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1 Tempus IV International Joint Master programme on Material and Energy Flows management Project number: TEMPUS DE-TEMPUS-JPHES Tempus IV International Joint Master programme on Material and Energy Flows management Outline of the teaching material

2 8 teaching material writing Outline of the teaching material and dividing the tasks among authors 1. ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT Aleksandar Jokić, UNS 1.1 Introduction to ecosystem theory (characteristics of ecosystems, ecosystem structure, functions and benefits, environment, species, predators, symbiosis, population, biosphere, biotope, ecosystem types, ecosystem products and services, human impacts on ecosystems); 1.2 Introduction to ecosystem management (ecosystem based management defining ecosystem management, definitions of ecosystem management, principles of ecosystem management, approaches to ecosystem management ecosystem management partners, tools and practice); 1.3 Material flow in ecosystems (carbon cycle, phosphorous cycle, nitrogen cycle, water cycle, food chain: photoautotrophic, heterotrophic, decomposers); 1.4 Waste and waste water in ecosystems (detritus recycling, waste water in ecosystems and relation to man made systems, natural treatment of water pollution, bio indicators for water quality, BOD, COD) soil development bio char /terra preta/; 1.5 Energy in ecosystems (energy supply of natural ecosystems, energy balance in ecosystems, energy in the food chain, thermodynamics and the environment, ecosystem thermodynamics, thermodynamic principles, energy, entropy and exergy, eco exergy, simplified energy and entropy balances in an ecosystem, thermodynamic model of soil degradation); 1.6 Global environmental issues (water /water pollution, water scarcity, flooding/; waste /industrial, household, farming and military waste/, energy /fossil and renewable sources/, agriculture /food security, renewable fuels, pollution, deforestation, soil degradation, etc./, global warming, ocean pollution, landscape degradation etc.; 1.7 Case studies with potential solution approaches. 2. INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL FLOW MANAGEMENT Goran Nikolić and Stanko Žerajić, UN 2.1 Principles of Industrial Material Flow Management; Definition of Industrial Material Flow Management (MFM) and related terms; 2.2 Principles of Eco Efficiency in Industry; 2.3 Introduction to Life Cycle Analysis and Environmental Management; 2.4 Overview of Sustainability management, Reporting Initiatives and Strategies in Industry; 2.5 Carbon Footprinting and other footprints; 2.6 Principles and Analysis of the Global Reporting Initiative GRI (Definitions and Examples); 2.7 The principles and key elements of Industrial Aspects of Cleaner Production. The concept of clean and cleaner production; Oskar Bera, UNS 2.8 System analysis of the technological process. Description of operations, processes and equipment. Process modeling: partial and overall balances; 2.9 Systematization and classification of hazardous and harmful substances; 2.10 Clean sources of energy. Solar, wind and water energy. Clean biomaterials and biofuels in production; 2.11 Analysis and optimization of processes to reduce waste and energy consumption. Ecological processing of waste. Comparative analysis of energy efficiency. From the strategy and economics of clean production to the innovation technology; 2.12 Case Studies. Students will work on case studies provided by the lecturer during the lessons.

3 3. INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND ZERO EMISSION Dragiša Savić and Bojana Danilović, UN 3.1 Theoretical foundation and nature based principles of industrial ecology and industrial metabolism; 3.2 Process analysis approach to industrial ecology, material and energy flows and cleaner production; 3.3 Examples of tools in industrial ecology: life cycle analysis, environmental risk assessment, life cycle costing and cost benefit analysis; Input Output Economics in Industrial Ecology; 3.4 International case studies and national approaches of eco industrial symbiosis and projects; 3.5 Case studies on cycling strategies and technologies; 3.6 Nutrients recovery: phosphorus, nitrogen, carbon capture and soil conservation; Biorefinery and renewable material production; 3.7 Industrial ecology management; Jelena Pavličević and Bojana Ikonić, UNS 3.8 Basic principles of zero emission (ZE) approach and circular economy (CE); Current global ZE and CE trends; Industrial ecology and zero emission: governance, laws and regulations; 3.9 Overview of the environmental administration, environmental problems and policies in key countries like USA, Japan, China and Europe; 3.10 Industrial ecology and integrated assessment: an integrated modeling approach for climate change; 3.11 Case studies on climate protection projects in EU; 3.12 Different approaches on sustainable development at national/international level. 4. ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE WATER AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT Jelena Pavličević and Bojana Ikonić, UNS 4.1 Introduction to global water cycle and global water problems (hydrology); 4.2 Impacts of pollution on ambient water quality: oxygen consumption, eutrophication, toxic impacts of waste water, bio accumulation; 4.3 Water quality parameters and standards: physical, chemical and biological characteristics; Industrial effluents and municipal wastewater: source and collection method; Advanced wastewater treatments; Water quality management strategies and international waterrelated policies; Seminar paper. 4.4 Basics of energy (physics) and electricity; Technical analysis of the Second Law of Thermodynamics ; 4.5 Conversion of energy kinds; 4.6 Cyclic processes for energy conversion and their technical outline; Technical principles of conventional power plants. 5. BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT Peđa Milosavljević and Ivana Mladenović Ranisavljević, UN 5.1 Introducing to financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement); 5.2 Analysis and interpretation of financial performance indicators (ratio numbers) liquidity, solvency, profitability, efficiency (turnover), financial stability; 5.3 Case study on financial statements and performance indicators of a company. Introduction to basic types of expenses; 5.4 The cost of fixed assets and methods of depreciation. Supply and sale market analysis; Competition analysis; SWOT analysis;

4 5.5 Case study on market analysis. Methods of investment's justification Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Payback Period (PP), Discounted Cash Flow Calculation (DCFC). Break even point; 5.6 Sensitivity analysis. Final assessment of business idea; 5.7 Case study: preparing business plan for concrete business idea. 6. RISK ASSESSMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS Zoltan Zavargo, UNS 6.1 Risk analysis methods: Preliminary Hazards Analysis, WHAT IF Analysis, Fault Tree and Event Tree Analysis; 6.2 Chemical Plume Dispersion Analysis; 6.3 Explosion and Fire Analysis and Calculation of Human Reliability; 6.4 The Calculation of potential consequences of hazards based on practical examples; 6.5 Different case studies. 7. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWABLE ENERGY Vlada Veljković and Olivera Stamenković, UN 7.1 Sustainable development basic concepts, definitions of sustainable development. How sustainability evolved: underlying causes and effects; 7.2 Linking sustainability and energy. The concepts of green chemistry, green engineering, and sustainability; 7.3 The principles of green engineering as a foundation for sustainability. Twelve principles of green engineering with expanded analysis; 7.4 The environment and sustainable development. Waste management. The assault on fresh water resources. Air quality.climate change; 7.5 Renewable energy: Choices, problems and opportunities. Fossil fuels depletion. Definition, types and cost of renewable energy. The impact of renewable energy use on the environmental; 7.6 Principles of renewable energy. Fundamentals 7.7 Solar energy. Hydro power. Power from the wind. Tidal power ; 7.8 Biofuels. The energy of the biomass; 7.9 Calculation of the operations and the processes used in utilization of renewable energy sources; 7.10 Develop a seminar paper. 8. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING Zoran Todorović, Dragan Cvetković and Milorad Cakić 8.1 Basic information the principles and methods for monitoring and discrete sampling of environmental media, including surface water, groundwater, soil, air, solid wastes, and tissues within the context of regulatory compliance; 8.2 Overview of the sampling design covers basic statistical concepts including data variability and detection of significant differences among sample sets. Representativeness and homogeneity of the sample. Apparatus and equipment of sampling; 8.3 Emphasises good working practice in terms of quality and safety. Carry out procedures to appropriate standards of quality and safety;

5 8.4 Groundwater and surface water sampling. Testing of water samples. Investigation of the physical and chemical contaminants of water. Microbiological testing of water samples. Suppression of water pollution; 8.5 Soil sampling. Soil analysis. Mechanical and physical testing of soil. Pollution control, monitoring and suppression of soil pollution; 8.6 Air quality sampling. Averaged and the current concentration. Direct reading. Chemical analysis of air. The particles in the air, aerosols. Measuring stations and suppression of air pollution; 8.7 Statistically analyze the resulting data. Data presentation and interpretation covers data management methods to support decision making. Analysis of the results. Index of environmental quality 8.8 Legislation and regulations. Standardization.

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