Recycling and Waste Recovery

Teaching Methods

Option 1 - Two midterm exams ( minimum grade on each is 9.5).

Option 2 - Final exam.

Learning Outcomes

This course has been developed to provide students with an awareness of the methodology of dealing with waste management, clean technology and recycling. A major objective of the course is also to emphasize the importance of materials selection and materials design with regard to recycling.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

2. Unit operations in secondary metals processing. Comminution. Physical separation methods.

3. The processing of fragmentized metal wastes. Shredders. Non-magnetic processing. Other processes.

4. The processing of granulated metal wastes. Waste tyre processing. Battery processing. Thermally assisted processing.

5. The processing of urban waste.

6.Treatment of industrial wastewaters for recovery of process water, raw materials and by-products.

7. Biorefinery in pulp & paper and agro-food industries.

Assessment Methods

Evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Recycling of Metals and Engineering Materials, J.H.L. Van Linden, D.L. Stewart and J. Sahai (Ed), TMS (1990)

Engineering Materials, M.F. Ashby and D.R. Jones, Pergamon Press (1980)

Environmental Impact, Assessment for Wastes Treatment and Disposal Fac, J. Petlf and G. Edhyee, John Wiley (1994)

The Physical Separation and Recovery of Metals from Wastes, T.J. Veasey et al., Gordon and Breach (1993)

Metal Recovery from Industrial Waste, Brooks Clyde, Lewis Publishers (1991)

Biorefineries- Industrial Processes and Products,B.Kamm, P.R.Gruber, M. Kamm (Eds.), Wiley- VCH (2006)