Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Methods of Environment Decontaminations

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0566/02
Abbreviation	MDKP
Course title	Methods of Environment Decontaminations
Credits	9
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Helena Raclavská, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Old ecological loads. The basic concepts and definitive criteria for evaluation of soil contamination.
Foreign matters in soils and underground waters, the basic physico-chemical properties of risk elements. The heavy metals in soils and their migration ability. Geochemical barriers.
Risk analysis. Methods for calculation of risks. Planar and spatial determination of contamination. The possibility of determination of pollution dissemination . The methods of explorations.Biological methods soil decontamination. Principles. Bacterial activity, technology in situ and ex situ.
The case studies: phenols, oil hydrocarbons, PAHs.
Physico-chemical methods for soil decontamination technology. In-situ technology: pneumatic agitation, soil washing, degassing, solidification/stabilisation. Ex-situ technology: oxidation/reduction, catalyzed decomposition, dehalogenization with glycol, soil washing, extraction with solvents, destilation.
The managment with wastes with high content of biodegradable matter. Anaerobic and aerobic technologies.
Thermic methods for soil decontamination. In-situ: evaporisation of vapours from soils, vitrification. Ex-situ: low temperature desorption, high temperature desorption, vitrification, combustion, pyrolysis and steam extractions. Co-combustion of wastes in large power unit.
Other technology for soil decontamination – electrokinetic technologies.
Technology for underground water decontamination: stripping, air sparing, passive protection, bioreactors, biofiltration, filtration, membrane technology, adsorption.
Technology for reclamation of landfills. Monitoring.

Literature

Holliday G., Deuel L.: Guidebook for Waste and Soil Remediation: For NonHazardous Petroleum and Salt-Contaminated Sites. 2008, ASME, 1-288.
Jacobs, J. A., J. H. Lehr and S. M. TESTA (eds.). Acid mine drainage, rock drainage, and acid sulfate soils: causes, assessment, prediction, prevention, and remediation. Hoboken: Wiley, 2014.
Ram M., Andreescu E.S., Hanming D.: Nanotechnology for environmental decontamination. 2011, McGraw -Hill Professional. 1-445.
Simon T. (2014): Environmental Risk Assessment: A toxicological approach. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1-406

Advised literature

Huang P.M., Li Y., Sumner E.M. (2011): Handbook of Soil Sciences: Properties and Processes, Second Edition. CRC Press Taylor and Francis, 1 -1442.
Simon T. (2014): Environmental Risk Assessment: A toxicological approach. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1-406
Reddy K.R., Cameselle C. (2009): Electrochemical remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater Wiley, New Jersey
Kebria D.Y., Taghizadeh M., Camacho J.V., Latifi N. (2016): Remediation of PCE contaminated clay soil by coupling electrokinetics with zero-valent iron permeable reactive barrier Environ Earth Sci, 75 , p. 699

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