COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED SOLID WASTES TECHNOLOGIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5036 ADVANCED SOLID WASTES TECHNOLOGIES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÖRKEM AKINCI

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Environmental Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

The course overviews the scientific and technical knowledge on advanced solid waste technologies in addition to the conventional waste disposal techniques. Lectures contains the advances in the source separation and collection of the waste, advanced composting processes, gasification and pyrolysis of the waste, new drying and incineration systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge on solid waste types, properties and components
2   To have knowledge on unit operations of solid waste
3   To have knowledge on the technology selection according to the need, waste properties, and system costs
4   To have knowledge on modified and/or advanced solid waste technologies
5   To have knowledge for designing an novel solid waste processing system according to the legal aspects

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Solid waste types and properties
2 Physical separation and recycling
3 Major Biological Processes
4 Thermal Processes
5 The advantages and disadvantages of current SW technologies
6 General discussion on the possible methods for upgrading a SW technology
7 Midterm
8 Selection of Assigment topics
9 Advanced biological methods for solid waste recovery
10 Advanced thermal methods for energy recovery from solid wastes
11 Dsiscussion on selected articles about novel SW recovery techniques
12 Dsiscussion on selected articles about novel anaerobic SW processing techniques
13 Evaluation of assignments: class discussion
14 Evaluation of assignments: class discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Tchobanoglous G., Theisen, H., Vigil S.A., 1993, Integrated solid waste management: Engineering and Management, McGraw Hill

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations, article research, inclass discussions, inclass design studies, student presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Class participation is required

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Department of Environmental Eng. Kaynaklar Campus, 35160 Buca IZmir

Office Hours

2 hours before or after the lecture hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Reading 10 3 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 149

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.111
LO.211
LO.3111111
LO.411111
LO.51111

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