Energy Efficiency & Environment

Course title: Energy Efficiency & Environment

Code: FEIT04Z019

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+2+0+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: Fundamentals of electrical engineering

Course goals/Competences: Impact of power plants operation on the environment. Study the methodologies for calculating the harmful effects of solid, liquid and gaseous combustion products, methods for their emission reduction. Energy efficient methods. Evaluation of the environmental impacts of the power plants.

Total available number of classes: 180

Curriculum: Energy efficient measures for saving energy. Efficient electrical devices and efficient light bulbs. Impact of electricity production from different technologies on the environment. Atmospheric and geological composition. Types of fossil fuels and their composition and chemical content and its characteristics on emission factors. Operation of the fossil fuel thermal power plants (TPP) and its impact on the environment. Solid waste (ash) and gaseous emissions (nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides and carbon oxides). Greenhouse effect (GHG) and ozone layer of meaning to life on earth. Technologies for electricity generation. Technologies for reduction of emissions from fossil fuels thermal power plants and their economic evaluation of the plant (increased investments). Assessing the economic needs of the external costs for environmental protection. Simulation of the imapcts of various types power plants operation on the environment. Impact of nuclear power plant (NPP) operation on the environment. Classification of radioactive waste and its treatment. Effects of construction of hydro power plants (HPP) on the environment and evaluate the effects of disruption of bio cycle locally and globally. Sustainable energy development. Quantification of risk to the environment from the operation of power facilities.

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