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Materials recycling

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 653-0917/02
Abbreviation ReM
Course title Materials recycling
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Ivo Szurman, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Introduction to Materials Recycling.
Basic definition and distribution of recycling technologies.
Recycling legislation.
Comparison of modern and classic recycling technologies.
Technology of processing hazardous materials in wastes.
Technology of thermal decomposition, pyrolysis and plasma.
Biowaste processing technology.
Biodegradation processes.
Combustion waste processing technology.
Technology for the treatment of unusable waste.
Recycling technologies usable in industries.
Recycling and regranulation technology.
Alternative wasteless technologies.

Literature

KEETON, W.T. and J. GOULD. Biological Science. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1989. ISBN 978-0393953886 .
ASHBY, M. F. Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice. 2nd ed. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6.
KARAGIANNIDIS, A. Waste to Energy. London: Springer-Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-1-4471-2306-4 
RAO, S.R. Resource recovery and recycling from metallurgical wastes. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 0-08-045131-4.
SUTHAR, S. Recycling of agro-industrial sludge through vermitechnolog. Ecological Engineering. 2010, 36 (8), 1028-1036. ISSN 0925-8574 .

Advised literature

RAMACHANDRA, R. Resource recovery and recycling from metallurgical wastes. Oxford, 2006. ISBN 978-0-08-045131-2.
SCHEIRS, J. Polymer recycling. UK, 1998. ISBN 0-471-970549.


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