Department of Process Engineeringhttps://www.univ-soukahras.dz/en/dept/gp |
Module: Solid waste management and treatment
Lecturer | Naima HABACHE |
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Master - Environmental process engineering
Department of Process Engineering Website : https://www.univ-soukahras.dz/en/module/4605 Semester : S2 Unit : UEF 1.2.1 Credit : 4 Coefficient: 2 |
Content | Introduction Definition of waste, waste classification, characterisation, final waste, legislation. Chapter 1: Household waste - Waste collection: types of collection, collection equipment, collection routes, transfer stations. - Landfill: problems of uncontrolled landfill, technical landfill centres, waste eligible for class I, II and III landfill sites, technical characteristics of landfill sites (passive safety, active safety and cover), leachate treatment and biogas recovery, landfill site sizing. - Bioconversion of organic waste - Composting: Advantages of composting, compostable waste, composting parameters, composting phases, composting methods, determining compost maturity, vermicomposting. - Methanisation: Methanisable waste, importance of methane in industrial processes, methanisation phases, methanisation parameters, dry and wet fermentation, biogas treatment, types of digester. - Incineration: Purpose, products of household waste incineration, incineration parameters, post-treatment (of gases, fly ash and bottom ash), types of furnaces. - Recycling: Importance of recycling, recycling logos, recyclable and non-recyclable waste, importance of selective sorting in recycling. Chapter 2: Special industrial waste (SIW) Definition, types, sources of production, hazardousness criteria, nomenclature, storage. - Treatments : - Physical-chemical: neutralisation, chemical precipitation, oxidation/reduction, sorption, stabilisation/solidification, injection into wells. - Thermal treatments: incineration, pyrolysis, hydrothermal oxidation, vitrification. Chapter 3 Infectious healthcare waste (DASRI) Types of medical waste, legislation, sorting, packaging and marking, storage, transport. Treatments: incineration, autoclave sterilisation, chemical disinfection, microwave irradiation. |
Evaluation | Continuous assessment: 40%; Exam: 60%. |