Environmental engineering

undergraduate
environmental
python
This course introduces the student to the critical analysis of environmental information, and the application of mass and energy balances to address environmental problems from a perspective of civil engineering.
Author

Marco A. Alsina

Objectives

  • Identify the chemical, biological and physical processes that regulate aquatic, atmospheric and terrestrial systems.
  • Recognize the principal strategies to remove contaminants from air, water and soils.
  • Formulate mass and energy balances for conservative and non-conservative substances.
  • Perform preliminary risk assessment to human health.
  • Identify Chilean environmental regulation.

Contents

Unit I: Sustainability criteria

  1. Environmental sustainability
  2. Sustainable design
  3. Environmental philosophy

Unit II: Environmental analysis

  1. Mass and energy balances
  2. Environmental chemistry
  3. Risk assessment

Unit III: Environmental impact

  1. Water pollution
  2. Air pollution
  3. Management of solid and hazardous residues
  4. Environmental legislation

Resources

id Content Title Author Date
4.01 Mass balances Zero order kinetics in CMBR Marco A. Alsina Jan 15, 2023
4.02 Mass balances First order kinetics in CMBR Marco A. Alsina Jan 15, 2023
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