Course: Environmental Aspects of Chemical Industry

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Course title Environmental Aspects of Chemical Industry
Course code FCH/SB055
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
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Course content
Timetable of lectures: 1. Infrastructure of chemical Industry. Sources of starting raw materials, sources available in Czech Republic and environmental aspects of exploitation of these sources. 2. Energy supplies for chemical industry and environmental aspects dealing with these activities. Sources of energy, cogeneration, applied heating media. 3. Efficient cooling in chemical industry. Environmental aspects of this activity. Best available technologies used for cooling, cooling media, condensation of air, used technologies available for separation of nitrogen and oxygen. 4. Methods used for water treatment, biodegradability of contaminants, applicable end-pipe techniques for waste water treatment. 5. Coal as a raw source of energy and/or chemicals. Best available pyrolysis (coke production) and gasification (partial oxidation) techniques used in Czech Republic and EU. Environmental aspects of this technologies. 6. Limestone as chemical raw materiál, production of CaO and Ca(OH)2, the terms co-combustion and RDF. Environmental aspects of these activities. 7. Technology of cement production, applied raw materials, applicability of flamable waste as source of heat (RDF). Environmental aspects of this process. 8. Technology of iron and steel maiden, starting raw materials, term agglomeration and environmental aspects of these activities. 9. Technology of NaHCO3 and Na2CO3 production, available raw materials and their raffining. Environmental aspects of these technologies. 10. NaOH and KOH production, available sources and their purification. Environmental aspects of these technologies. 11. Production of oxidants for wastewater treatment, production of hypochlorites and chlorates of alkaline metals. Environmental aspects of these productions. 12. Techniques applicable for capture of acid gases from exhaust fumes. Environmental aspects of this techniques. 13. Best available techniques for production of fertilizers. Traditional raw materials used for their production. Environmental aspects of this production.

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