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Terminated in academic year 2014/2015

Waste Management

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0471/02
Abbreviation OH
Course title Waste Management
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic legislation of waste management
2. Thermic methods of energy utilization and disposal of waste
Waste combustion
Combustible wastes
Facilities (boilers) for energy utilization and disposal of waste
Facilities for cleaning of waste gases
3. Biological methods of waste processing
Separation and composting of municipal bio-waste
Waste composting
Course of composting and basic conditions of composting
Optimization of the material composition of compost
Disposal of bio-waste – possibilities of further utilization
4. Waste dumping
Legal regulations for waste dumping
Processes taking place in waste dumps
Types of waste storable in waste dumps
Body of a waste dump (drainage systems, dewatering, insulation foils, etc.)
Composition of seepage water, waste dump gas (formation, collection, processing – utilization)
5. Physical-chemical methods of waste disposal
Types of hazardous chemical waste
Re-working of hazardous waste
Solidification of waste

Literature

Hazardous waste management / Michael D. LaGrega, Phillip L. Buckingham,
Jeffrey C. Evans. - 2nd ed.. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2001 - xxvi, 1202 s. :
il. ISBN 0-07-039365-6
Industrial waste treatment handbook / Frank Woodard. - Boston : Butterworth-
Heinemann, c2001 - x, 477 s. : il. ISBN 0-7506-7317-6
Handbook of solid waste management and waste minimization technologies /
Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff. - Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2003 - xi, 477
s. : il. ISBN 0-7506-7507-1

Advised literature

Biowaste and biological waste treatment / Gareth Evans. - London : James & James, c2001 - xxi, 194 s. : il. ISBN 1-902916-08-5
Rubber recycling / [edited by] Sadhan K. De, Avraam I. Isayev, Klementina Khait. - Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2005 - 514 s. : il. ISBN 0-8493-1527-1 (váz.)
Waste recycling / edited by Zbigniew Wzorek ... [et al.]. - Kraków : Wydawnictwo Instytutu Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN, 2005 - 202 s. : il. ISBN 83-89174-83-9