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Course code: OŹES20095o15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Optimisation of waste treatment plant operation
Major: Renewable Energy and Waste Management
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr hab. inż. Andrzej Białowiec
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student has wide knowledge in particular disciplines of physics, chemistry, and biology, required for description of processes used in waste management, including knowledge on understanding of physical phenomenon’s, and processes during waste conversion into energy: R2OŹE_W02, R2A_W01, R2A_W03 Student has wide knowledge on waste management, quality management, and business activity, including individual entrepreneurship: R2OŹE_W05, R2A_W02 Student has wide knowledge on control systems, and monitoring techniques used in waste management: R2OŹE_W06, R2A_W05 Student has clarified, and well theoretically grounded knowledge in range of systems, technologies, techniques, devices, and tools used in waste management: R2OŹE_W11b, R2A_W03, R2A_W05 Student has detailed knowledge, based on strong theoretical fundament, in range of waste treatment devices, and technologies design, and operation: R2OŹE_W12b, R2A_W05 Skils: Student can search, understand, analyze, and creative use information data from literature review, data bases, and other sources; can integrate gathered information, may do the theirs interpretations, summaries, and put an opinions with justification: R2OŹE_U01, R2A_U01, R2A_U03 Student can do the identification, and characterizes the specificity of engineering tasks, prepares a technical documentation concerning engineering task execution, and prepares the report containing the description of results from task execution: R2OŹE_U03, R2A_U04 Student can use informatics technologies to support the design new waste management processes, and systems, and to monitor existing processes, and systems operation: R2OŹE_U04, R2A_U03 Student can judge technical solutions, and analyze of factors influencing on people, and animals life, and health quality, and on natural environment state: R2OŹE_U09, R2A_U05
Competences: Social competences: Student can do the deep analyses of executed task, considering definition of proper priorities including all contractors duties: R2OŹE_K02, R2A_K03
Prerequisites: The knowledge of aspects related to: waste treatment technologies including law, and technological aspects, of waste treatment knowledge on biological waste treatment, dealing with mass, and energy balances of technological process.
Course content: The bases of processes optimization, parameters identification by following methods: white box, black box, grey box, innovative tools for optimization, and solving problems: TRIZ - the theory of inventive problem solving, optimization of aerobic bioreactor for waste biological treatment, technological, economical, and processing optimization of waste mechanical, and biological treatment plant
Recommended literature: Mason I.G., 2006. Mathematical modeling of the composting process: A review Waste Management 26. 3–21 Mason I.G., Milke M.W., 2005. Physical modelling of the composting environment: A review. Part 2: Simulation performance. Waste Management 25. 501–509. Velis C.A., Longhurst P.J., Drew G.H., Smith, R., Pollard S.J.T. 2010. Production and quality assurance of solid recovered fuels using mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) of waste: a comprehensive assessment. Critical Reviews in environmental Science and Technology, 40(12), 979-1105. Velis C.A., Wagland S., Longhurst P., Robson B., Sinfield K., Wise S., Pollard S. 2013. Solid Recovered Fuel: Materials Flow Analysis and Fuel Property Development during the Mechanical Processing of Biodried Waste. Environmental science & technology, 47(6), 2957-2965. DOI: 10.1021/es3021815. Velis C.A., Wagland S., Longhurst P., Robson B., Sinfield K., Wise S., Pollard S. 2012. Solid Recovered Fuel: Influence of Waste Stream Composition and Processing on Chlorine Content and Fuel Quality. Environmental science & technology, 46(3),1923-1931. DOI: 10.1021/es2035653 Velis C.A., Wagland S., Longhurst P., Robson B., Sinfield K., Wise S., Pollard S. 2013. Response to Comment on "Solid Recovered Fuel: Materials Flow Analysis and Fuel Property Development during the Mechanical Processing of Biodried Waste". Environmental science & technology, 47(24), 14535-14536. DOI: 10.1021/es404413x. Guidelines, authorities reports - http://www.mos.gov.pl/kategoria/197_odpady/ Professional journals – Przegląd Komunalny, Recykling, Odpady Komunalne Scientific journals – Waste management, Waste management and research, Waste Management World …
Assessment methods: Lectures: final exam, Exercises: completing all projects, and exams
Comment: Computers are required for executing aerobic bioreactor, and mechanical, and biological treatment plant optimization tasks.