541-0566/08 – Methods of Environment Decontaminations (MDKP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Helena Raclavská, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Helena Raclavská, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Acquisition of konwledges from the area of contemporary technologies for decontamination oriented in the area of soils and uderground water. Comprehension of technological principles: thermic methods, physico-chemiocal methods, biodegradable methods. Analysis for determination of actual limits for decontamination on the basis of knowledge the technological efficiency and bulk loads of area. The methods for evaluation of technological efficiency.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The course is focused on the field of the dynamically developing environmental technologies for decontamination of soils and ground waters. Students are also acquainted with basic legislation related to ecological loads including methodology for risk analysis.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Huang P.M., Li Y., Sumner E.M. (2011): Handbook of Soil Sciences: Properties and Processes, Second Edition. CRC Press Taylor and Francis, 1 -1442.
Simon T. (2014): Environmental Risk Assessment: A toxicological approach. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1-406
Reddy K.R., Cameselle C. (2009): Electrochemical remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater Wiley, New Jersey
Kebria D.Y., Taghizadeh M., Camacho J.V., Latifi N. (2016): Remediation of PCE contaminated clay soil by coupling electrokinetics with zero-valent iron permeable reactive barrier Environ Earth Sci, 75 , p. 699
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Písemný test, ústní zkouška.
E-learning
Other requirements
The basic knowledge from inorganic and organic chemistry (nomenclature).
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Old ecological loads. The basic concepts and definitive criteria for evaluation of soil contamination.
Foreign matters in soils and underground waters, the basic physico-chemical properties of risk elements. The heavy metals in soils and their migration ability. Geochemical barriers.
Risk analysis. Methods for calculation of risks. Planar and spatial determination of contamination. The possibility of determination of pollution dissemination . The methods of explorations.Biological methods soil decontamination. Principles. Bacterial activity, technology in situ and ex situ.
The case studies: phenols, oil hydrocarbons, PAHs.
Physico-chemical methods for soil decontamination technology. In-situ technology: pneumatic agitation, soil washing, degassing, solidification/stabilisation. Ex-situ technology: oxidation/reduction, catalyzed decomposition, dehalogenization with glycol, soil washing, extraction with solvents, destilation.
The managment with wastes with high content of biodegradable matter. Anaerobic and aerobic technologies.
Thermic methods for soil decontamination. In-situ: evaporisation of vapours from soils, vitrification. Ex-situ: low temperature desorption, high temperature desorption, vitrification, combustion, pyrolysis and steam extractions. Co-combustion of wastes in large power unit.
Other technology for soil decontamination – electrokinetic technologies.
Technology for underground water decontamination: stripping, air sparing, passive protection, bioreactors, biofiltration, filtration, membrane technology, adsorption.
Technology for reclamation of landfills. Monitoring.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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