Energy recovery of waste

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0982/01
Abbreviation	EVO
Course title	Energy recovery of waste
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Vladimír Lapčík, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Thermal methods of the treatment of waste (incineration, gasification, pyrolysis, plasma processes).
Characteristic of thermal usable waste.
Calculations of combustion processes.
Device for thermal treatment of waste.
Products of thermal processes.
Device for cleaning of flue gases from thermal processes.
Waste incineration with the production of heat and electricity and its influence on the environment.
Scheme of device for the energy recovery of waste (incineration).
Thermal gasification of waste also focused on the utilization of syngas in cogeneration units.
Gasification of waste through anaerobic treatment (biogas station) with the utilization of generated biogas in cogeneration units and its influence on the environment.
Pyrolysis of waste with the energetic utilization of generated syngas in cogeneration units.
Pyrolysis of waste with the energetic utilization the generated pyrolytic oil in cogeneration units and in chemical industry.
Emission from pyrolysis technologies for the energy recovery of tyres, plastics and municipal waste.
Legislation in branch of the energy recovery of waste.

Literature

CHEREMISINOFF, P. Handbook of solid waste management and waste minimization technologies. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003. ISBN 0-7506-7507-1.
BAHADORI, A. Waste management in the chemical and petroleum industries. Chichester: Wiley, 2014. .
FEČKO P., M. KUŠNIEROVÁ, H. RACLAVSKÁ, V. ČABLÍK, B. LYČKOVÁ. Fly ash. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2005. ISBN 80-248-0836-6.
WILLIAMS, P.T. Waste Treatment and Disposal. Wiley, 2005, .

Advised literature

LAGREGA M.D. Hazardous waste management. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. ISBN 0-07-039365-6.
CHEREMISINOFF, N.P. Handbook of Solid Waste Management and Waste Minimization Technologies. Copyright © 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. .
GARETH E. Biowaste and biological waste treatment. James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd., c2001.
LAPČÍK, V., J. JEŽ. Pyrolysis Technologies in Branch of Energy Recovery from Tyres in the Czech Republic. Inźynieria Mineralna (Journal of the Polish Mineral Engineering Society), 2016, Volume XVII, No. 2, pp. 233-239.

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