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Recovery of Metallic Materials

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Course Unit Code653-2036/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third 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
MAL37doc. Ing. Jitka Malcharcziková, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject teaches students about occurrence of metals containing waste materials and their necessary treatment prior to recycling. It deals also with environmental and economic aspects of recycling of metals containing materials, including eco-design. The main orientation is focused on processing of materials based on metals and their alloys that are the most widely used in industrial practice.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student after passing this subject will gain the following abilities:
- Describe metals containing raw materials, their characteristics, classification, occurrence, storage and treatment (mechanical and chemical processing, cryogenic technique).
- Enumerate basic physical and physical-chemical processing procedures. Hydro-metallurgical, pyro-metallurgical and combined methods for processing of material containing non-ferrous metals, refining of the obtained products.
- Accentuate environmental and economic aspects of use of metals containing raw materials, evaluate the common recycling technologies.
- Describe methods of processing of selected waste of base metals an their alloys (aluminium, copper, nickel, lead, tin, zinc, iron).
- Describe technologies for obtaining noble metals from selected types of waste (e-waste, waste from the photo industry, catalytic converters).
- Characterise processing of cable and metal chip waste.
Course Contents
1. Basic information on waste management. Waste, methods of waste utilization.
2. Metal waste, their characteristics, classification, treatment.
3. Basic methods and procedures of metal waste processing. Waste treatment and sorting, basic principles, used equipments. Processing of cable and splitter wastes.
4. Wastes of aluminum and its alloys. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
5. Wastes of copper and its alloys. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
6. Wastes of lead and its alloys. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
7. Nickel waste, waste Ni-Cd batteries. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
8. Wastes containing precious metals. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
9. Wastes of tin and its alloys. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
10. Wastes of zinc and its alloys. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
11. Mercury-containing wastes. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
12. Tungsten-containing wastes. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
13. Waste iron and its alloys. Waste characteristics, recycling technologies for waste processing, secondary raw materials.
14. Ecological and economic aspects of processing of metal and metal-bearing raw materials, current situation, recycling technologies in the Czech Republic.
15. Heavy metals in individual components of the environment, pollution prevention, directives.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
WORRELL, E. a M.A. REUTER, ed. Handbook of recycling: state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2014. ISBN 978-0-12-396459-5.
SCHLESINGER, M.E. Aluminium recycling. Boca Raton: CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2007. ISBN 978-0-8493-9662-5.
RAO, S.R. Resource recovery and recycling from metallurgical wastes. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 0-08-045131-4.
KURAŠ, M. Odpady a jejich zpracování. Chrudim: Vodní zdroje Ekomonitor, 2014. ISBN 978-80-86832-80-7.
BEŇO, Z. Recyklace: efektivní způsoby zpracování odpadů. Brno: Vysoké učení technické, Fakulta strojního inženýrství, Ústav procesního a ekologického inženýrství, 2011. ISBN 978-80-214-4240-5.
KIZLINK, Juraj. Odpady: sběr, zpracování, zužitkování, zneškodnění, legislativa. 3., upr. a rozš. vyd., V Akademickém nakl. CERM 1. vyd. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7204-884-7.
WORRELL, E. a M.A. REUTER. Handbook of recycling: state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2014. ISBN 978-0-12-396459-5.
RAO, S.R. Resource recovery and recycling from metallurgical wastes. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 0-08-045131-4.
Recommended Reading:
ASHBY, M.F. Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6.
NORDBERG, G. Handbook on the toxicology of metals. Burlington: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-12-369413-3.
TAKÁČOVÁ, Z. a A. MIŠKUFOVÁ. Základné informácie o odpadoch. Košice: Equilibria, s.r.o., 2011. ISBN 978-80-89284-78-8.
KRIŠTOFOVÁ, D. Recyklace ušlechtilých kovů. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2001. ISBN 80-7078-939-5.
BOŽEK, F., R. URBAN a Z. ZEMÁNEK. Recyklace. Vyškov: Vysoká vojenská škola pozemního vojska, 2003. ISBN 80-238-9919-8.
ASHBY, M.F. Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice. Waltham: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, 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
        CreditCredit40 25
        ExaminationExamination60 21