Course objectives
Introducing students; with the sources of municipal/solid waste generation, with the application of green engineering approach in production, life cycle analysis, characterization, recycling and treatment of solid municipal waste, as well as the organization and establishment of system of solid waste management
Course content (syllabus)
WEEK 1. Pollution sources, Green Engineering approach, Sustainable development
WEEK 2. Definition of waste; generation sources (municipal, industrial) and properties (hazardous, non-hazardous, inert)
WEEK 3. EU and Republic of Croatia legislation for waste management; strategies and action plans
WEEK 4. Waste management hierarchy, prevention strategies, circular economy
WEEK 5. Life cycle assessment (LCA, LCC), monitoring methods and pollution measurement units
WEEK 6. Classification, characterization, composition and properties of solid waste
WEEK 7. Municipal waste; organization of waste management system with separate phases - collection, storage, separation/sorting, transport
WEEK 8. Partial exam
WEEK 9. Recycling of materials from waste; plastics, glass, paper, metal
WEEK 10. Special waste categories; packaging waste, e-waste, waste oils, waste vehicles, waste tires, waste batteries and accumulators
WEEK 11. Municipal waste landfills, Waste management centers
WEEK 12. Landfill leachate; characteristics and treatment
WEEK 13. Composting and mechanical-biological treatment; demands, technologies, products
WEEK 14. Thermal waste treatment; demands, technologies, energy, products
WEEK 15. Partial exam
Format of instruction:
lectures
seminars and workshops
exercises
fieldwork
independent assignments
laboratory
Student responsibilities
A minimum of 75% of attendance of all classes is mandatory. Absence from the seminars and lab exercise must be compensated. Before taking the exam, the student is required to submit the written seminar report, complete all exercises and to submit all written reports. Oral exam is possible only at a personal request and/or in special circumstances.
Monitoring student work
Class attendance
Experimental work
Preliminary exam
Report
Seminar paper
Practical work
Written exam
Learning outcomes at the level of the programme to which the course contributes
- Compile and apply advanced knowledge of natural and technical sciences, particularly chemical engineering and environmental engineering in solving scientific, professional and general social problems.
- Solve engineering problems using the scientific method combining expert knowledge from chemistry, environmental, and chemical engineering as well as material science and engineering.
- Correlate expert knowledge from chemistry, chemical engineering and material engineering with awareness of influence on society, economy and environment.
- Plan and independently perform experiments in order to confirm a hypothesis to estimate economic and ecological efficiency of processes.
- Utilise advanced laboratory procedures and instruments for synthesis of new products, create sustainable processes, and solve problems of water, air and soil pollution.
- Apply different analytical techniques, analytical and numerical methods, as well as software tools in creative problem solving of engineering challenges, proposing sustainable technological solutions.
- Identify and analyse complex problems in technological processes of chemical and related industries.
- Apply tools, methods and standards for monitoring and assessing the quality of processes and products, as well as their environmental impact, and to predict potential risks in working with technological processes and developing products.
- Identify and discuss advantages, disadvantages and limitations of certain methods for preparation, synthesis, analysis and processing of samples in accordance with sustainable development and life cycle of products and processes.
- Independently organise and plan timelines, apply a general methodology for project planning and management in a business environment
- Evaluate technological processes and products from the perspective of high functionality in different conditions and environmental effects.
- Create a critical analysis, evaluation and interpretation of personal results, and compare them with existing data in scientific and expert literature
- Demonstrate independence and reliability in independent work, as well as effectiveness, reliability and adaptability in team work
- Outline results of independent and teamwork in a written and oral form to non-experts and experts in a clear and coherent way.
- Communicate with the scientific and professional community, as well as society in general in local and international surroundings
- Develop work ethic, personal responsibility and tendency for further skill and knowledge acquisition, according to standards of engineering practice
Expected learning outcomes at the level of the course (3 to 10 learning outcomes)
1. Define terms: environment pollution, pollution sources, sustainable development
2. Explain solid waste legislation valid for EU and Republic of Croatia
3. Apply assessment methods and pollution monitoring in the implementation of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA, LCC) for solid waste
4. Apply characterization methods for solid waste regarding overall amount, source type and amount of particular fraction materials
5. Apply assessment methods for the determination of material properties from solid waste; energy content (caloric value), chemical (organic, inorganic, hazardous) and physical (density, moisture) properties
6. Apply assessment methods for establishing and organizing a waste management system with separate phases
7. Apply technologies for waste recycling and treatment and analyse the secondary products
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Nastavni materijal za predavanja, seminare i vježbe postavljen na mrežnu stranicu kolegija, www.fkit.unizg.hr,
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Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainablity, J. R. Mihelcic, J. B. Zimmerman, Design, John Wiley& Sons, New Yersey, 2009.
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Environmental Engineering; Environmental helth and Safty for Municipal Infrastructure, Land Use and Planning and Industry, N. L. Nemerow, F. J. Agardy, P. Sullivan, J. A. Salvato, 6th edition, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey., 2009.
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Waste Treatment and Disposal, P. T. Williams, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey., 2005.
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Polymers, the Enviromental and Sustanible Development, A. Azapagic, A. Emsley, I. Hamerton, J. Wiley & Sons, N.Y., 2003.
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Assessment, Monitoring and Remediation, W. J, Lacy, H. E., Allen, I. Twardowska, A. A. F. Kettrup, Solid Waste:, Elsevier, Amsterdam-Boston, 2004.
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Science, Technology and Applications, J. Scheirs, Polymer Recycling, J.Wiley & Sons, Brisbane, 1998.
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