Sustainable Engineering Concepts and Life Cycle Analysis
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The official GTU curriculum for Sustainable Engineering Concepts and Life Cycle Analysis (subject code ME03000191) as prescribed for GE · Semester 3 divides the course into 6 units, covering 31 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME03000191)Unit 1 An Introduction to Sustainability Concepts and Life Cycle Analysis
- Material flow and waste management
- What it all means for an engineer? Water energy and food nexus)
Unit 2 Risk and Life Cycle Framework for Sustainability (Introduction, Risk,
- Environmental Risk Assessment
- Example Chemicals and Health Effects
- Character of Environmental Problems)
Unit 3 Environmental Data Collection and LCA Methodology (Environmental
- Data Collection Issues
- Statistical Analysis of Environmental Data
- Common Analytical Instruments
- Overview of LCA Methodology - Goal Definition
- Life Cycle Inventory
- Life Cycle Impact Assessment
- Life Cycle Interpretation
- LCA Software tools)
Unit 4 Life Cycle Assessment – Detailed Methodology and ISO Framework
- (Detailed Example on LCA Comparisons
- LCA Benefits and Drawbacks
- Historical Development and LCA Steps from ISO Framework)
- Life Cycle Inventory and Impact Assessments (Unit Processes and System Boundary Data Quality
- Procedure for Life Cycle Impact Assessment
- LCIA in Practice with Examples
- Interpretation of LCIA Results)
- Factors for Good LCA Study (ISO Terminologies
- LCA Steps Recap
- Chemical Release and Fate and Transport, and Green Sustainable Materials)
Unit 5 Design for Sustainability (Environmental Design for Sustainability
- Environmental Indicators
- Social Performance Indicators
- Sustainable Engineering Design Principles and Environmental Cost Analysis)
Unit 6 Case Studies (e.g., Odour Removal for Organics Treatment Plant,
- Comparison of Hand Drying Methods
- Biofuels for Transportation
- Kerosene Lamp vs
- Solar Lamp
- Bioplastic etc.)
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