635-0953/01 – Thermal method of waste elimination (TMZO)
Gurantor department | Department of Thermal Engineering | Credits | 10 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D. |
Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory type B |
Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
To improve students' knowledge acquired in previous studies in the field of waste management. Emphasis is placed on learning the issues of waste management in all its range, including environmental and economic impacts.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
The subject covers various methods of material and energy waste recovery and also methods of their disposal/removal. The individual themes are, in agreement with the supervisor, developed in detail by the specific focus of doctoral dissertation.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
BILITEWSKI, B., HÄRDTLE, G., MAREK, K. Waste mangement. Springer, 1997. 699 p.
RHYNER, CHARLES R. Waste management and resource recovery. Lewis Publishers,1995. 524 p.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
No additional requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Definition, classification and waste generation. The basic legislative directives in the field of waste management. Municipal wastes, their generation and processing options. Industrial wastes generated in various industries. Material recovery of wastes (recycling, regeneration, composting). Energy recovery of wastes (incineration, pyrolysis, gasification). The basic technological aspects of thermal processes. Anaerobic waste treatment, formation of biogas, cogeneration.Waste disposal/removal. Landfilling of waste, landfill technology, classification and security of landfills, landfill gas and its energy use. Waste incineration without recovery, or using low heat. Plasma waste treatment methods.Physical and physico-chemical waste processing.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction