Green Engineering

Catalog description

Prerequisites: MATH 1920 and CHEM 3010. This course focuses on including environmental objectives during the design of chemical processes. Environmental objectives include sustainable energy use, global warming, ozone, air quality, water quality, and zero discharge. Risk concepts, environmental legislation and evaluation of fate based on chemical structure are reviewed. Pollution prevention and analysis are covered with attention to unit operations of the chemical reactor and catalysis. Critical review of literature sources is emphasized.