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Wastes and waste materials

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Course Unit Code223-0110/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KRE416doc. RNDr. František Kresta, Ph.D.
KHE0007Ing. Filip Khestl, Ph.D.
Summary
The course deals with waste utilization in the civil engineering. Students are acquainted with valid legislation, terminology and division of usable waste in the building industry.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The course deals with waste utilization in the civil engineering. Students are acquainted with valid legislation, terminology and division of usable waste in the building industry. Students will then be able to orientate themselves in the problems of coal tailings, by-products of metallurgical production and energy production, products of other materials combustion (biomass, paper sludge, municipal waste, etc.), recyclates, tires and plastics, glass, or other secondary raw materials.
Course Contents
1) Introductory lecture
2) Coal tailings
3) Metallurgical by-products - loose materials, aggregate
4) Metallurgical by-products for the production of cement, binders
5) Energy production by-products (VEP, CCP - Coal Combustion Products) - loose materials, aggregate
6) By-products from energy production (VEP, CCP - Coal Combustion Products) - cement, concrete, grouting mixtures
7) Energy production by-products - energogypsum
8) Combustion products of other materials - biomass, paper sludge, municipal waste, etc.
9) Recyclates
10) Tires and crushed tires, plastics
11) Glass
12) Other secondary raw materials - PRESTAB, foundry sands, spent oil shale, ceramic fragments etc.
13) Legislative framework
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Adams K., Hobbs G, Yapp Ch. (2013): Dealing with difficult demolition wastes, A guide.- BREtrust Watford.
Kresta F. (2012): Secondary materials in highway construction.- VŠB TU Ostrava
Rainbow A.K.M. (1989): Geotechnical properties of United Kingdom minestone.- British Coal 1989
Sear L.K.A. (2001): Properties and use of coal fly ash.- Thomas Telfrod Publishing. London
Sherwood P.T. (2005): Alternative Materials in Road Construction.- Thomas Telford Publishing, London
Adams K., Hobbs G, Yapp Ch. (2013): Dealing with difficult demolition wastes, A guide.- BREtrust Watford.
Kresta F. (2012): Secondary materials in highway construction.- VŠB TU Ostrava
Rainbow A.K.M. (1989): Geotechnical properties of United Kingdom minestone.- British Coal 1989.
Sear L.K.A. (2001): Properties and use of coal fly ash.- Thomas Telfrod Publishing. London
Sherwood P.T. (2005): Alternative Materials in Road Construction.- Thomas Telford Publishing, London
Recommended Reading:
Lutze D. – Berg EW. (2008): Handbuch Flugasche im Beton.- Düsseldorf Verlag Bautechnik GmbH.
Provis J.L. – Deventer J.S.J. (2009): Geopolymers.- Woodhead Publishing Ltd. Cambridge.
Taylor H.F.W. (1997): Cement chemistry.- Thomas Telford Publishing London.
Winter N.B. (2009): Understanding Cement.- WHD Microanalysis Consultants Ltd., Suffolk.
FHWA RD-97-148: User Guidelines for Waste and Byproduct Materials in Pavement Construction.- U.S. Department of Transport. Federal Highway Administration. www.fhwa.dot.gov
Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works, Volume 1 Specifications for Highway Works, Series 600 Earthworks
Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works, Volume 1 Specifications for Highway Works, Series 800 Road Pavements - Unbound
Cement and Other Hydraulically Bound Mixtures www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards
PAS 108: 2007 Specification for the production of tyre bales for use in Construction.- WRAP and BSI
Stabilizing mine workings with PFA grouts. Environmental Code of Practice, BRE Report 220192
Collepardi M. (2009): Moderní beton (Modern concrete).- ČKAIT Praha (in Czech).
Smrček A. – Voldřich F. (1994): Sklářské suroviny (Glass raw materials).- Informatorium Praha (in Czech).
TL BuB E-StB 07 Technické dodací podmínky pro zeminy a stavební materiály pro zemní práce v silničním stavitelství.- FGSV Verlag GmbH Köln
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 16