems systematically and creatively (F,A)
* the ability to effectively communicate efficiency opportunities to key stakeholders (F,A)
* the ability to select/design technology, processes and systems based on sound evaluation of criteria (T,F,A)
* the effective use of IT to collect, analyse and present information (F,A)
* the ability to use appropriate modelling and design tools (T,F,A)
* the ability to work with, and critically analyse, information that may be uncertain or incomplete and to quantify the effect of this on problem solving, design and decision (T,F,A)
* the ability to quantify the material and energy resource efficiency of processes and their impact in terms of their emissions (T,F,A)

Content:

* definition and fate analysis of waste
* advanced mass and energy balances
* waste minimisation concepts and strategies
* identification and calculation of waste in reactors, separation & utility systems
* introduction to waste separation and valorisation technologies
* identifying process limiting factors and design methodologies to minimise waste
* legal definition of waste, waste legislative framework and case law approach to the interpretation of legislation
* opportunities and challenges with industrial eco-cities.
Programme availability:

CE50217 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Chemical Engineering

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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