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Terminated in academic year 2016/2017

Remediation technologies

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0845/01
Abbreviation ST
Course title Remediation technologies
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Mgr. Václav Dombek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the issue of environmental burdens:
Causes, basic terms, types of pollutants, sources of information.

2. Legislative framework and financial aspects of removing contamination.

3. Basic terms and terminology of remediations.

4. The practical aspects of old ecological burdens, classification and division of remediation technologies.

5. Thermal remediation methods
Combustion technology , thermal desorption systems , pyrolysis techniques, plasma ARC systems, vitrification technology. Evaluation of individual technologies.

6. Physical remediation methods I:
The technology of verticall walls, methods of gas extraction (extraction of soil vapors - SVE), SVE support (air sparging technology, direct injection, concept of dynamic underground stripping, two-phase extraction method, technology, pneumatic and hydraulic breaking, supporting thermal processes). Evaluation of individual technologies.

7. Physical remediation methods II:
Washout technologie, technology of extraction with solvent, extraction into macroporous polymers electrokinetic technology (elektrorecultivation). Evaluation of individual technologies.

8. Chemical and physico-chemical remediation technologies I:
Dechlorination technologies: base-catalyzed decomposition (BCD), mechanochemical dehalogenation (MCD), dehalogenation with alkali metal glycolates, technology of solvating electrons, soudium method, chemical reduction in gas phase (GPRS). Evaluation of individual technologies.

9. Chemical and physico-chemical remediation technologies II:
Stabilization and solidification processes, technologies using chemical redox processes, the radiolytic decomposition. Evaluation of individual technologies.

10. Chemical and physico-chemical remediation technologies III:
Applications of nanotechnologies, in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO), chemical oxidation ex situ, supercritical oxidation (SWCO), advanced oxidation processes (AOP), chemical reduction, solar photodegradations. Evaluation of individual technologies.

11. Biological remediation methods I:
Basic conditions for the functioning of biodegradation technologies. Basic concepts and approaches. Division of bioremediation technologies.

12. Biological remediation methods II:
Bioremediation in the suspension systém, aeration technology, biotransormations, bioimmobilisation, biostabilisation, biologically reactive barriers. Division of bioremediation technologies.

13. Biological remediation methods III:
Solid-phase bioremediation, phytoremediation processes, bioslurping technology, the possibility of groundwater in situ remediation, natural attenuation methods. Evaluation of individual technology.

14. Combined remediation techniques, News and current trends in remediation technologies.

Literature

Integrované sanační technologie. Edited by Vít Matějů. Vyd. 1. Chrudim: Vodní zdroje Ekomonitor, 2016. 263 s. ISBN 978-80-86832-91-3 .

Kompendium sanačních technologií. Edited by Vít Matějů. Vyd. 1. Chrudim: Vodní zdroje Ekomonitor, 2006. 255 s. ISBN 80-86832-15-5.

Innovative Remediation Technologies: Field-Scale Demonstration Projects in North America, 2nd Edition, 2000 (EPA 542-B-00-004)

Advised literature

EPA/542/B-94/013 NTIS PB95-104782. Remediation technologies, screening matrix
and reference guide.

The Remediation Technologies Screening Matrix, ., Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable , US EPA, Version 4.0

The Guide to Documenting Cost and Performance for Remediation Projects (EPA-542-B-95-002)

Raclavská H. (1998): Znečištění zemin a metody jejich dekontaminace. Skripta
VŠB-TUO (116 s.). ISBN: 80-7078-508-X.
www.epa.gov

www.frtr.gov

http//clu-in.org/remediation/