Module Details
| Module Code: |
CHEP7009 |
| Title: |
Process Waste Management
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Long Title:
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Process Waste Management
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| NFQ Level: |
Advanced |
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2016/17 ( September 2016 ) |
| Field of Study: |
5240 - Chemical & Process Eng
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| Module Description: |
This module covers the current state of the environment in Ireland focusing on current areas of concern and the relevant legislation. Having established a baseline for the state of the Irish environment, the students evaluate a selected industrial process using the BAT, or Best Available Techniques, approach of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control and Industrial Emissions Directives for sustainable resource and energy use, environmental management and treatment and abatement of emissions.
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| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
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Learning Outcome Description |
| LO1 |
Critically assess the current state of the environment in Ireland in the context of the current regulatory framework, sustainability principles and environmental ethics. |
| LO2 |
Characterise the constituents of all waste streams arising from a selected industrial activity |
| LO3 |
Critique and revise an existing IPPC licence application using Best Available Techniques for a selected industrial activity |
| LO4 |
Defend the revised licence application demonstrating that the appropriate emission limit values for each category of emission have been met |
| LO5 |
Design a Biological Waste Treatment Facility incorporating primary, secondary and tertiary treatment |
| Dependencies |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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| Equilibrium Separations |
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list.
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| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| No requirements listed |
| Indicative Content |
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Regulatory Framework, Reporting Requirements, Guidance Documents
Sustainability, biodiversity and habitats, environmental ethics. Water Framework Directive, Waste Framework Directive, Overview of Industrial Emissions and IPPC Directives, Environmental Enforcement, Emissions by Industrial Sector, Best Available Techniques (BAT), BAT Reference Documents (BREF) for different classes of activity, Review of IPPC licences for selected class of activity, Content of Annual Environmental Reports (AER), European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR), Solid wastes, Hazardous waste
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Classification of Pollutants and Characterisation of Wastes
Classification of pollutants by source, type and effect. Physical, chemical, biological characteristics, e.g.
BOD, COD, ThOD, nitrogen, solids, toxicity, volatility, etc. Flow and concentration characteristics, Typical values and limits.
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Biological Waste Water Treatment Methods
Aerobic/anaerobic systems, suspended and attached growth processes.
Specific treatment systems, e.g. activated sludge and related processes,
rotating biological contacters, trickling filters, anaerobic digestion,
nitrification/denitrification. Removal of other materials, e.g. phosphorous,
halogens. Operating regimes for chemical/pharmaceutical wastes.
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Module Content & Assessment
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Coursework | 100.00% |
Assessments
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Repeat the module
The assessment of this module is inextricably linked to the delivery. The student must reattend the module in its entirety in order to be reassessed.
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The University reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Classroom Instruction |
Every Week |
1.00 |
1 |
| Tutorial |
Contact |
Solution to environmental engineering design problems |
Every Week |
1.00 |
1 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
Project Work |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) |
Contact |
Project Work |
Every Week |
2.00 |
2 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
4.00 |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Contact Type |
Workload Description |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
Hours |
| Lecture |
Contact |
Classroom instruction |
Every Week |
1.00 |
1 |
| Tutorial |
Contact |
Solution to environmental engineering design problems |
Every Week |
1.00 |
1 |
| Lecturer-Supervised Learning (Contact) |
Contact |
Project Work |
Every Week |
2.00 |
2 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Non Contact |
No Description |
Every Week |
3.00 |
3 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
4.00 |
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Module Resources
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| Recommended Book Resources |
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George Tchobanoglous, Franklin L. Burton & H. David Stensel. (2003), Wastewater Engineering (Metcalf & Eddy), 4th. McGraw Hill, p.1818, [ISBN: 0-07-112250-8].
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Freeman, H.M.. (1997), Standard Handbook of Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal, Second. McGraw Hill, [ISBN: 0070220441].
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Environmental Protection Authority. (1997), Waste Water Treatment Manuals Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Treatment, EPA, Johnstown, Wexford, p.131.
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M L Davis. (2007), Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 4th. McGraw Hill Publications, p.1024, [ISBN: 9780072424119].
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Bruce E. Rittmann and Perry L. McCarty. (2001), Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications, 1st. McGraw Hill, p.754, [ISBN: 0-07-118184-9].
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| Other Resources |
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Website, EPA. Website of the Environmental Protection
Agency,
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Website, European Commission. BAT Reference Documents,
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Website, Water Framework Directive,
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Website, Department of the Environment, Heritage
and Local Government. Website of the Department of the
Environment, Heritage and Local
Government,
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