COURSE OBJECTIVE - Introducing students to the drivers of pollution, sources and types of waste pollution, characterization and disposal of waste, the concept of organized disposal and separation of solid waste.
COURSE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM
LECTURES
WEEK 1 Introduction. Environmental pollution
WEEK 2 Approach green engineering, sustainable development
WEEK 3 Life expectancy assessment, LCA, LCC
WEEK 4 Pollution units
WEEK 5 Defining waste, characterizing solid waste
WEEK 6 Morphological composition of solid waste, waste characteristics
WEEK 7 I. partial exam
WEEK 8 Solid waste disposal system (collection, storage, separation, transport)
WEEK 9 Disposal of waste materials, recycling; metal, plastic waste
WEEK 10 Disposal and recycling; glass, paper, building materials, e-waste,
WEEK 11 Disposal and recycling; hazardous waste, composting
WEEK 12 Disposal and recycling; incineration of unseparated waste, hazardous waste, in cement kilns
WEEK 13 Municipal waste landfills; site selection, solid waste decomposition, landfill gases
WEEK 14 Municipal waste landfills; leachate, landfill design, landfill management, concept of organized solid waste management
15. WEEK II. partial exam
EXERCISES
1. Visit to a landfill / recycling center
2. Laboratory work
SEMINAR WORK
Making a presentation and / or written seminar paper on a given topic
PREREQUISITES FOR COURSE ENROLLMENT
General, inorganic, organic chemistry and physical chemistry
PREREQUISITES FOR TAKING THE COURSE
Accepted seminar paper and report from laboratory exercises
DEVELOPING GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES OF STUDENTS
General student competencies: students are trained to solve pollution problems; introduction of the principles of pollution reduction and optimal treatment of the generated pollution and waste.
Specific competencies of students: acquire knowledge and competencies on the application of pollution reduction principles, methods of evaluation and assessment of pollution, sources and types of pollution / waste, technologies for solid waste management and organization of solid waste management.
STUDENTS 'TEACHING OBLIGATIONS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE
Attendance at all forms of teaching is mandatory, a minimum of 75%. Absence from laboratory exercise must be compensated. Before taking the exam, the student is required to do all the exercises and submit a seminar paper.
TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, exercises, seminars, fieldwork
MANNER OF EXAMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXAMINATION
Two partial exams or a written and, if necessary, an oral exam.
METHOD OF MONITORING THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF COURSES
Student survey
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Argue elements from life cycle analysis (LCA)
2. Choose waste recovery technologies
3. Recommend a method for estimating the composition of solid waste
4. Identify the basic elements of physical, chemical and biological mechanisms important for the quality and sustainability of ecosystems
5. Evaluate comprehensive waste management technologies
6. Identify problems in the field of environmental protection
LEARNING OUTCOMES AT PROGRAM LEVEL
1. connect the basic elements of physical, chemical and biological mechanisms important for the quality and sustainability of ecosystems
2. link expertise in local and global environmental protection, environmental improvement and management, and environmental legislation
3. identify the problem by integrated application of basic sciences in the field of environmental protection
4. optimize complete technologies with a minimum amount of waste, which includes their analysis and modeling, while respecting the strategy of a closed production cycle
5. develop your own opinion about global processes and understand them
6. apply various analytical techniques, analytical and numerical methods and software tools in solving engineering problems
|