The course gives specific competences on the main tecnologies used for polluted site remediation and solid waste treatment (about 50% of the hours per item) trough frontal lessons, case studies analysis and visit to treatment plant. Beside plant design aspect, the course provides competences on process sustainability in order to compare different remediation technologies and different waste treatment plant, finding the better planning solution
The course consists of a huge analysis of soil and subsoil remediation and waste management with the aim to transfer to the students knowledge and competence in the application of environmental sustainable process.
Further aim is the knowledge of methods and technologies with low environmental impact.
- knowledge of integreted waste management systems
- learning of Life Cycle methodology applied to waste management
- knowledge of main remediation technologies
- learning of risk analysis applied to polluted sites remediation
5 hours/week of frontal lessons, on tuesday between 14.00-16.00 and wednesday between 14.00-17.00
The course includes one visit to a waste treatment plant and the analisys of several case studies
Main items of the course of "polluted sites remediation and solid waste treatment:
- introduction to environmental politics
- waste management - regulatory background
- waste classification
- separate collection
- recycling
- Life cycle analisys principles
- waste fraction
- landfill dismantling
- visit to a waste treatment plant
- analisys of 4 case studies of solid waste landfills
- composting
- analisys of 1 composting plant
- incineration
- direct combustion
- analisys of an incineration plant
- gassification and pyrolysis
- air, solid and liquid emissions treatment
- polluted sites remediation - regulatory background
- soil caractherisation
- soil and subsoil drains and treatments
- biologic, chemical and physical treatments
- risk analysis
- emergency and permanent safety measures
Slides of the course and specific lecture notes will be available
TUA: National environmental law n.152 section IV
Ricevimento: Teacher's office at via all'Oera Pia 15, every tuesday between 16.00 - 18.00
MICHELA GALLO (President)
ADRIANA DEL BORGHI
CARLO STRAZZA
The course starts on tuesday, 20 September 2016 at 14.00
The students have to attend an oral exam
