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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Lectures: 1. Waste strategy and legislation. 2. Overview of generated waste according to human activity. 3. Waste prevention and minimization. 4. Waste recycling. 5. Biodegradable waste and its use by composting. 6. Biodegradable waste and its use by anaerobic digestion for energy production. 7. Thermal treatment of waste for energy production. 8. Landfilling. 9. Radioactive waste. 10. Energy utilization of waste heat. Seminars: 1. Real deadline for implementing the European waste strategy. 2. Problems of municipal waste recycling. 3. Sewage treatment plant operation and the adjacent biogas plant operation. 4. Operation of a municipal waste incinerator and its social acceptance. 5. The issue of permanent storage of nuclear waste. 6. Waste heat issues and the potential of its use.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Practicum
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 10 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 45 hours per semester
- Attendance on a field trip (number of real hours - maximum 8h/day)
- 5 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 18 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| familiar with the basic principles of energy transformation |
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| work with basic thermodynamic calculations |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| general waste strategy and its basic legislation |
| individual technologies for waste treatment, recovery and disposal, including their priorities |
| Skills |
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| implement an environmental management system |
| analyze real operations of energy recovery of waste |
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| Field trip |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
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Recommended literature
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Bayliss, C. R.; Langley, K. F. Nuclear decommisioning, waste management, and environmental site remediation. Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003. ISBN 0-7506-7744-9.
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Hogland, William; Grover, Velma I.; Grover, Vaneeta Kaur. Recovering energy from waste : various aspects ; Eds. Velma I. Grover, Vaneeta Kaur Grover, William Hogland. Enfield : Science Publishers, 2002. ISBN 1-57808-200-5.
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