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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2019/2020

Material Recovery

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 637-0406/03
Abbreviation RM
Course title Material Recovery
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Miroslav Kursa, CSc.

Osnova předmětu

• Secondery raw material with content of various metals, their characteristics, distribution, storage and basic treatment for subsequent processing.
• Physical, physico - chemical finishing processes. Hydrometallurgical, pyrometallurgical and combined methods of processing waste containing non-ferrous metals, refining procedures.
• Environmental and economic aspects of the use of secondary raw materials of metal, the current situation and recycling technologies in the Czech Republic.
• Heavy metals in different parts of the environment, levels of metals in water, soil and air in metallurgy, pollution prevention, the European IPPC Directive in the metallurgy of lead, copper and aluminum.

• Recycling of plastics and their distribution, use in the packaging industry, basic sorting and finishing methods.

• Recycling different types of waste aluminum and its alloys (aluminum smelting and refining waste, swabs).

• Recycling of different types of waste copper and its alloys (waste copper, bronze, brass, base metal waste depreciation).
• Recycling of different types of waste lead and its alloys (lead-acid balance, batteries, hard lead, pyrometallurgical recycling in KO Pribram.
• Recycling of different types of waste nickel and its alloys (Ferronickel processing, joint processing of primary raw material).
• Recycling of different types of wastes precious metal (the anode sludge, electronic waste, discarded car catalyst).
• Recycling of different types of waste iron and iron alloys (Fe-core technology changes, waste recycling in metallurgical plants, the cycle of wastes).

Povinná literatura

SCHEIRS, J. Polymer recycling, England, 1998

Doporučená literatura

RAMACHANDRA RAO, S. R. Resource Recovery and Recycling from Metallurgical Wastes. Elsevier, London, 2006. ISBN 978-0-08-045131-2.