Essential Information
You will focus on methods used to develop mathematical models for systems in the field of environmental engineering. Different systems like nutrient cycles, food production, environmental technologies in water and energy sectors, ecology etc. will be covered. Systems analysis is one of the core tools environmental engineers can use for their future day to day work linked to circular economy, pollution control, systems engineering and much more.
Module Contents
Technical and mathematical background: how to model and analyse a system
- System boundaries and material balances
- Transport and transformation processes
- Steady state and dynamic systems
- Measurements, uncertainty, and parameter identification
Material-based environmental systems
- Water on a local and global scale
- Nutrients and other chemical compounds in the environment
- Recycling and upcycling
Energy related systems
- Thermal Energy balances: from an infrastructure level to climate change
- Renewable electrical energy: production, storage, transformation, consumption
Study Information
The language of instruction is English.