Thermal methods of waste disposal

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0810/02
Abbreviation	TM
Course title	Thermal methods of waste disposal
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Jaroslav Mudruňka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Thermic methods of waste disposal, definition and classification of thermic methods
2. Waste incineration technology (properties of the incinerated waste)
3. Principles of incineration (basic incineration regimes). Fuel combustion – Calculation of combustion processes.
4. Combustible waste (municipal refuse, industrial waste, agricultural and forestry residues, special waste)
5. Facilities (furnaces) for thermic disposal of waste (grate, rotary, deck ovens)
6. Facilities (furnaces) for thermic disposal of waste (muffle, spatial, pumps, fluid bed furnaces)
7. Utilization of waste heat
8. Waste incineration control
9. Emissions from the furnaces of industrial boilers
10. Technology of energy utilization of waste
11. Pyrolysis of waste
12. Gasification of waste
13. Plasma technology

Literature

BUEKENS, Alfons. Incineration Technologies [online]. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2013 [cit. 2019-06-17]. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5752-7. .
ROSENDAHL, Lasse, ed. Biomass combustion science, technology and engineering. Oxford: Woodhead Publishing, 2013. Woodhead Publishing series in energy. .
KARAGIANNIDIS, Avraam. Waste to energy: opportunities and challenges for developing and transition economies. New York: Springer, c2012.
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.

Advised literature

FEČKO, P., KUŠNIEROVÁ, M., RACLAVSKÁ, H., ČABLÍK, V., LYČKOVÁ, B. Fly Ash, VŠB-TU Ostrava: Publishing services department VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2005, vol. 1, p. 191, ISBN 80-248-0836-6.
Handbook of combustion. Volume 2,4,5 Combustion diagnostics and pollutants / edited by Maximilian Lackner, Franz Winter and Avinash K. Agarwal. - Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2010 - xlvi, 565 s. : il. ISBN 978-3-527-32449-1.
SANTOLERI, Joseph J., Louis THEODORE a Joseph P. REYNOLDS. Introduction to hazardous waste incineration. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley-Interscience, c2000. ISBN 0471017906.
TRAVIS, C. C. Municipal waste incineration risk assessment: deposition, food chain impacts, uncertainty, and research needs. New York: Plenum Press, c1991. Contemporary issues in risk analysis, v. 5. .

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