Course detail

Chemical Industry and Nuclear Power Plants Technology

FCH-BCO_TCPAcad. year: 2008/2009

Basic raw-materials and chemical industry sources. Reactors and chemical industry apparatuses. Chemical productions typical by special breakdown and related risks. Safety proceeding for transport of dangerous substances and goods. Nuclear equipments characteristics. Buildings and operating complexes witch nuclear reactor is part of. Used reactor types. Storage plants for radioactive waste.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

examination

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Technologies of waste treatment and Technology of chemical substances.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

written test and respectively additional oral examination

Course curriculum

1. Basic raw-materials and chemical industry sources
2. Reactors and apparatusses of chemical industry
3. Chemical productions with potential breakdowns and risks connections with them
4. Safety precautions by the transport of dangerous chemicals and goods
5. Classes by the transport of chemicals and goods by the Agreement ADR and RID
6. Characteristic of the nuclear equipments mainly nuclear power stations
7. Buildings and operation complexes with nuclear reactor
8. Types of nowadays used nuclear reactors
9. Safety of nuclear reactors – Tshernobyl syndrom
10. Storage and reprocessing plants for radioactive wastes

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Chemical productions typical by special breakdown and related risks. Safety proceeding for transport of dangerous substances and goods. Nuclear equipments characteristics. Buildings and operating complexes witch nuclear reactor is part of. Used reactor types. Storage plants for radioactive waste.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

test

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Moldan B.: Ekologická dimenze udržitelného rozvoje, Karolinum, Praha 2001 (CS)
Shafer D.A.: Hazardous Materials Characterization, Wiley, New York 2006 (CS)
Mašek I. a kol.: Prevence závažných průmyslových havárií, FCh VUT, Brno 2006 (CS)

Recommended reading

LaGrega M.D., Buckingham P.L., Evans J.C.: Hazardous Waste Management, McGraw-Hill, London 2001 (CS)
Walker C.H.: Organic Pollutants, Taylor and Francis Publishing, London 2001 (CS)
Urban P.G., Pitt M.J.: Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, Elsevier, Amsterodam 2007 (CS)
Bender H.F., Eisenbarth P.: Hazardous Chemicals, Wiley-VCh, Weinheim 2007 (CS)
Wang L.K., Hung Y.T., Lo H.H.: Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment, CRC Press, Boca raton 2007 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPCP_OOB Bachelor's

    branch BPCO_KROO , 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme CKCP_CZV lifelong learning

    branch CKCO_CZV , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer