546-0514/01 – Waste Management (OH)
Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Miluše Hlavatá, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2007/2008 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master, Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the subject Waste Management is a detailed identification of the formation of selected types of waste and their disposal technologies. Based on resources it will be possible to evaluate and determine suitability of material utilization for each type of waste, including application of their handling.
Teaching methods
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Summary
The course provides the students with basic training in the area of waste
disposal in general. The course deals in detail with the issue of waste
utilization and disposal. The individual lectures focus on thermal processing
of waste, biological methods of waste disposal, composting, waste dumping and
physical-chemical methods of waste disposal.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Students will include the information gained during a semester into their half-yearly presentations which will react to applications of the individual methods in the sphere of waste disposal. The subject is closed by granting a credit and by an examination.
E-learning
Other requirements
Study of professional literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Basic legislation of waste management
2. Thermic methods of energy utilization and disposal of waste
Facilities (boilers) for energy utilization and disposal of waste
Facilities for cleaning of waste gases
3. Biological methods of waste processing
Separation and composting of municipal bio-waste
Course of composting and basic conditions of composting
Optimization of the material composition of compost
Disposal of bio-waste – possibilities of further utilization
4. Waste dumping
Legal regulations for waste dumping
Processes taking place in waste dumps
Types of waste storable in waste dumps
Body of a waste dump (drainage systems, dewatering, insulation foils, etc.)
Composition of seepage water, waste dump gas (formation, collection, processing – utilization)
5. Physical-chemical methods of waste disposal
Types of hazardous chemical waste
Re-working of hazardous waste
Solidification of waste
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction