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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Recycling of materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 637-2005/01
Abbreviation RM
Course title Recycling of materials
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Miroslav Kursa, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Waste – basic terms, type of wastes. Waste management, legislation.
2. Recycling, selected types of waste recycling technologies.
3. Material sorting, used equipment. Waste treatment, mechanical processing, separation.
4. Physical and physical - chemical treatment processing.
5. Polymers wastes - their sorting, utilisation, basic sorting and treatment methods, recycling.
6. Aluminium and its alloys wastes – characterisation, basic sorting and treatment methods, recycling.
7. Cuprum and its alloys wastes – characterisation, basic sorting and treatment methods, recycling.
8. Lead and its alloys wastes – characterisation, basic sorting and treatment methods, recycling.
9. Wastes containing nickel – characterisation, basic sorting and treatment methods, recycling. Iron and its alloys wastes – characterisation, basic sorting and treatment methods, recycling.
10. Wastes containing precious metals – characterisation, basic sorting and treatment methods, recycling. Other selected wastes.
11. Heavy metals in various parts of the environment. Prevention of pollution, European directive IPPC.

E-learning

not available

Literature

[1] ASHBY, M. F. Materials and the Environment: Eco-Informed Material Choice. Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Waltham, 2013, 616 s. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6.

Advised literature

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