546-0445/02 – Thermic Methods (TM)
Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2007/2008 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Knowledge of waste management in terms of their removal and their efficient material and energy recovery. Ability to distinguish different approaches, to estimate and find best solutions for a specific 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 the 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.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Other activities
Summary
The course deals with physical and chemical basics of thermochemical conversion of waste, necessary machinery, legislation framework of incinerators and waste disposal facilities. Next, the students will learn about effective utilization of all types of fuel, especially secondary energy sources represented by combustible industrial waste, agricultural and municipal waste.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
During the semester there will be discussions about topics being taught and at the end of semester written and oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of foreign literature.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Syllabus:
Thermic methods of waste disposal, definition and classification of thermic methods
Waste incineration technology (properties of the incinerated waste)
Principles of incineration (basic incineration regimes)
Fuel combustion – Calculation of combustion processes
Combustible waste (municipal waste, industrial waste, agricultural and forestry waste, special waste)
Facilities (furnaces) for thermic disposal of waste
Advantages and disadvantages of incineration
Utilization of waste heat
Waste incineration control
Emissions from the furnaces of industrial boilers
Pyrolysis of waste
Gasification of waste
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction