COURSES

Goals

The aim of the course is to enable postgraduates to select and manage the selected environmental protection technologies. General Competences: - The student will master selected research methods, procedures and processes - The student will develop critical thinking and self-assessment - The student will develop communication skills to present research results in an international environment - The student will be able to cooperate in a team - Industrial relevance

Curriculum

- The role of environmental sustainability in the sustainable development - Minimizing wastes, zero waste (definitions, planning, organization, the evaluation of alternatives, study of possibilities, implementation of selected project) - Thermodynamic method of minimizing the consumption of energy, materials, and water (pinch analysis, resource efficiency) - Resource efficient and cleaner production - Critical raw materials, Industrial ecology, circular economy - Knowledge and enforcement of ecotechnological requirements for the selected processes and equipment - Concept and critical analysis of the mass and energy balances of processes - Comparative analysis of parameters for economic assessment of processes, sustainability metrics. - Ecological Footprint, and Carbon Footprint