Key words
Introduction to environmental technology
Objectives
- Obtain the basic knowledge needed for all courses of environment technology, environmental law and toxicology, which are taught in the second and third years.
- Being able to situate chemicals in classes and know their general properties and applications.
- Working knowledge of different tables (e.g. periodic system, table with electrode potentials, table with acid-base constants).
- Obtain insight into the structure of the matter.
- Obtain insight into simple chemical reactions.
- Being able to make simple calculations with magnitudes related to environmental sciences and technologies, so as to compare measuring results with legal norms.
- Being able to make calculations with data obtained from above-mentioned tables to examine why a reaction continues or stops.
- Obtaining insight into the chemical and physical methods commonly used in process technology and environmental technology.
Topics
The course is essentially structured around 4 parts. Parts I and II have linear structures, whereas parts III and IV are thematically structured.
Part 1: Fundamental notions of the general and inorganic chemistry.
The most important items discussed in this part are: structure of the matter, the most important inorganic compounds with their most important properties and their uses, the different kinds of chemical reactions (quantitative and energetic aspects, pH of solutions). After every part of the course, attention will be paid to practical exercises by means of detailed examples. These exercises may be based on a limited amount of subject matter or may combine various parts and aspects of the course.
Part 2: Fundamental notions of organic chemistry
The introduction gives an idea of the complexity and the dimension of organic chemistry. In this part different classes of carbon-containing compounds are discussed with a focus on those compounds that are frequently responsible for environmental problems. The most important characteristics and connections will be explained concisely for each class of compounds. Some of the most frequently occurring reactions between organic compounds will be explained concisely.
Part 3 : Fundamental notions of physics
The most important items in the course " basic notions of physics" are: notions about movement, force, work, power, energy, thermo-dynamics, electricity, magnetism, state of matter, vibrations and waves.
For each of these items, attention will only be given to the points that are really necessary for the technical environment courses in the following academic years. Some basic formulae have to be used by the students in exercises. For calculations, attention will be given to the use of the right units and to the conversion into practical units.
Part 4 : Process technology
In this part chemical and physical methods commonly used in environmental technology are briefly discussed.
Prerequisites
None
Students are expected to be environment-minded.
Final Objectives
Knowledge:
Job-related (specific)- Having an understanding of elementary physical and chemical notions
- Having an understanding of environmental technological notions
- Having basic knowledge to acquire insight into the technological processes
- Having an understanding of chemical, physical and toxicological properties of the most common product groups
Skills:
General:- Thinking and reasoning power
Job-related (general)- Logical thinking
- Dealing with figures
Attitudes:
General:- Being precise and accurate
Job-related (general)
Materials used
Syllabus
Study costs
Syllabus : unit price determined under hogeschool rules (some 280 pages).
Study guidance
Individual problems can always be discussed with the lecturer.
Teaching Methods
Lecture
Guided exercises: these exercises will be dealt with as examples during the course.
Exercises with the same level of difficulty have to be solved by the students themselves and will be explained and discussed by the lecturer afterwards.
Assessment
- First exam session: written examination 100%
- Second exam session: written examination 100%
- Examination Board Flemish Community (ditto regular student).
Lecturer(s)
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