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Waste Recycling

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Course Unit Code546-0448/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 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 InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
CAB72prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D.
Summary
Reading this course the students will have an overview of current recycling of waste and learn about world-wide classical recycling technologies. Material sources focus on secondary materials and their processing. Theoretical basics of pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical and electrometallurgical processes are followed by recycling technologies of regeneration of selected utility ingredients from production, processing and amortization refuse, including the issue of ecotoxicology.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Knowledge of waste management in terms of their disposal and removal and their efficient material and energy recovery. Ability to distinguish different approaches, to estimate and find best solutions for a particular problem of waste management. Students will be able to obtain information for work experience, demonstrate a general overview and evaluate the issue. Compare different approaches and practical side of them. Being able to produce results and solve them independently. Demonstrate ability to communicate (active both writing and speaking), manage technical terminology.
Course Contents
1. Waste processing based on aluminum, tin, zinc, copper, lead and their alloys. (Applications pyrometallurgical , hydrometallurgical and elektrometalurgických processes in recycling technologies)
2. Recycling of precious and non-ferrous metals
3. Recycling of lead waste
4. Recycling construction waste - processing technology, use (machines for the recycling of construction waste , types of shredders for various kinds of construction waste sorting line )
5. Recycling of asphalt pavements , roads and highways
6. Recycling technology for the processing of paper, textiles, tires and waste from logging, waste glass
7. Recycling and recovery of plastics (PET , PVC , EPS , etc.)
8. Recycling of WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment)
9. Possibilities of utilization of fly ash - the technology of production of artificial aggregates from fly ash
10. Recycling of wastes from chemical industry
11. Possibilities of recycling and regeneration of used oils - Technology
12. Car wrecks - processing technology and current status
13. Municipal waste - sorting lines, extractable components from municipal waste
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
RUDOLPH, Natalie, Raphael KIESEL and Chuanchom AUMNATE. Understanding Plastics Recycling. München: Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co., 2017. DOI: 10.3139/9781569906774. ISBN 978-1-56990-676-7.
WORRELL, Ernst and M. A. REUTER. Handbook of recycling: state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists. Boston: Elsevier, [2014]. ISBN 978-0-12-396459-5.
MISHRA, B., Christian LUDWIG and S. DAS, ed. REWAS 2008: Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste, Treatment and Clean Technology [CD-ROM]. Warrendale: TMS, c2008. ISBN 978-0-87339-726-1.
Alfred Arn. NIJKERK and WIJNAND L. Dalmijn: Handbook of recycling technigues. [Rev. and expanded ed.]. The Hague : Nijkerk Consultancy, 1998 - 216 s. ISBN 90-802909-2-0.
WORRELL, Ernst a M. A. REUTER. Handbook of recycling: state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists. Boston: Elsevier, [2014]. ISBN 978-0-12-396459-5.
Recyklace odpadů I-XVI : 1997-2012, / [editor Peter Fečko, Vladimír Čablík]. - Ostrava : VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava.
Botula,J.: Recyklace odpadů kovových a kovonosných. VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2004.ISBN 80-248-0495-6.
KRIŠTOFOVÁ, Dana. Recyklace ušlechtilých kovů. Ostrava : VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2001 - 100 s. ISBN 80-7078-939-5.
Recommended Reading:
Aluminium recycling / Mark E. Schlesinger. - Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2007 - 225 s. ISBN 978-0-8493-9662-5.
Recycling in textiles / edited in Youjiang Wang. - Cambridge : Woodhead Publishing, 2006 - x, 230 s. ISBN 1-85573-952-6.
WEINBERG, Adam S., David N. PELLOW a Allan SCHNAIBERG. Urban recycling and the search for sustainable community development. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2000. ISBN 978-0691050140.
HEGBERG B. Mixed plastics recycling technology. Hardbound, 217 pages, publication date: Dec-1992. ISBN 0-8155-1297-X.
CHRIAŠTEĽ L. Recyklácia odpadov. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Slovenská technická univerzita, 2000. 102 s. ISBN 80-227-1403-8.
ŠTOFKO, M., ŠTOFKOVÁ, M. Neželezné kovy. TU Košice 2000, 293 s.
VIDLÁŘ J., RŮŽIČKOVÁ Z., SRB J. Úprava druhotných surovin. 1. vyd. Ostrava : Vysoká škola báňská, 1985, 302 s.
KUNHALMI G. Hutníctvo druhotných neželezných kovov. Vyd. 1. Košice : Vysoká škola technická, 1984, 136 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project 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
        CreditCredit33 (33)18
                Laboratorní úlohaLaboratory work20 10
                Semestrální práce Semestral project13 8
        ExaminationExamination67 (67)33
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination30 15
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination37 18