Advanced recycling technology

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	653-3030/01
Abbreviation	MRT
Course title	Advanced recycling technology
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jitka Malcharcziková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Introduction to modern recycling technologies
Basic definition and distribution of recycling technologies
Recycling legislation
Comparison with classic recycling technologies
Waste management, principles, history
Thermal decomposition technology, pyrolysis and plasma
Biowaste processing technology
Biodegradation processes
Composting, Vermicomposting
Aerobic and anaerobic digestion
Recycling technologies
Technology of processing hazardous substances in wastes
Recycled waste as a secondary raw material

Literature

WORRELL, E. a M. A. REUTER. Handbook of recycling: state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2014. .
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

RAO, S.R. Resource recovery and recycling from metallurgical wastes. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 0-08-045131-4.

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