Fuels, emissions and emission controls (5 cr)
Code: 5100BI29-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.06.2022 - 26.08.2022
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology
- Teachers
- Paavo Paju
- Course
- 5100BI29
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After taking part in this module, the student:
- knows the properties of different fuels
- can analyze the life cycle impacts of different fuels from an economic and environmental perspective
- knows the impacts of combustion gases generated by the combustion process
- knows the principles of climate protection processes and applications
- can scale both processes and processing units for combustion gas management
- can determine both type and magnitude of emissions generated in combustion
- can describe the emissions generated in nuclear power plants in normal mode
- can describe basic security structures of nuclear power plants and nuclear waste treatment principles
- can determine the prospects for carbon capture and storage (CSS), and estimate the costs and benefits of existing technologies.