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Waste management

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 635-0935/01
Abbreviation OH
Course title Waste management
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jozef Vlček, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Definition, classification and waste generation. The basic legislative directives in the field of waste management. Municipal wastes, their generation and processing options. Industrial wastes generated in various industries. Material recovery of wastes (recycling, regeneration, composting). Energy recovery of wastes (incineration, pyrolysis, gasification). The basic technological aspects of thermal processes. Anaerobic waste treatment, formation of biogas, cogeneration.Waste disposal/removal. Landfilling of waste, landfill technology, classification and security of landfills, landfill gas and its energy use. Waste incineration without recovery, or using low heat. Plasma waste treatment methods.Physical and physico-chemical waste processing.

Literature

[1] Woodard F.: Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook. Butterworth – Heinemann, Boston, 2008, ISBN-0750679638.

Advised literature

[1] LaGrega D. M., Buckingham P. L., Švand J. C.: Hazardous Waste Management. McGraw-Hill Higher Education, New York, 2001, ISBN 0-07-039365-6.
[2] Bilitewski, B., Härdtle, G., Marek, K. Waste mangement. Springer, 1997. 699 p.
[3] Rhyner, Charles R. Waste management and resource recovery. Lewis Publishers,1995. 524 p.
[4] Aktuální články v odborných periodikách.