Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Advanced recycling technology

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	637-3030/02
Abbreviation	MRT
Course title	Advanced recycling technology
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Silvie Brožová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to modern recycling technologies
2. Basic definition and distribution of recycling technologies
3. Recycling legislation
4. Comparison with classic recycling technologies
5. Waste management, principles, history
6. Thermal decomposition technology, pyrolysis and plasma
7. Biowaste processing technology
8. Biodegradation processes
9. Composting
10. Aerobic and anaerobic digestion
11. Vermicomposting
12. Recycling and regranulation technologies
13. Technology of processing hazardous substances in wastes
14. Recycled waste as a secondary raw material

Literature

KEETON, W.T. and J. GOULD. Biological Science. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1989. .
ASHBY, M. F. Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice. 2nd ed. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6

Advised literature

KARAGIANNIDIS, A. Waste to Energy. London: Springer-Verlag, 2012. .

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