Course detail
Waste Treatment and Recycling
FSI-KODAcad. year: 2024/2025
The subject introduces to students the issue of waste management and related legislation at European and national (CZE) level. Students will learn the basics of technologies for both municipal and industrial wastes. Students will learn the methods of waste treatment covering a wide range of technologies and processes:
• For material and energy utilisation of waste
• For secondary raw materials or alternative fuels production
• Processes for disposal residues with the lowest environmental impact
• Processes for the management of gaseous emissions and liquid waste
Students will practice their theoretical knowledge on several practical examples using commonly available software MS Excel. Emphasis will be placed on the identification of material, energy inputs and outputs for the processes studied and on the estimation of the requirements associated with the management of various types of waste.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The attendance at lectures is recommended. Participation in the seminars is compulsory and is regularly checked. One absence is allowed. In the case of more absences, the students must prove the knowledge by extra tasks to be solved and/or by individual examination. Notes from missed classes have to be completed and handed in for a teacher's check-up. Participation at the lectures is not checked, but completion of assignments in the seminars requires knowledge from the lectures.
Aims
The student will understand the current conditions of Czech and European waste management. The student will have an overview of current legislation and the development of waste management—acquaintance with processes for different waste types utilisation.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
C. Ludwig, S. Hellweg, and S. Stucki, Municipal Solid Waste Management: Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Solutions, Springer, 2002. (EN)
Kolektiv autorů: Recyklace - Efektivní způsoby zpracování odpadů. Brno: Vysoké učení technické, 2011. ISBN 978-80-2-4-4240-5. (CS)
Plán Odpadového hospodářství ČR na roky 2015 až 2024 (CS)
Weiner, Ruth F.: Environmental engineering. Elsvier. 2003. ISBN: 0750672943
Recommended reading
Kiely Gerard: Environmental engineering. McGH, London 1998. ISBN: 0071164243.
zákona č. 185/2001 Sb., o odpadech v platném znění
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. Waste management legislation, Waste Catalogue, Hierarchy
3. Parameters and composition of different waste categories
4. Mechanical-biological treatment and landfilling
5. Waste-to-Energy
6. Pre-treatment for material recovery
7. Logistics - collection and transport of waste
8. Biowaste and its treatment
9. Gaseous waste and emissions
10. Liquid waste and sludges
11. Waste flows and treatment plants
12. Semester works presentations
13. Semester works presentations
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Conditions of course credit fulfillment, Waste legislation
2. Semester work tasks
3. Waste catalogue
4. Practical consequences of waste landfilling
5. Energy recovery processes balance
6. Material recovery processes balance
7. Waste composition
8. Waste separation
9. Influence of component separation on waste parameters
10. Excursion
11. Excursion
12. Excursion
13. Semester works presentations