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| GEOL0315-1 | Waste and by products processing
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Stoyan Gaydardzhiev |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The course is centered around the questions how recycling could contribute in overcoming materials shortage and what is the economic importance and technological challenges in management and recycling of "secondary" resources;
The main topics to be discussed are:
Introduction to solid waste management, urban mining concept and objectives of waste processing. Raw materials demand/supply trends. Emerging technologies and demand for critical raw materials. Current situation in the area of metals recycling. Recycling activities as complement to primary mining activities. Recycled metals as a substitute to primary raw materials. Examples of specific fragmentation, components liberation and separation units developed for the waste processing industry (shredder, sorters, eddy-current and ballistic separators)
Basic flow-sheets developed to (re)process solid wastes will be given focusing on the following case studies (not-exhaustive):
* Recycling of end-of-life batteries
* Recycling of end-of-life vehicles * Recycling of plastics
* Recycling e-scrap
* Municipal Soild Waste as secondary resource |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By attending the course students will be able to:
- understand the role of supply of economically important raw materials for the driving emerging technologies.- understand the notion of "urban mining" and secondary resources
- get glance of the principles of solid waste management
- get acquainted how unit operations known from the mineral processing technology are adapted in treatment solid wastes and by products.
- identify the principal challenges in recycling of secondary resources (characterization, equipment selection and arrangement) - understand the basis steps during elaboration of solid waste recycling/treatment technologies |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| It is advisable that the students possess basic knowledge in metals supply chain and solid-solid separation techniques |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| lab practicals, site visits, seminars guided by professionals |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face-to-face first quadrimester room 1.94, B28, each monday p.m. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Tchobanoglous G. et. al. (1993) Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles and Management Issues" McGraw-Hill;
Worrell W, Vesilind P A, Solid Waste Engineering, 2-nd ed, 2012
UNEP .International Resource Panel 2013 "Metal recycling: Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure" available on-line
Proceedings of international symposiums on the topic: "Waste Processing and Recycling in mining and metallurgical industries" - available at prof's office |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| written exam - 70 %Laboratory reports, seminars/level of participation - 30 % |
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Work placement(s) :
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| internship not included |
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Organizational remarks :
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| The course is delivered during the first quadrimester as part of the levelling and introductory courses S7 of the EMERALD Erasmus-Mundus Master program.
Attendance at laboratory classes and seminars are compulsory |
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Contacts :
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| Stoyan Gaydardzhiev - Prof
s.gaydardzhiev@ulg.ac.be
Sophie Leroy/ Pierre-Henry KOCH - Assistants
sophie.leroy@ulg.ac.be
ph.koch@ulg.ac.be(x.decamp@ulg.ac.be) |
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| Items online : |
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| GEOL0315 |
| The slides of the lectures and the lab instructions are available at the ULg e-campus address |
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