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Geoecology

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Course Unit Code541-0920/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated10 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Third Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter, Summer 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
RAC20prof. Ing. Helena Raclavská, CSc.
Summary
The subject builds on basic information gathered during the study. It focuses on the issues of site selection, landfill design, landfill waste management and landfill closure technology with subsequent rehabilitation. Landfill legislation. Technology to minimise environmental risks from landfill. Online methods to monitor the impact of the landfill on the surrounding area (emissions, nuisance — groundwater contamination, risk analysis). Characteristics of major pollutants (POPs, VOCs) — migration of risk elements and major anions. Optimisation of waste management in landfill – energy use of biogas, optimisation of the BRO and BRKO management process. BAT technology. Geochemical properties of materials used for landfill rehabilitation. Soil and waste decontamination technologies — thermal methods, physical-chemical methods, biodegradation technologies, electrochemical methods. Methods for assessing AMD production and the technological possibilities for minimising it.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of this subject is acquisition of knowledge about BAT technologies in the area of waste management together with landfilling. Operation systems of landfills – monitoring (on-line systems). Technology for waste minimization, methods for monitoring of environmental loads (underground water, gasses, noice), technology for soil decontamination. Utilization of biogass and relationship to the biologically degradable wastes.
Course Contents
Environment geofactors. Geological risk assessment. Protection environment in the extraction and processing of raw materials and waste disposal and management.
Geological environment and reclamation landscape regeneration.
Fly ash from combustion of fossil fuels and their utilization
Fly ash from combustion of biomass and the possibilities for their utilization.
Biochar - the basic information, the condition of production and utilization, IBI BIOACHR.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Cossu R. and R. Stegmann. Solid Waste Landfilling. 1st Edition. Concepts, Processes, Technology. Elsevier, 2018, 1-1190.
Pazoki, M. and R. Ghasemzadeh. Municipal Landfill Leachate Management. Springer International Publishing. 2020. 1-237, 10.1007/978-3-030-50212-6
Townsend, T.G., Powell, J., Jain, P., Xu, Q., Tolaymat, T., Reinhart, D. Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation. 2015. Springer-Verlag New York. 10.1007/978-1-4939-2662-6
KURAŠ M.: Odpady a jejich zpracování. 2014, Ekomonitor Praha, ISBN 978-80-86832-80-7, 1-344
RACLAVSKÝ K., H. RACLAVSKÁ a D. MATÝSEK: , Ochrana půd. Učební texty, 2005, CD ROM. VŠB – TU Ostrava. Opravené a doplněné vydání.
Borkovcová M., Žáková M. Biologie pro odpadové hospodářství. Mendelova Univerzita. 2015. 1-96, ISBN: 978-80-7509-240-3
Kizlink J. Odpady. Sběr, zpracování, zužitkování, zneškodnění, legislativa. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2014. 1-483, ISBN 9788072048847
Šimek V. Průvodce odpadovým hospodářstvím. LINDE Praha, 2015, 1-256. ISBN: 978-80-7201-905-2
Townsend, T.G., Powell, J., Jain, P., Xu, Q., Tolaymat, T., Reinhart, D. Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation. 2015. Springer-Verlag New York. 10.1007/978-1-4939-2662-6
Recommended Reading:
JACOBS, J.A., J.H. LEHR and S. M. Testa: Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage, and Acid Sulfate Soils: Causes, Assessment, Prediction, Prevention, and Remediation. 2014, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-48786-0, 1-520
KELY M.: Mining and the freshwater Environment. 2011, Springer, ISBN: 9401071055, 1-224
FOSSO-KANKEU E., WOLKERSDORFER CH., BURGESS J. Recovery of byproducts from acid mine drainage treatment. John Wiley & Sons, 2020, 1-384, 111962018X
MUDROCH A., U. STOTTMEISTER, C. KENNEDY and H. KLAPPER: Remediation of Abandoned Surface Coal Mining Sites : A NATO-Project. 2010, Sprineger Verlag Berlin, ISBN: 3-540-42539-X, 1-175.
JACOBS, J.A., J.H. LEHR and S. M. Testa: Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage, and Acid Sulfate Soils: Causes, Assessment, Prediction, Prevention, and Remediation. 2014, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-470-48786-0, 1-520
KELY M.: Mining and the freshwater Environment. 2011, Springer, ISBN: 9401071055, 1-224
MUDROCH A., U. STOTTMEISTER, C. KENNEDY and H. KLAPPER: Remediation of Abandoned Surface Coal Mining Sites : A NATO-Project. 2010, Sprineger Verlag Berlin, ISBN: 3-540-42539-X, 1-175.
MATĚJŮ V.: Kompendium sanačních technologií. 2006, ISBN 80-86832-15-5 , 1-280
ORÁČ D. a T.VINDT: Druhotné suroviny a odpady. Technická univerzita Košice, ISBN 9788055316444, 1-122
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
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Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
ExaminationExamination