Course detail

Green Chemistry

FCH-MA_ENG10Acad. year: 2024/2025

The course will provide knowledge of green chemistry issues, a modern perspective on the use of specific procedures that lead to a reduction in environmental burden and more efficient chemical processes.

1.–2. Principles of green chemistry
3. Basic concepts, principles and strategies
4.–5. Ionic liquids
6. Green solvents
7. Green chemistry and pollutants
8. (Bio)catalysis and biomaterials
9.–10. Industrial examples
11. Designing greener processes
12. Chemical evaluation, GHS vs. ecotoxicology
13. Green chemistry project – independent work 

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jozef Krajčovič, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection (ÚCHTOŽP)

Offered to foreign students

The home faculty only

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Not applicable.

Aims

The students understand the principles of green chemistry. The students are familiar with the process of scientific work in the field of green chemistry and are able to derive research-oriented experiments from hypotheses, to develop and to carry out the core points of scientific articles and to elaborate them in hypothesis-controlled experiments in the field.
Students will understand modern green renewable technologies as a potential energy source for future.
 

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ANASTAS, Paul T a WARNER, John C. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-850698-8. (EN)
KERTON F.M. Alternative Solvents for Green Chemistry. 2009 RSC (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPAP_ENVI Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme NPAP_ENVI Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jozef Krajčovič, Ph.D.

Laboratory exercise

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jozef Krajčovič, Ph.D.
Ing. Jan Truksa, Ph.D.
RNDr. Veronika Ostatná, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jan Richtár, Ph.D.

Seminar

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Veronika Ostatná, Ph.D.
Ing. Jan Truksa, Ph.D.
prof. Ing. Jozef Krajčovič, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jan Richtár, Ph.D.

Syllabus

The subject will provide knowledge of green chemistry issues, a modern view of the use of specific procedures that lead to the reduction of the ecological burden and the efficiency of chemical processes. 

1.–2. Principles of green chemistry
3. Basic concepts, principles and strategies
4.–5. Ionic liquids
6. Green solvents
7. Green chemistry and pollutants
8. (Bio)catalysis and biomaterials
9.–10. Industrial examples
11. Designing greener processes
12. Chemical assessment, GHS vs. ecotoxicology
13. Green chemistry project – individual assignment
 

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course