Energy and Environmental Engineering

 

Energy and Environmental Engineering

The central elements are processes rooted in chemical or biochemical engineering, but applied to manage energy use and to control the environmental load of production facilities. This focus area is thus largely process oriented, but concentrated on energy and environment. A large element of cross-disciplinary design and development should be present in individual study plans even though chemical and biochemical processes form the core. See examples of study plans with fall or spring start.

An energy and environmental engineering study plan should include the following general competence courses:

28350 Process Design: Principles and Methods 10 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12) and Spring F3B (Fri 13-17)
28485 Biobusiness and Process Innovation 5 point Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
or
38103 X-Tech Entrepreneurship 10 point Spring F3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17), Autumn E3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17)
28530 Transport Processes 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
42500 Innovation in Engineering 5 point January
or
42504 Innovation in Engineering 5 point August
or
42501 Innovation in Engineering 5 point June

Innovation in Engineering is mandatory for all MSc students. Either Biobusiness and Process Innovation or X-Tech Entrepreneurship must be part of an MSc Chemical and Biochemical Engineering study plan. No more general competence courses are needed to fulfill the 30 ECTS points requirement, but inclusion as an elective of course 28361 Chemical Engineering Model Analysis to support the ability to do advanced modeling of equipment and processes is recommended.

The following technological specialization courses are relevant in connection with particular chemical and biochemical engineering aspects of Energy and Environmental Engineering:

26510 Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry 10 point Spring F4 (Tues 13-17, Fri 8-12)
28244 Combustion and High Temperature Processes 5 point Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12)
28315 Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry 5 point E7 (Tues 18-22)
28434 Membrane Technology 5 point Spring F1A (Mon 8-12)
28443 Industrial Reaction Engineering 7.5 point Spring F4B (Fri 8-12)
28852 Risk Assessment in Chemical and Biochemical Industry 5 point Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17)
28871 Production of Biofuels 10 point Spring F2A (Mon 13-17) and Spring F4B (Fri 8-12)
28872 Biorefinery 5 point Autumn E4B (Fri 8-12)
47301 Hydrogen energy and fuel cells 5 point Spring F1B (Thurs 13-17)

A study plan within the focus area Energy and Environmental Engineering should include two or three of the mainly process oriented courses 28244, 28434, 28443, and 28852. Course 28315 should also be included since it provides an understanding of physical and chemical phenomena at interfaces.The subjects of those five courses are broadly applicable in many different contexts of energy production or solution of environmental problems.

The requirement of 30 ECTS points technological specialization courses may be satisfied through a free choice among all the program's technological specialization courses. The choice of additional technological specialization courses should be considered together with the choice of electives and be guided by MSc project interests.

Electives, i.e. courses not counting as general competences or technological specializations in the MSc Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, are important in order to complete an education in chemical and biochemical engineering with special focus on Energy and Environmental Engineering. An in-depth study within the focus area typically involves electives to be decided in collaboration with faculty advisors from appropriate MSc research project areas and based on area of interest.

A few examples of electives are listed below in connection with the study plan examples.

Two examples are shown: one for students beginning their MSc study in September, and one for students beginning their MSc study in February.

The study plans are examples only. Students are free to exchange the shown courses with other courses as long as general competence (GC) and technological specialization (TS) requirements are satisfied.

The plans are not full, but satisfy GC and TS requirements. Remaining ECTS points must be chosen by the students to have the plans add up to 120 ECTS points.

Some electives are specified as additional GC or TS courses. Further GC and TS courses may be chosen as electives.

Any DTU MSc level course may be used as elective, but there may be prerequisites outside MSc Chemical and Biochemical Engineering . The following are examples of courses relevant for energy and environmental engineering

12109 Physico-Chemical Water Treatment Technologies 5 point Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
12110 Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery 5 point Spring F5A (Wed 8-12)
12240 Environmental Management, innovation and Ethics 5 point January
12330 Contaminated Sites 10 point Spring F3 (Tues 8-12, Fri 13-17)
12772 Life Cycle Assessment of Products and Systems 10 point Autumn E1 (Mon 8-12, Thurs 13-17)
12774 Assessing health, environmental and life cycle impacts 5 point June
28271 Thermal gasification and sustainability 5 point June
28415 Oil and gas production 5 point Spring F4A (Tues 13-17)
28515 Enhanced oil recovery and carbon dioxide storage 5 point Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17)
28870 Energy and Sustainability 5 point E7 (Tues 18-22)
41416 Energy systems - analysis, design and optimization 10 point Spring F5 (Wed 8-17)

Study plan examples - Energy and Environmental Engineering

Study plan for September start:

General competences
Technological specialization
Thesis
1.Semester
28530
Transport Processes
10 point
42500
Innovation in Engineering
5 point
28315
Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry
5 point
28420
Separation Processes
7.5 point
2.Semester
28350
Process Design: Principles and Methods
10 point
28361
Chemical engineering model analysis
7.5 point
28434
Membrane Technology
5 point
28443
Industrial Reaction Engineering
7.5 point
3.Semester
28485
Biobusiness and Process Innovation
5 point
28244
Combustion and High Temperature... Combustion and High Temperature Processes
5 point
28852
Risk Assessment in Chemical and... Risk Assessment in Chemical and Biochemical Industry
5 point
4.Semester
SPEC
MSc Thesis
30 point

Study plan for February start:

General competences
Technological specialization
Thesis
1.Semester
28350
Process Design: Principles and Methods
10 point
42501
Innovation in Engineering
5 point
28345
Industrial BioReaction Engineering
5 point
28434
Membrane Technology
5 point
2.Semester
28530
Transport Processes
10 point
28485
Biobusiness and Process Innovation
5 point
28315
Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry
5 point
28852
Risk Assessment in Chemical and... Risk Assessment in Chemical and Biochemical Industry
5 point
28872
Biorefinery
5 point
3.Semester
28361
Chemical engineering model analysis
7.5 point
28871
Production of Biofuels
10 point
4.Semester
SPEC
MSc Thesis
30 point