EA4101 Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Syllabus:
EA4101 Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES
To enable sensitivity with respect to the linkages/ relationship between energy, lifestyle, food chain and sustainability.
To facilitate understanding of appropriate technologies aiding sustainability.
To enhance the knowledge ecological principles and system in sustainable development
UNIT I ENERGY SOURCES
Introduction to nexus between Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development; Energy transformation from source to services; Energy sources, sun as the source of energy; biological processes; photosynthesis; food chains, classification of energy sources, quality and concentration of energy sources; fossil fuel reserves – estimates, duration; theory of renewability, renewable resources; overview of global/ India’s energy scenario.
UNIT II ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES
Ecological principles, concept of ecosystems, ecosystem theories, energy resources and their inter-linkages, energy flow, the impacts of human activities on energy flow in major man-made ecosystems- agricultural, industrial and urban ecosystems.
UNIT III ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT
Environmental effects of energy extraction, conversion and use; sources of pollution from energy technologies (both renewable and non-renewable); primary and secondary pollutants; consequence of pollution and population growth; air, water, soil, thermal, noise pollution -cause and effect; pollution control methods, sources and impacts; environmental laws on pollution control. Kyoto Protocol; Conference of Parties (COP); Clean Development Mechanism, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation.
UNIT IV GREEN INNOVATION & SUSTAINABILITY
Criteria for choosing appropriate green energy technologies, emerging trends process/product innovation-, technological / environmental leap-frogging; Eco/green technologies for addressing the problems of Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Biodiversity, eco-restoration/ phytoremediation, ecological sanitation, renewable energy technologies, industrial ecology, agro ecology and other appropriate green technologies.
UNIT V GREEN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The inseparable linkages of life supporting systems, biodiversity and ecosystem services and their implications for sustainable development; global warming; greenhouse gas emissions, impacts, mitigation and adaptation; future energy Systems- clean/green energy technologies; International agreements/conventions on energy and sustainability – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC).
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES
CO1 An understanding of the linkages between the ecosystem, food web and sustainability.
CO2 Knowledge about renewable and non-renewable sources of energies and their effects on the environment.
CO3 Awareness of how human activity affects the way energy flows through the largest manmade ecosystems
CO4 Awareness of new developments in green energy technologies and innovation ideas.
REFERENCES
1. E H Thorndike, Energy & Environment: A Primer for Scientists and Engineers, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
2. Energy and Environment Set: Mathematics of Decision Making, Loulou, Richard; Waaub, Jean-Philippe; Zaccour, Georges (Eds.), 2005, XVIII, 282 p. ISBN: 978-0 387-25351-0
3. Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability, World Energy assessment, UNDP, N York, 2000.
4. Energy and the Environment, 2nd Edition, John Wiley, 2006, ISBN:9780471172482; Authors: Ristinen, Robert A. Kraushaar, Jack J. AKraushaar, Jack P. Ristinen, Robert A., Publisher: Wiley, Location: New York, 2006.
5. R Wilson & W J Jones, Energy, Ecology and the Environment, Academic Press Inc.