• modul-, Semester 2, position 4

The aims is acquiring academic knowledge about sources and characteristics of hazardous gases emission and other harmful influences in all phases of thermal power plants exploitation, about the environmental influence of harmful emission, about possible technical solutions, processes and equipment for the emission reduction, harmful waste storage, as well as about the importance of these activities for economic and social development.

The students master their knowledge and skills in the field of environmental protection from the harmful emissions from the thermal power plants. Besides being acquainted with the sources of harmful emissions and methods and equipment for their reduction and storage, the students are trained to quantify harmful emissions and to estimate the technical, ecological and economical effects of current methods and measures for environmental protection.

The influence of thermal power plants on environment and harmful emissions, maximum allowed emissions, regulatory laws related to harmful emissions, international activities towards environment protection and reduction of green house gases emissions, technologies and plants for emission reductions from thermal power plants, such as dust removal from flue gases, flue gases desulphurization, NOx removal, carbon dioxide capture and storage. The influence of atmospheric conditions on emissions propagation and harmful matters dispersion, storage of solid combustion products, heat load to the environment from thermal power plants, current developments of thermal power plants efficiencies from the standpoint of emissions reductions.

Prediction of the harmful emissions during the operation of the thermal power plants, evaluation of conceptual design of plants for the harmful emissions reduction in accordance with the law regulation, ecological and economical effects of methods for emission reduction, criteria for chimney selection, analyses of wet and dry methods for flue gases desulfurization, analyses of plant accidental conditions on environmental pollution.

Passed exam in Thermodynamics.

Course handouts. Instructions for seminar work. Vendors' technical documentation of plants for environmental protection at thermal power plants.

Total assigned hours: 75

New material: 20
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 10

Auditory exercises: 15
Laboratory exercises: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 15
Project: 0
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 0
Research study work: 0

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 0
Review and grading of seminar papers: 4
Review and grading of the project: 0
Test: 8
Test: 0
Final exam: 3

Activity during lectures: 5
Test/test: 45
Laboratory practice: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 20
Project: 0
Final exam: 30
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 30

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