Course aims:

 Presenting the theoretical and methodological basic notions related to environmental engineering;
 Students customisation to the specific environmental engineering terminology;
 Presenting general notions related to plants and devices used for environmental protection;
 Explaining designing methods of different plants used for environmental protection;
 Understanding basic notions related to environmental engineering.

Course Entry Requirements:

Physics, Chemistry, General Ecology and Environmental Protection, Analysis and Synthesis of Technological Processes

Course contents:

 Introduction, goals and objectives of this course;  Basics regarding environmental pollution and protection;  General notions regarding technologies for environmental protection;  Basics notions and concepts related to technologies for environmental protection;  Crisis of ecosphere health status;  Ecological toxicity;  Environmental risk assessment;  Technologies for air protection;  Technologies for water protection;  Technologies for soil protection;  Biotechnologies for air, water and soil protection;  The concept of sustainable development and its operationalization;  Waste management and recycling;  Conclusions related to relevance of applying technologies for environmental protection.

Teaching methods:

Giving lectures, presenting and debating real case studies, conversation, exemplification of concrete situations regarding technologies for environmental protection.

Learning outcomes:

 usage of basic knowledge regarding technologies for environmental protection in solving concrete pollution problems;  gaining basic notions for further analyzing and assess environmental pollution and applying installations for environmental protection;  good expertise retrieval and systematic knowledge on the basis of deeper insights within the study of environmental engineering subjects.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Oral examination – 40%; project work – 40%; - continuous assessment by preparing reports and delivering results of practical work in the laboratory – 20%

Recommended reading:

• Tulbure, I.: Technologies for Environmental Protection, Lecture slides, UAB, 2018
• Banu, A., Radovici, O.,M.: Elemente de Ingineria si Protectia Mediului. Editura Tehnica, Bucurresti, 2007
• Tulbure, I., 2013: Technikbewertung (Technology Assessment), Lecture, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany
• Bank, M.: Basiswissen Umwelttechnik, 5th Edition, Editura Vogel, Würzburg, 2006
• Tulbure, I., 1997: Zustandsbeschreibung und Dynamik umweltrelevanter Systeme. UT Clausthal; Ed. Papierflieger, Germany, CUTEC+series, Nr. 25