Course detail
Waste Management and Engineering
FCH-MA_ENG4Acad. year: 2024/2025
Definition of the waste-related issues, legislation and management, sources of the municipal and industrial waste, types of wastes and their use, recycling, disposal, fundamental waste technologies – biological, thermal, landfil and solidifaction, alternative ways of waste treatment, technologies used for waste treatment.
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
6
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
Basics of general chemistry.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
oral examination, to proceed requires at least 50% of correct answers.
presence on seminars is compulsory
presence on seminars is compulsory
Aims
The students obtain information on collecting, separation, transport and waste disposal. Students will learn the major sources and types of industrial, agriculture and household waste and conventional and alternative technologies for waste disposal.
Review about development, reprocessing, recycling and disposal of wastes. Graduate can take position either as a manager or an operation engineer in a company dealing with waste treatment.
Review about development, reprocessing, recycling and disposal of wastes. Graduate can take position either as a manager or an operation engineer in a company dealing with waste treatment.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Scheirs H. F., Kaminsky W.: Feedstock Recycling and Pyrolysis of Waste Plastics. Wiley, New York 2006. (EN)
Bender H. F., Eisenbarth P.: Hazardous Chemicals. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim 2007. (EN)
Bahadori A., Smith S.T. Dictionary of Environmental Engineering and Wastewater Treatment. Springer. 2016 (EN)
Bender H. F., Eisenbarth P.: Hazardous Chemicals. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim 2007. (EN)
Bahadori A., Smith S.T. Dictionary of Environmental Engineering and Wastewater Treatment. Springer. 2016 (EN)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.