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Environmental technologies

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Course Unit Code651-2063/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer 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
FIL0159Mgr. Jan Filip, Ph.D.
Summary
The lectures will cover the topics of remediation of contaminated water and soil, emerging contaminants in the environment, zero-valent iron nanoparticles, other reductive technologies of water treatment, ferrates (IV,V,VI), other oxidative technologies, biotechnologies for water treatment, biotechnologies for soil treatment, combined technologies and evaluation of risks of particular technologies.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
This lecture is focused on nanotechnologies, biotechnologies and combined technologies of water and soil treatment.
Course Contents
1. Sources of air pollution and their detection.
2. Risk assessment of technologies for removing air pollutants.
3. Sources of water and soil contamination.
4. Emerging contaminants, their detection and toxicity.
5. Reductive technologies of water treatment.
6. Zero-valent iron nanoparticles and their real application.
7. Oxidative technologies of water treatment.
8. Ferrates (IV,V,VI) and their real application.
9. Biotechnologies for water treatment.
10. Biotechnologies for soil treatment.
11. Combined nano-bio technologies.
12. Elimination of water eutrophication and cyanobacteria bloom.
13. Evaluation of risks of particular technologies.
14. Excursion.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Filip, J., Cajthaml, T., Najmanová, P., Černík, M., Zbořil, R. (Eds.) Advanced Nano-Bio Technologies for Water and Soil Treatment. Springer International Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-29840-1.
Tanapon Phenrat and Gregory V. Lowry (Eds.), Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron Particles for Environmental Restoration: From Fundamental Science to Field Scale Engineering Applications. Springer, 2019. ISBN 978-3-319-95338-0 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95340-3).
Černík M. a kol.: Chemicky podporované in situ sanační technologie. – VŠCHT Praha (1. vydání, 2010).
Filip, J., Cajthaml, T., Najmanová, P., Černík, M., Zbořil, R. (Eds.) Advanced Nano-Bio Technologies for Water and Soil Treatment. Springer International Publishing, 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-29840-1.
Tanapon Phenrat and Gregory V. Lowry (Eds.), Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron Particles for Environmental Restoration: From Fundamental Science to Field Scale Engineering Applications. Springer, 2019. ISBN 978-3-319-95338-0 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95340-3).

Recommended Reading:
Marta I. Litter, Natalia Quici, and Martín Meichtry (Eds.), Iron Nanomaterials for Water and Soil Treatment. Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., 2018. ISBN 978-981-4774-67-3.
Marta I Litter, Roberto J Candal, J Martin Meichtry (Eds.) Advanced Oxidation Technologies: Sustainable Solutions for Environmental Treatments. Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2014.
Marta I. Litter, Natalia Quici, and Martín Meichtry (Eds.), Iron Nanomaterials for Water and Soil Treatment. Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., 2018. ISBN 978-981-4774-67-3.
Marta I Litter, Roberto J Candal, J Martin Meichtry (Eds.) Advanced Oxidation Technologies: Sustainable Solutions for Environmental Treatments. Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2014.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
ExaminationExamination100 51