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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Waste from extraction and processing of raw materials

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0281/08
Abbreviation OTZS
Course title Waste from extraction and processing of raw materials
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Botula, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1.Basic concepts of waste management, waste management, waste recycling
2.Legislative framework of waste management
3.Recycling of waste, recycling technology, BAT technology
4.Landfilling and storage of waste, solidification of waste
5.Landfills and waste ponds
6.Thermal utilization of waste
7.Waste from coal extraction and treatment, characterization and utilization
8.Wastes from ore extraction and treatment, characterization and utilization
9.Wastes from the extraction and processing of building materials, characteristics and utilization
10.Energy fly ash and slag, characteristics and use
11.Wastes from metallurgy of iron and non-ferrous metals, characteristics and utilization
12.Waste industrial water, characteristics and methods of purification
13.Radioactive waste
14.Construction waste

Literature

LOTTERMOSER, B.G. : Mine Wastes: Characterization, Treatment and Environmental Impacts. Springer, 2010. ISBN:978-3-642-12418-1
RAO, Ramachandra,S. Resource Recovery and Recycling from Metallurgical Wastes. Oxford: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 978-0-08-045131-2.
OJOVAN, M.I. a L.E. LEE. An Introduction to Nuclear Waste Immobilisation. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005. ISBN 0-080-44462-8 .
VIGNESWARAN, Saravanamuthu, ed. Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies. Oxford: EOLSS Publihers, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84826-638-4 .

Advised literature

YOUNGER, P.L.; BANWART,S.A.; HEDIN, R.S.: Mine Water: Hydrology, Pollution, Remediation (Environmental Pollution). Kluwer, 2002. ISBN: 1-4020-0137-1 
Woodard & Curran Inc: Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook. Second Edition, Elsevier, 2006 ISBN: 978-0-7506-7963-3 .
NASH, Kenneth L. a Gregg J. LUMETTA, ed. Advanced Separation Techniques for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing and Radioactive Waste Treatment. Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84569-501-9 .
BERKHOUT, Frans. Radioactive Waste: Politics and Technology. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 9780415054935 .