ES-401 · Energy & Environmental Engineering/Official Syllabus
Energy & Environmental Engineering (ES-401) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
Introduction to Energy Science
- Introduction to energy systems and resources
- Introduction to Energy, sustainability & the environment
- Overview of energy systems
- sources
- transformations
- efficiency
- storage
- Fossil fuels (coal, oil, oil-bearing shale and sands, coal gasification) - past, present & future
- Remedies & alternatives for fossil fuels - biomass, wind, solar, nuclear, wave, tidal and hydrogen
- Sustainability and environmental trade-offs of different energy systems
- possibilities for energy storage or regeneration (Ex. Pumped storage hydro power projects, superconductor-based energy storages, high efficiency batteries)
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Unit 2
Ecosystems
- Concept of an ecosystem
- Structure and function of an ecosystem
- Producers, consumers and decomposers
- Energy flow in the ecosystem
- Ecological succession
- Food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids
- Introduction, types, characteristic features, structure and function of the following ecosystem (a.)Forest ecosystem (b) Grassland ecosystem (c) Desert ecosystem (d) Aquatic ecosystems (ponds, streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, estuaries)
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Unit 3
Biodiversity and its conservation
- Introduction – Definition: genetic, species and ecosystem diversity
- Bio-geographical classification of India
- Value of biodiversity: consumptive use, productive use, social, ethical, aesthetic and option values
- Biodiversity at global, National and local levels
- India as a mega-diversity nation
- Hot-sports of biodiversity
- Threats to biodiversity: habitat loss, poaching of wildlife, man-wildlife conflicts
- Endangered and endemic species of India
- Conservation of biodiversity: In-situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity
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Unit 4
Environmental Pollution
- Definition, Cause, effects and control measures of Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Marine pollution, Noise pollution, Thermal pollution, Nuclear hazards
- Solid waste Management: Causes, effects and control measures of urban and industrial wastes
- Role of an individual in prevention of pollution
- Pollution case studies
- Disaster management: floods, earthquake, cyclone and landslides
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Unit 5
Social Issues and the Environment
- From Unsustainable to Sustainable development
- Urban problems related to energy
- Water conservation, rain water harvesting, watershed management
- Resettlement and rehabilitation of people; its problems and concerns
- Case Studies
- Environmental ethics: Issues and possible solutions
- Climate change, global warming, acid rain, ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and holocaust
- Case Studies Wasteland reclamation
- Consumerism and waste products
- Environment Protection Act
- Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
- Water (Prevention and control of Pollution) Act
- Wildlife Protection Act
- Forest Conservation Act
- Issues involved in enforcement of environmental legislation
- Public awareness
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Unit 6
Field work
- Visit to a local area to document environmental assets-river/forest/grassland/hill/mountain
- Visit to a local polluted site-Urban/Rural/Industrial/Agricultural
- Study of common plants, insects, birds
- Study of simple ecosystems-pond, river, hill slopes, etc.
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