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Methods of Environment Decontaminations

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0566/06
Abbreviation MDKP
Course title Methods of Environment Decontaminations
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Helena Raclavská, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1.Old ecological loads. The basic concepts and definitive criteria for evaluation of soil contamination.
2.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.
3.Risk analysis. Methods for calculation of risks. Planar and spatial determination of contamination. The possibility of determination of pollution dissemination . The methods of explorations.
4.Risk elements in soils – occurence and conditions influencing mobility.
5.Biological method for decontamination. Principles. The case studies: phenols, oil hydrocarbons, PAHs.
6.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.
7.The management with wastes with high content of biodegradable matter. Anaerobic and aerobic technologies.
8.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.
9.Other technology for soil decontamination – electrokinetic technologies.
10.Co-combustion of wastes in large energetic installation/ technology „Zero Waste“.
11.Technology for underground water decontamination: stripping, air sparing, passive protection, bioreactors, biofiltration, filtration, membrane technology, adsorption.
12.Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) – genesis, natural processes. Technology for minimization of AMD from waste rocks and mines. Utilization of spoil rock for construction from the point of view of sulphate corrosion.
13.Landfilling. Conditions for locality selection. Conditions for geotechnical protection of landfill. Monitoring during landfilling and after finishing landfilling.
14.Landfills recultivation.

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. ISBN 978-0-470-48786-0 
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