Ecology in energy utilization

• Basic informations:


  Course instructors:   Davor Ljubas, Ph. D.
  Vladimir Soldo, Ph. D.
  Darko Smoljan, Ph. D.
  ECTS points:   5
  Course number:   19576
  Exercises:   auditory exercises
  laboratory exercises

• Course description:

The objective of this course is to provide basic understanding of various roles of energy resources in living, industry and energy sector with specific emphasis on their impact on the environment. Understanding the available fuels in industry and energy. Products of combustion, energy efficiency. The characteristics of the atmosphere as a recipient for the flue gases. Cross-border exchange of pollutants. Refrigerants in refrigeration, environmental impact, disposal. Renewable and nonrenewable energy sources.


• Recommended literature:

- vanLoon G. W. and Duffy S., Environmental Chemistry: A global perspective, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Heinsohn R.J., Kabel R.L., Sources and Control of Air Pollution, Prentice Hall, 1999.
- Žilić D., Prilagodba rashladnih sustava novim radnim tvarima, MZOPU RH, Zagreb, 2000.
- WangS.K., Handbook of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, McGraw-Hill 2000.

• Additional literature:

- Carrol J., Natural gas hydrates - a guide for engineers, Gulf Professional Publishing - Elsevier, Oxford, 2009.