NAME OF THE COURSE |
Disposal of Hazardous Waste |
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Course teacher |
Prof Pero Dabić |
Credits (ECTS) |
3.0 |
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Associate teachers |
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Type of instruction (number of hours) |
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Status of the course |
Mandatory |
Percentage of application of e-learning |
0 % |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION |
Course objectives |
- Acquiring knowledge about the sources, types and amounts of hazardous waste materials - The possibility of permanent and environmentally safe management of hazardous wastes - Recycling and getting of new products |
Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course |
Enrolled in or passed the cours Exercises in Disposal of Hazardous Waste |
Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes) |
After passing the exam, the student is expected to know: - Substances that make hazardous waste, - Definitions and law prescribed limits - Sources, types and amounts of hazardous wastes - Recycling and getting of new products - Permanent and environmentally safe disposal |
Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) |
Week 1: introduction, legislation on hazardous waste, environmental impact Week 2: sources, types and labeling of hazardous waste, the UN numbers Week 3: transportation of hazardous waste, road, rail, ship and air Week 4: technological processes which produce harmful waste products Week 5: production, storage, installation and remains inorganic binders and building materials Week 6: oily waste, types, options for reuse or safe disposal methods Week 7: construction waste, recycling and disposal opportunities Week 8: assessment (1st colloquium); Week 9: technological processes using industrial waste as raw material Week 10: technological processes of solidification and stabilization of industrial waste materials Week 11: physico-chemical methods of characterization of wastes Week 12: hydration and optimization of additives in cement matrix Week 13: test methods for new construction products with addition of industrial waste - use value Week 14: methods of testing new products with industrial waste-ecological acceptability - leaching tests (leaching) Week 15: Final comments, discussion, conclusions. assessment (2nd colloquium). |
Format of instruction: |
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Student responsibilities |
Attending lectures in the amount of 80%, and laboratory exercises in 100% of the total number of lessons. |
Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course): |
Class attendance |
2.0 |
Research |
0.0 |
Practical training |
0.0 |
Experimental work |
0.0 |
Report |
0.0 |
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Essay |
0.0 |
Seminar essay |
0.0 |
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Tests |
1.0 |
Oral exam |
0.0 |
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Written exam |
0.0 |
Project |
0.0 |
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Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam |
Continuous evaluation: The entire test can be laid across two exams during the semester. Pass rate threshold is 60%. Each colloquium in assessing the worth 45%. The presence of lectures in 80-100% amount is 10% of the grade. Final evaluation: Students who have passed one colloquium, it is recognized as part of the exam (45% score). The remaining part is laid in the regular examination periods. Students who did not pass any colloquium, written exam in the regular examination periods laid the whole subject matter. Prague passing the 60% and a written examination form part of the assessment with 90%. Rating: sufficient (60-70%), good (71-80%), very good (81-90%), excellent (91-100%). |
Required literature (available in the library and via other media) |
Title |
Number of copies in the library |
Availability via other media |
K.Y. Show, X. Guo, Industrial Waste, InTech, Rijeka, 2012. |
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L.K. Wang, Y.T. Hung, H.H. Lo, C. Yapijakis, Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 2004. |
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R. D. Spence, C. Shi, Stabilization and Solidification of Hazardous, Radioactive and Mixed Wastes, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2005. |
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Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal) |
A. Al-Tabbaa, Stabilisation/Solidification Treatment and Remediation, Advances in S/S for Waste and Contaminated Land, A.A. Ballkema Publishers, London, 2005. - I. Kisić, Sanacija onečišćenog tla, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Zagreb, 2012. - R. Siddique, Waste Materials and By-Products in Concrete, Springer, Berlin, 2008.
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Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences |
- Keeping records of class attendance - Annual Performance analysis Examination - Monitoring suggestions and reactions of participants during the semester - Student survey |
Other (as the proposer wishes to add) |
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