The "Environmental Technologies" course is included in the Common Module for Industrial Branch.

Industrial processes generate environmental impacts since they have energy and material inputs and produce effluents that pollute the air, water and soil. At present it is necessary to control and reduce these negative effects in order to comply with environmental regulations.

In this course the characteristics of these impacts together with the evaluation methods are described. The fundamentals of techniques for reducing and controlling these impacts are also described.

There are not previous requirements to take this course.

This course develops the following specific, general and transversal skills.



Specific skills:

C7 Ability to analyze and assess the social and environmental impact of technical solutions.



General skills:

CRI10 Knowledge and application of environmental technologies and sustainability.



Transversal competences:

C12: adopt a attitude responsible, organized at work and willing to learn considering the challenge to raise the necessary continuing education

C13: Apply scientific strategies: analyse qualitative and quantitative problematic situation, hypotheses and solutions using their own models of industrial engineering.

Work effectively in groups C14



Learning outcomes are:

Understanding the environmental problems of the industry

Solve environmental problems with current techniques

Properly apply the methodologies effluent treatment in industrial processes

Calculating emissions in industrial processes

Unit 1: AIR POLLUTION

Major air pollutants. Meteorology and pollution. Pollution control. Air quality legislation.

Unit 2: NOISE POLLUTION

Noise characterization. Noise measurement. Noise control

Item 3: WATER POLLUTION

Water pollutants. Water treatment. Water quality criteria. Legislation.

Item 4: SOIL POLLUTION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

Soil contaminants. Characterization and treatment of waste.

Item 5: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Processes and methods in the evaluation of environmental impacts. Prediction, impact assessment and remediation. Surveillance and environmental monitoring.

Item 6: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE INDUSTRY

Environmental management instruments. Models of environmental management systems. Environmental risk assessment. Life cycle analysis. Ecodesign.

The methodology consists of lectures, deliverables and directed works.

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 70
  • Individual works (%): 10
  • Team projects (problem solving, project design)) (%): 20

The evaluation will be continuous and divided as follows:

- Written exam (70%). Partial exams will be realised. With a result below 6 in one of the partial exam the content included in the partial examination shall be assessed in the final exam. Omission of a partial examination implies that the subject matter hereof shall be assessed in the final exam.

- Deliverables (20%) works will be realised and evaluated in classroom.

- Directed work, more difficult work to be performed under the direction of teacher (10%). The delivered reports were evaluated.





The completion of deliverables and the directed work is compulsory.



To pass the course it is necessary:

Obtain a minimum of 5 in the final exam (partials).

Obtain a minimum of 5 in the deliverables and directed works.

Obtain a minimum of 5 in the directed works.



If a student who can not participate in the continuous evaluation he/she shall ask permission to the School during the first 9 weeks of the course and may credit the achievement of learning outcomes through a final exam.

The same evaluation criteria will be applied.

Students with continuous assessment shall have approved the deliverables and directed works, made during the first fourth-month period (september-december), to pass the extraordinary call.

Study material in e-gela.

Garmendia, A.; Salvador, A.; Crespo, C.; Garmendia,L.Evaluación de impacto ambiental. Ed. Pearson Prentice Hall. Madrid (2005).

Kiely, G. Ingeniería ambiental : fundamentos, entornos, tecnologías y sistemas de
gestión. Ed. McGraw-Hill, Madrid, 2003.

Harris, M. Manual de medidas acústicas y control de ruido.
Ed. McGraw-Hill, Madrid (2000).

Mackenzie, D. L., Masten, S. J. Ingeniería y Ciencias Ambientales. Ed. McGraw-Hill, México, 2005.

Orozco, C. y cols. .Contaminación Ambiental: una visión desde la química. Ed.Paraninfo, Madrid (2011).

Spiro, T.G.; Stigliani, W.M. Química medioambiental. Ed, Pearson Prentice Hall.Madrid (2003).

Tchobanoglous, G.; Burton, F.L.Ingeniería de aguas residuales: tratamiento, vertido y reutilización
. Ed. McGraw-Hill. Madrid (2000).

Garmendia, A.; Salvador, A.; Crespo, C.; Garmendia,L.Evaluación de impacto ambiental. Ed. Pearson Prentice Hall. Madrid (2005).

Basic bibliography

Orozco C. (2002). Contaminación Ambiental. Thomson.

Bueno, Sastre, Lavín. Contaminación e Ingeniería Ambiental. Ed. F.Y.C.Y.T. Unuv. Oviedo (1997)

Conesa Fernández Vítora , Instrumentos de la Gestión Ambiental de la Empresa, . Grupo Mundi Prensa (1996)

In-depth bibliography

G. Kiely. (2001). Ingeniería Medioambiental. Ed. Mc. Graw Hill
Gómez Orea. Evaluación del Impacto Ambiental. Ed. Agrícola Española. S.A. Madrid (1994).
CIVITAS. (2007). Legislación sobre Medio Ambiente.Ed. Thomson.

Journals

Ingeniería Química
Environmental Technology
Environmental Science & Technology

Web addresses

http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/es/s15002.htm
http://ictnet.es/ICTnet/home/cv/?area=mAmb&cv=residuos
http://www.mtas.es/insht/legislation/tl_res.htm
http://www.mma.es/calid_amb/residuos/plan/indez.htm
http://www.tecnociencia.es/especiales/residuos