Course detail
Process and Power Engineering and Legislation
FSI-KEL Acad. year: 2018/2019 Winter semester
Planning and design of process and power systems require knowledge of both current and upcoming legislative limitations. In the course, students will get acquainted with essential parts of legislation related to design, construction and operation of process and power engineering units and industrial plants. They will learn about regulations for environmental protection, the use of natural resources and proces safety. A part of the course is also devoted to legal liability, protection of intellectual property and final products compliance with legislation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will learn essential parts of legislation related to design and operation of process units. They will learn to apply gained knowledge of regulations in engineering practice. Students will be able to evaluate proces parameters with respect to related legislation.
Prerequisites
Mass and heat balance calculations, mechanisms of pollutant emissions formation, design of process and power systems, statistics.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
SEMINARS: Regular and active attendence is obligatory. A minimum number of 20 points from course assignments and final presentation must be reached.
EXAM: The exam is written. It must be passed succesfully, i.e. a minimum number of 30 points must be reached. Final grade is based on the sum of points obtained from the course assignments and written exam. The course evaluation follows a standard procedure (less than 50 points – F, [50,60) points – E, [60,70) points – D, [70,80) points – C, [80,90) points – B, 90 points and more – A).
Aims
– To get acquainted with essential parts of legislation related to design, construction and operation of process and power engineering units and industrial plants.
- To become able to apply gained knowledge to a set of typical process units and industrial plants.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Participation in the seminar is regularly checked. In justified cases, an absence at a seminar may be substituted by an individual project (in the form of practical case study).
The study programmes with the given course
Programme M2I-P: Mechanical Engineering, Master's
branch M-PRI: Process Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction, legal liability.
2. Hazardous substances and their characteristics, risk analysis, related legislation
3. Methods of identification and evaluation of sources of risk
4. Environmental protection I
5. Environmental protection II
6. Construction of industrial plants and related legislation
7. Technical standards
8. Placing products on the market
9. Selected process units and related legislative requirements
10. Energy production and management
11. Quality of products
12. Intellectual property protection
13. Solution to model examples of typical industrial processes
Exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Course projects and assignments, legal liability.
2. Classification of hazardous chemicals, identification and evaluation of sources of risk.
3. Flue gas measurement and evaluation.
4. Wastewater quality measurement and evaluation.
5. Energy audit.
6. Quality of products.
7. Presentations and evaluation of course assignments.