The course gives specific competences on the main technologies 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 plants. 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 management solution.
The course aims to provide students with skills on contamination and remediation techniques, principles of risk analysis, treatment of solid waste through incineration, composting, landfill and recycling.
On successful completion of this study, through lessons attendance and training activities such as oral lessons, case studies and exercises, the students have specific competences on:
· knowledge of integrated waste management systems,
· Life Cycle methodology and circular economy applied to waste management,
· Use of risk analysis applied to polluted sites remediation,
· knowledge of main remediation technologies,
· Further aim is the knowledge of methods and technologies with low environmental impact.
The course has no specific prerequisites. However, for a successful learning, basic knowledge on mathematics, chemical and physics are required.
The course foreseen oral lessons, exercises, educational field trips, use of simulation software. The presentation of theoretical contents (46 hours) alternates exercises, case studies and visits to plants (14h), aimed at the learning of the topics
Main items of the course:
· Site charactherisation: physical, chemical and hydrogeological charactheristics of soils and grounwater (6h)
· Biological treatments: bioremediation, fytodepuration, biopiles (4h),
· Classroom Exercise: analysis of post remediation area sas case studies (4h).
Teaching material and exercises will be available on Aulaweb platform. The following book and standards could be useful a follow-up.
Ricevimento: Teacher's office at via all'Oera Pia 15, every tuesday between 16.00 - 18.00
MICHELA GALLO (President)
ADRIANA DEL BORGHI
the course takes place in the first semester
The course is passed through an oral, exam consisting in 2 general questions on the soil remediation part and 2 questions on the solid waste part.
Three exam sessions will be foreseen during the winter session (January, February and during the Easter didactic stop of the Polytechnic School) and 3 exam sessions will be foreseen during the summer session (June, July, September and during the fall stop of the Polytechnic School). No extraordinary further exam sessions will be issued outside the regular Polytechnic School periods, with the exceptions of students without didactic activities in their current academic year curriculum.
Details on the exam preparation and the degree of knowledge of each topic will be given during the lessons. The oral examination usually consists of 2 questions regarding the waste part, one related to treatment plants and one related to the management aspects, also linked to the considered case studies and further 2 questions on the soil remediation, one concerning the site characterization and one concerning the choice of a suitable remediation technique. The exam aims to evaluate skills to apply the learning to specific case studies and to critically analyze processes, demonstrating knowledge of the topics. Quality of the presentation, correct chemical and technical terminology, and critical thinking skills will also be evaluated.
