637-0415/01 – Recovery of Non-metallic Materials (RNK)
| Gurantor department | Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Silvie Brožová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Silvie Brožová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2005/2006 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master, Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student after passing the exam from this subject will gain the following abilities:
- Describe treatment of plastic materials, tyres, paper, radio-active non-metallic materials after their utilisation.
- Classify the plastic materials according to their origin, initial raw materials and physical- chemical properties, make an overview of manufacturing procedures for production of selected plastic materials (PE, PET, PVC),
- Characterise sorting of plastic materials, methods of betterment of plastic waste, describe destructive and non-destructive methods, treatment methods, use of plastic materials in industry.
- Describe tyres, their segmentation, construction, basic raw materials, extent of use.
- Characterise recycling of tyres, treatment procedures and units, destructive and non-destructive methods, use of recycled products.
- Describe use of paper, its segmentation, production, tetra-packs, recycling technologies, cardboard, treatment units.
- Make an overview of non-standard methods of processing of selected polymers (bio-degradation).
- Describe recycling of radio-active waste.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Project work
Other activities
Summary
Student will acquire and overview of processing of plastic materials, tyres, paper, radio-active non-metallic materials after their utilisation. Plastic materials and their segmentation according to their origin, initial raw materials and physical-chemical properties, manufacturing procedures for production of selected plastic materials (PE, PET, PVC), classification of plastic materials, methods of betterment of plastic waste, destructive and non-destructive methods, treatment methods, use of plastic materials in industry. Tyres, their segmentation, construction, basic raw materials, extent of use, recycling, basic treatment procedures and units, destructive and non-destructive methods, use of recycled products. Paper, its segmentation, production, use. Recycling of non-metallic radio-active waste. Environment and destructive technologies. Non-standard methods for processing of selected polymers.
Compulsory literature:
[1] Scheirs J.: Polymer recycling, Wiley, Chichester, Great Britain, 1998, 591 s.
[2] GOTO,H., IBARAKI,T. Plastics recycling by a coke-oven from waste plastics to chemical raw materials.Nippon steel technical report, 86, 2002
[3] Waste Treatment and Clean Technology REWAS 99, TMS, USA 1999.
Recommended literature:
[1] Virtanen Y., Nilsson S.: Environmental Impacts of Waste Paper Recycling. IASA, EARTHSCAN Publications Ltd. London, 1993, 166 s.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Test
E-learning
Other requirements
no further requirements to the students
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
• Introduction to the subject, plastics, tyres, paper, radioactive materials, use, service life, recycling.
• Plastics and their sorting, sorting according to the origin, initial raw materials and physical and chemical properties.
• Chemical composition of individual polymers, poly-reaction, sorting according to kinds of poly-reactions.
• Production procedures for production of selected plastics (PE,PET,PVC), aggregates.
• Plastics sorting, methods of sorting, basic equipment.
• Valuation methods of waste plastics, destructive and non-destructive methods.
• Treatment methods, crashing, grinding, production of powder recycled material, use.
• Plastics use in an industry, electrical engineering, electronics, car industry.
• Tyres, structure, composition, basic raw materials, application range.
• Recycling of tyres, basic treatment procedures and aggregates, destructive and non-destructive methods, use of recycled material.
• Paper, structure, production, use, cardboard, tetrapacks, recycling technologies, treatment aggregates.
• Recycling of radioactive wastes.
• Environment and non-destructive technologies (gaseous, liquid and solid products).
• Non-standard methods of treatment of selected polymers (biological decomposition).
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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