Week 1: Available raw materials resources, problems of their extraction, possible strategies of using natural resources Week 2: Electricity and heat Principles of electric energy saving, utilization of waste heat and low-temperature sources, heat recovery - practical examples from industry and civic sphere. Week 3: Renewable fuels and their transformation Utilization of biomass for fuels. When does it make sense to produce biofuels? Biofuels generation 1.-3. Local and global approach 4th week: Hazardous waste management Hazardous wastes and their properties, methods of hazardous waste management, PCB, oil, accumulator and electrical equipment management, hazardous wastes from medical and chemical production. 5th week: Glass recycling technology Recycling of container and building glass, production and recycling of fire and armored glass, wire glass and problems with its recycling .... 6th week: Recycling technology of plastics Classification of plastics and ways of application, recycling dilemma of plastics material or chemical use, illustrating examples from industry ... 7. Recycling of metallic materials - iron and steel Iron and its alloys, steel, importance of alloys, interpretation of terms and classification according to material use, availability of primary and secondary sources, recycling technology of iron and steel .... Week 8: Recycling of metallic materials non-ferrous metals and alloys Raw materials resources and their availability, classification of nonferrous metals and their alloys in terms of their use, strategic materials for engineering and chemical industry, recycling of aluminum, zinc, copper, gold ... Week 9: Rubber recycling Availability of natural and synthetic rubber and their recycling, vulcanization, devulcanization, treatment of worn tires, pyrolysis of rubber as a fuel source. 10th week: Recycling technology of wood and all-material materials Wood its properties and processing, wood recycling, monument protection, production of structural and building boards, building insulation based on cellulose, paper recycling .... 11th week: Construction and demolition waste, possibilities of their recycling and further use Introduction, problems of construction and demolition waste processing (SDO), methods of processing and utilization of various types of construction waste, technology and technology used in processing construction and demolition waste ... 12th week: Wastewater management Water as a basic parameter for life, its quality, availability, resources, technology of obtaining drinking and process water, water and purification technologies ... 13th week: Air purification Issues of flue gas cleaning, capture of solid particles, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, impact on health, sources and BAT technologies, VOC and PAH, incineration of municipal and hazardous waste ... Week 14: Control test
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In the world of dwindling natural resources available, the word waste is no longer used much ....The course is focused on the possibility of using renewable energy sources and raw materials. Emphasis is placed on recycling technologies of glass, plastic, rubber, cellulosic materials, metals and building materials.
After completing the course, the student is familiar with the basic technological principles and understands the context of individual chemical engineering operations. He is acquainted with the best available techniques applied to concrete examples of recycling, mining and processing technologies.
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