Carbon Footprint Estimation and Reduction Techniques detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering Sandwich (Mech Sandwich) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech Sandwich 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.
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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
PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE AND GHG EMISSIONS 9
Life-cycle GHG Accounting – Principles of Product Life Cycle GHG Accounting and Reporting -Fundamentals of Product Life Cycle GHG Accounting – Establishing the Scope of a Product Inventory- GHG Emission Inventories and Accounting – Collecting Data and Assessing Data QualityAllocation and Assessing Uncertainty
Unit III
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Unit IV
EMISSION MITIGATION AND CARBON SINK 9
Setting GHG Reduction Targets and Tracking Inventory Changes – Non-Fossil Fuel based Energy Systems – Carbon Dioxide capture and Storage Technologies -Mitigation potentials of different Sectors and systems – Innovation, Technology Development and Transfer, – Social aspects of mitigation -Polcies, Institutions and international corporations – Carbon Pricing and Finance -GHG Offsetting and Green marketing.
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:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Explain the climate change and carbon footprint
- Discuss the principle of product life cycle and Green House Gas emissions accounting
- Explain the Methodology for Carbon Footprint Calculation
- Discuss emission mitigation and carbon sink
- Explain the case study of carbon footprint.
Text Books:
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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.
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