Energy recovery from waste

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	635-2042/04
Abbreviation	EVZO
Course title	Energy recovery from waste
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Thermal Engineering
Course coordinator	Ing. Jiří Burda, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• Production of municipal and industrial waste, principles of waste management.
• Waste management legislation focusing on the area of thermal treatment of waste
• Evaluation of thermophysical properties of fuels and wastes, calculations of combustion processes
• Overview of methods of energy treatment of waste
• Waste incineration, process description and technical equipment for waste incineration
• Evaluation of the energy efficiency of waste incineration processes, conditions for energy recovery of waste
• Utilization of energy from the waste incineration process, possibility of efficient operation of waste incineration plants
• Measurement of emissions in thermal treatment of waste plants, characterization of measuring instruments and methods of sampling of gas samples, interpretation of measured emission values
• Solid products of energy treatment of waste, their characterization and processing
• Co-incineration of waste in power generation facilities and in cement plants
• Gasification and pyrolysis of waste, process description and technical equipment for gasification and pyrolysis of waste
• Devices and methods for eliminating of the negative impacts of the energy treatment of waste on the environment
• Cold methods of energy treatment of waste, anaerobic decomposition of waste and biogas production

Literature

[1] LACKNER, M, WINTER, F. and AGARWAL, A. K. Handbook of combustion. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2010. ISBN 978-3-527-32449-1.
[2] KALOGIROU, E., N. Waste-to-energy technologies and global applications. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. .
[3] THOMÉ-KOZMIENSKY, K., J. a PELLONI, L. Waste management. Vol. 2, Waste management, recycling composting, fermentation, mechanical-biological treatment, energy recovery from waste, sewage sludge treatment. Neuruppin: TK Verlag, 2011.
[4] OCHODEK, T., NAJSER, J., CHŁOND, R. Technical aspects in heat and electric energy production by waste biomass gasification in south Moravia sawmill. Sborník vědeckých prací Vysoké školy báňské - Technické univerzity Ostrava. Řada strojní d. Ostrava: VŠB - TU Ostrava, 2011, 57(1), 207-219. .

Advised literature

[1] VEZIROGLU, T. N. Alternative energy sources VI. Volume 2, Solar applications, waste energy. Washington: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, c1985. ISBN 0-89116-429-4.
[2] LAPČÍK, V., LAPČÍKOVÁ, M. Possibilities of energy recovery from municipal waste. GeoScience Engineering. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2012, 58(4), 49-58. .
[3] WZOREK, Z. Waste recycling. Kraków: Wydawnictwo IGSMiE PAN, 2005. ISBN 83-89174-83-9.

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