546-0904/02 – Waste Management (HSO)
Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 10 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Čablík, Ph.D. |
Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2003/2004 | Year of cancellation | 2022/2023 |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The course provides information on the characteristics of the waste and the procedures for dealing with them, which are used to protect the environment. Particular attention is paid to methods and applications in the process of quarrying. Acquired knowledge is the basis for optimization, measurement and management in the field of waste management.
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
Formation, types and properties of waste, and its disposal. Characteristics of industrial waste and municipal refuse. Waste from extraction and processing of mineral resources. Methods of waste disposal: dumping, solidification, thermal processing, biological processing. Physical and chemical methods of waste processing.
Compulsory literature:
Lemann, Martin F. Waste management. Bern: Peter Lang, 2008.
Grover, Velma I. Solid Waste Management. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema, 2000.
Saravanan, K. Principles of Environmental Science & Technology. New Delhi: New Age International, 2005.
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
processing background research on a chosen theme
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
• Legislation
• Waste treatment
• Municipal waste
• Recycling of municipal waste
• Recycling of industrial waste
• Landfilling
• Biological methods of disposal of waste
• Thermal processes
• Land reclamation
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction