Course detail

Production and Waste

FSI-UOPAcad. year: 2011/2012

Industrial manufacturing – history, development and its specification, environmental impact. Waste production in relation to rise of industrial manufacturing and living standards. Existing imbalance between production and consumption. Methods and procedures of utilization/treatment of waste in production, energy industry and relevant areas.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Andrea Tabasová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Process Engineering (ÚPI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Pressing issue of ever rising waste production ass well as types of waste, especially in industry, is presented in this course. Individual industrial areas will be analyzed with respect to the waste they produce and their relation to environment protection.

Prerequisites

Students should have basic knowledge from first three semesters at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Award of conditioned by presentation of a paper on a given topic and by active participation in all lessons and field trips. In justified cases, teacher may present an alternative credit condition. Exam is written.

Course curriculum

Lecture: 23 lessons, voluntary

Course curriculum:

1. Overview of valid legislation n the CR concerning waste treatment
2. Treatment of industrial waste
3. Waste from chemical and metallurgical industries
4. Plastics and rubber industries
5. Waste from agricultural and food processing industries
6. Waste from energy industry
7. Waste from glass producing and construction industries
8. Waste from mining and transport industries
9. Production and disposal of waste coming from utilization of oil products
10. Environmental aspects of industrial waste
11. Disposal of hazardous waste
12. Basic methods of hazardous waste disposal
13. New technologies in waste management

Seminars: 13 lessons, compulsory

Course curriculum:

1. Assignment of papers
2. Wood mining and processing
3. Waste containing silver
4. Nuclear waste
5. Waste from agricultural and food processing industries
6. Waste from energy industry
7. Waste from glass producing and construction industries
8. Waste from textile industry
9. Processing methods of polymers
10. Waste from other types of industries
11. Minimization of waste
12. Field trip – waste incinerator
13. Paper presentation

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

This course aims to elevate awareness of necessity and need to wisely treat wastes – their production and minimization incorporated in design, and maximum utilization of their utilization if produced.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Only seminars are compulsory and attendace sheets are kept. In justified cases, attendance may be substituted by an individual project.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

G. Kiely. 1998. Environmental Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. 979 p. ISBN 0-07-709127-2.
Klass, DL. 1998. Biomass for Renewable Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals. San Diego: Academic Press/Elsevier, 1998. 651 p.
Časopisy Odpady, Odpadové fórum, Ochrana ovzduší, Vodní hospodářství, Česká energetika, Alternativní energie
Věstník MŽP

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3S-P Bachelor's

    branch B-EPE , 3. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Andrea Tabasová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Industry production - a basic requirement of the society.
2. Energy production and distribution, necessary part of industry production and human society development.
3. Basic principles of environment protection.
4. Concrete impacts of industry proceeding to environment.
5. Basic principles of sustainable development and consumption.
6. Waste proceeding, basic terms.
7. Systems of waste processing, equipment to its utilization and disposal.
8. Product life cycle, principle practical application within its design.
9. Industry waste output.
10. Waste kinds and volume of raw material mining.
11. Methods of waste utilization.
12. Environmental legislative bases, legislative tools of environment protection (EA, EIA, ISO etc.).
13. Environmental business management system (EMS, IPPC).

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Andrea Tabasová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Discussion on contemporary and future shed Earth, local, continental and global concerning environment.
2. Discussion on contemporary and future shed Earth in tenacious on going imbalance in consumption and performance, especially in the area of water-supply and energy and performance of wastes.
3. Excursion to laboratory of water management company.
4. Excursion to biomass fire-room.
5. Excursion to central control of heating plant.
6. Excursion to waste treatment firm (1/2).
7. Excursion to waste treatment firm (2/2).
8. Excursion to waste disable firm (1/3).
9. Excursion to waste disable firm (2/3).
10. Excursion to waste disable firm (3/3).
11. Discussion about excursion papers (1/2).
12. Discussion about excursion papers (2/2).
13. Awarding graded credits.