546-0810/02 – Thermal methods of waste disposal (TM)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type A |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| 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
Project work
Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial)
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
Active participation in the completion of the project, including its defense in the exam.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Thermic methods of waste disposal, definition and classification of thermic methods
2. Waste incineration technology (properties of the incinerated waste)
3. Principles of incineration (basic incineration regimes). Fuel combustion – Calculation of combustion processes.
4. Combustible waste (municipal refuse, industrial waste, agricultural and forestry residues, special waste)
5. Facilities (furnaces) for thermic disposal of waste (grate, rotary, deck ovens)
6. Facilities (furnaces) for thermic disposal of waste (muffle, spatial, pumps, fluid bed furnaces)
7. Utilization of waste heat
8. Waste incineration control
9. Emissions from the furnaces of industrial boilers
10. Technology of energy utilization of waste
11. Pyrolysis of waste
12. Gasification of waste
13. Plasma technology
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction