Carbon Footprint Estimation and Reduction Techniques detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (Mech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of carbon footprint estimation and reduction techniques is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CARBON FOOTPRINT 9 Green House Effect and Climate Change – Causes and Impacts of Climate Change – Economic implications of Climate Change -IPCC Reports and Projected Climate Change Scenarios – Green House Gas (GHG) Emission – Carbon footprint of Activities, Processes, Products and Services of Organisations – GHG Emission factors and Calculations
Unit II
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Unit III
METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CARBON FOOTPRINT 9 Methodology for Carbon Footprint Calculation in Crop and Livestock Production, End of Life Scenarios and Carbon Footprint of Wood Cladding, Carbon Footprints and Greenhouse Gas Emission Savings of Alternative Synthetic Biofuels, Making Food Production GHG Efficient, Carbon Footprint of Wood-Based Products and Buildings, Challenges and Merits of Choosing Alternative Functional Units, modeling aspects of carbon footprint, Quantifying Spatial-Temporal Variability of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes
Unit IV
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Unit V
CASE STUDIES 9 Carbon Footprint Estimation from Building Sector – Urban Carbon Footprint Evaluation – Applications of carbon footprint in urban planning – Mechanical Equipment and Electronic Product Carbon Footprint – Carbon Footprint of Aqua and Agriculture products- GHG Emissions from Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Solid waste management
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Assessment of Carbon Footprint in Different Industrial Sectors, Volume 1, by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Springer; Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 edition (23 August 2016), ISBN-10 : 9811011737
- Assessment of Carbon Footprint in Different Industrial Sectors, Volume 2, by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Springer Nature; 2014th edition (30 April 2014), ISBN-10 : 9814585742
Reference Books:
- Subramanian, Senthil Kannan, Muthu (2016), Carbon Foot Print Handbook, CRC Press
- Subramanian, Senthil Kannan, Muthu (2016), Environmental Carbon Foot Print Industrial case Studies, Butterworth Heinemann Publishers
- World Resources Institute, Green House Gas Protocol – Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard
- ISO 14067 -2018, Green House gases and carbon footprint, Requirements and Guidelines for Quantification, International Organisation for Standardisation.
- IPCC (2022) -Sixth Assessment Reports – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Framework convention on Climate Change.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Mechanical Engineering 6th Sem, visit Mech 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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