BME Vegyészmérnöki és Biomérnöki Kar

Environmental Chemistry and Technology

BMEVEKFA403

Elements of the environment, dangerous factors. The process of pollution: emission, transmission, imission. The aim and the instruments of environmental protection.

Technical solutions. Economical instruments, fees, fines, supports. Air polluting materials (carbonmonoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, ozone, hydrocarbons, photochemical oxidants, particulates, dioxins, water polluting materials (materials with

high oxygen demand, detergents, mineral oils, organic compounds, inorganic compounds, chemistry of their formation, parameters influencing their rate of formation, their chemical and physical interaction with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, litosphere and biosphere. Biologycal degradation of polymers. Heat pollution. Techniques of air and water pollution control. Classification of wastes, dangerous wastes, treatment and disposal technologies.