• Semester 4, position 5

The student attending this course should: Understands the concept of sustainable development; Perceive the principles, indicators and goals of sustainable development; Understands the importance of the application of materials in the concept of sustainable development; Identifies critical raw materials and product life cycle; Perceive the units and different ways of presenting the quantities in production and consumption of energy; Perceive the possibilities of energy saving and the importance of environmental protection in order to fulfil the requirements of sustainable development; Understands the term of fuel and considers the basic characteristics and importance of quality standards; Perceive the importance of using renewable energy sources; Understands the impact of fuel use on the environment (through the importance of the carbon footprint); Comprehend the significance of friction, wear and lubrication and the problems connected with it, the field of construction and maintenance of mechanical systems; Understands the role of lubricants and the significance of proactive maintenance; Perceive the impact of waste oils and the importance of their recycling; Develop the knowledge and skills necessary for planning and managing resources, including water resources, in the context of climate change and environmental and social responsibility.

Based on the mastered knowledge the student is qualified to: Apply the basic concept and analyse the goals of sustainable development; Use the basic postulates of sustainable development within mechanical engineering; Identifies and analyse energy and environmental indicators; Analyse and calculate energy circulation within the industrial process; Analyses the possibilities of energy savings and intensify the effects of environmental protection; Analyses the advantages and disadvantages of using renewable energy sources; Identifies the basic causes of energy and material dissipation in some mechanical system; Assess the impact of the use of lubricants and lubrication processes on industrial processes; Looks at the possibilities of using water as a basic resource; Successfully promotes the goals of sustainable development in a business-production environment through the acquired communication and presentation skills.

1.1 Sustainable development and critical raw materials; 1.2 Goals of sustainable development; 1.3 Energy and ecology; 2.1 Basic characteristics, classification and types of fuel; 2.2 Renewable energy sources; 2.3 Environmental aspects of fuel use; 3.1 Dissipation of energy and materials; 3.2 Lubricants and proactive maintenance; 3.3 Ecology of lubricants and legal regulations; 4.1 Management of water resources in the function of sustainable development; 4.2 Water conservation – conservation of water resources; 4.3 Water resources and environment.

1.1 Conversion of energy units; 1.2 Analysis of indicators of the ecological principle within the concept of sustainable development; 2.1 Fuel specifications and test procedures; 2.2 Calculation of carbon footprint, renewable energy security index and case studies; 3.1 Marking, classifications and specifications of lubricants; 3.2 Methods for diagnostics of lubricating oil; 4.1 Modeling of water use processes at different locations and at different scales; 4.2 Projecting water consumption based on technological requirements in a certain industrial facility; 4.3 Project preparing.

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1. --, Handouts for each lecture, (in Serbian). 2. A. Rac, Fundamentals of Tribology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, 1991, (in Serbian). 3. A. Rac, Lubricants and Machine Lubrications, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, 2007, (in Serbian). 4. M. Radovanović, Fuels, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, 1994, (in Serbian). 5. M. Radovanović, Propellants II – Industrial Water, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, 1987, (in Serbian). 6. N. Manić, B. Janković, D. Stojiljković, M. Radojević, Fundamentals of the Process of Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, 2022, (in Serbian). 7. V. Jovanović, Manual for Laboratory Exercises, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, 2021, (in Serbian).

Total assigned hours: 60

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

Auditory exercises: 0
Laboratory exercises: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 12
Project: 8
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 10
Research study work: 0

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

Activity during lectures: 0
Test/test: 0
Laboratory practice: 0
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 30
Final exam: 70
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 35

M. Ashby, Materials and Sustainable Development, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 2022.; B. Bhushan, Principles and Applications of Tribology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999.; M. Torbacke, Å. Kassman Rudolphi, E. Kassfeldt, Lubricants – Introduction to Properties and Performance, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2014.; S. Dutta, C.M. Hussain, Sustainable Fuel Technologies Handbook, Elsevier, 2020.; J. O'Connor, N. Bobby, L. Tim, Renewable Fuels: Sources, Conversion, and Utilization, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022.