Low Carbon Economy detailed syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Env 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 Environmental Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Env 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Env Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of low carbon economy is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
CARBON EMISSION Sources – Primary sectors – Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry – Mining, Secondary sectors -metal processing – non metallic product processing, wood processing – paper and pulp making – food processing, Tertiary sectors – Transportation services, health services
Unit II
CARBON REDUCTION OPPORTUNITIES Energy efficiency – Energy conservation – Fuel switching – Energy policy – Energy storage Smart grid- Methane cycle- Nuclear power and Carbon Capture and Storage- green house gas balances and mitigation costs.
Unit III
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Unit IV
ENERGY EFFICIENT PROGRAMMES Good housekeeping practices – Regulation and/standards – Industrial cogeneration – Fiscal policies – Agreement/targets – Energy audits – Research and Development
Unit V
INTEGRATED ENERGY POLICY Policy for renewable and non-conventional energy sources – Household energy security -Energy environment linkages – Energy supply-side and demand-side environment concern – Environmental impacts of renewable energy – India”s approach to climate change
Course Outcomes:
The students completing the course will have the ability to
- Identify sources of carbon emissions and outline the carbon reduction opportunities, low carbon technologies
- Explore the carbon reduction opportunities
- Develop low carbon technologies
- Develop energy efficient programmes and integrated energy policy in line with national and global approach to climate change mitigation.
- Develop policy for renewable and non-conventional energy sources
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Bertz Metz etal., “IPCC Special Report on Carbon dioxide capture and storage, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- “Integrated Energy Policy” – Report of the Expert Committee, Government of India, Planning Commission, New Delhi, 2006
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Environmental Engineering 5th Sem, visit Env 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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