WASTES TREATMENT AND CONTAMINATED SITES REMEDIATION
Stampa
Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic year
2019/2020
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
ICAR/03 (ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ENGINEERING)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Course
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Impiantistico
Year of study
Period
1st semester (30/09/2019 - 20/01/2020)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
50 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
BERTANZA GIORGIO (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Sanitary Environmental Engineering (12 CFU)
Learning outcomes
This course deals with the design of waste treatment plants and contaminated sites remediation technologies
Course contents
Conventional and separate collection of municipal solid waste: different systems, design criteria. Examples. Municipal solid waste selection plants: technologies, plant schemes, mass balanes. Municipal and industrial waste incineration: gaseous emission characteristics, gas treatment technologies (conventional and advanced), design criteria, mass and energy balances. Calculation examples. Sanitary landfill: design criteria (impermeabilization, cover systems, biogas collection and recovery, leachate collecton). Contaminated site remediation technologies: design criteria.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): about 25
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): about 25
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen, Samuel Vigil. Integrated solid waste management: engineering principles and management issues. New York, McGraw-Hill. Additional reports and books may be suggested by the teacher during the course on particular topics.
Assessment methods
The exam consists of a written test plus an oral interview (that can be taken only if the score of the written test is sufficient).
Further information
The exam consists of a written test plus an oral interview (that can be taken only if the score of the written test is sufficient).
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030