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Waste and secondary raw materials

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Course Unit Code637-2030/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First 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
BRO37doc. Ing. Silvie Brožová, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject is focused both on basic concepts, legislation, principles of environmental protection and individual areas of metallurgical production and their impact on the environment. The attention is also concentrated at waste, waste classification in terms of their origin, characteristics, treatment and recycling possibilities. There are also presented BAT - best available technologies.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- student will be able to define the basic principles of environmental protection in the field of metallurgy
- student will be able to characterize areas of metallurgical production and their impact on the environment
- student will be able to describe the different types of waste and recycling
Course Contents
1. Introduction to waste
2. Basic definitions and distribution of waste
3. Legislation in the field of waste management
4. Waste versus raw material
5. Production and composition of waste
6. Waste management
7. Collection and collection of waste
8. Methods of evaluation and disposal of waste
9. Waste processing and recycling
10. Recycling of municipal waste
11. Processing of biomass
12. Composting
13. Landfills
14. E-waste recycling
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
[1] KEETON, W.T. and J. GOULD. Biological Science. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989. ISBN 978-0393953886.
[2] ASHBY, M.F. Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice. 2nd ed. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6.

[1] FILIP, J. Odpadové hospodářství. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, 2002. ISBN 80-7157-608-5.
[2] HERČÍK, M. Životní prostředí: základy environmentalistiky. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2006. ISBN 80-248-1073-5.
[3] RAO, S.R. Resource recovery and recycling from metallurgical wastes. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 0-08-045131-4.
[4] http://katedry.fmmi.vsb.cz/Opory_FMMI/637/637-Odpady_a_druhotne_suroviny.pdf.

Recommended Reading:
[1] HULL, D. and T. W. CLYNE. An introduction to composite materials. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-521-38855-4.
[1] BOŽEK, F., R. URBAN a Z. ZEMÁNEK. Recyklace. Vyškov: Vysoká vojenská škola pozemního vojska, 2003. ISBN 80-238-9919-8.
[2] TAKAČOVÁ, Z. Základné informacie o odpadoch. Košice: TU v Košiciach, 2011. ISBN 978-80-89284-78-8
[3] ADAMEC, V. aj. Environmentální technologie a ekoinovace v České republice. Praha: Cenia, 2009. ISBN 978-80-85087-69-7. Dostupné z: http://cenia.cz/web/www/web-pub2.nsf/$pid/CENMSFVKXSCW/$FILE/environmentalni_technologie_a_ekoinovace_v_cr.pdf.
[4] KRIŠTOFOVÁ, D. Recyklace ušlechtilých kovů. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2001. ISBN 80-7078-939-5.


Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work, Other activities
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
        CreditCredit30 15
        ExaminationExamination70 21