Course: Environment and transportation

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Course title Environment and transportation
Course code KDPD/PZZPP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Tesař Miroslav, doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Sejkorová Marie, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Global and local problems of environment prevention and creating. Environmental impacts of engine fuel (I - production and structure) Environmental impacts of engine fuel (II - petrol: properties and tests) Environmental impacts of engine fuel (III - diesel fuel: properties and tests) Environmental aspects of alternative fuel production and using. Methods of contaminants reduction from waste gases. Hygiene and occupational safety for manipulation with operating materials. Air protection - air pollution, emission, the kinds of smog, creating of inversion. Anthropogenic breaking into ozone layer. Greenhouse effect. Water - function in environment. Properties and methods of analysis. Waste water and its impact on receiving stream. Sewage water purification. Soil contamination from transport. Petroleum emergency disposal. Wastes - classification, technology and equipment of waste disposal. Environmental information system and legislature.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
Give information about environmental protection and creating, negative effects of transport on environment and their reduction.
Studying the course student has overview about transport effects on environmental parts and about environmental properties of operating materials and concrete technical solution of selected problems. He is familiar with electronic information sources. He will learn about properties of fuel, petroleum lubricants, recoil-liquids and coolant and will know used testing methods.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

The assignment confirms that, the student of daily form of schooling attended obligatory education properly, that he joined solving of assigned tasks actively, and that he fulfilled requests which are necessary for this assignment confirmation (participation on all practical lessons, passing suitable report form them). Conditions for assignment confirmation are determined by tutor. Exam from this course (form, conclusion, duration) is in conformity with Studying and examining rules of University Pardubice. The exam consists of oral and writing parts. The successful passing of writing part is necessary condition for oral exam. During final exam student has to prove his understanding of topics mentioned above and to prove ability to solve assigned tasks individually. Particular requests will be past to students in the first part of education by tutor.
Recommended literature
  • ADAMEC V. a kol. Doprava, zdraví a životní prostředí.. Grada Praha, 2008.
  • Dirner, Vojtech. Ochrana životního prostředí : základy, plánování, technologie, ekonomika, právo a management. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí České republiky, 1997. ISBN 80-7078-490-3.
  • Hlavňa, V. a kol. Dopravný prostriedok a životné prostredie.. VŠDS Žilina, 1996. ISBN 80-7100-309-9.
  • MACHALÍKOVÁ, J. a kol. Životní prostředí - Návody na cvičení. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2001.
  • ŠKAPA, P. Doprava a životní prostředí I, II, III.. VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2004.
  • Vlček, Jaroslav. Metodické prostředky pro životní prostředí. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1994. ISBN 80-01-01166-6.
  • Vlček, Jaroslav. Technika a životní prostředí. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1994. ISBN 80-01-01199-2.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter