ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 24
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
Center Faculty of Chemistry
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
This subject aims to train students in the different waste generated by society, in its integral management and in the possible treatment routes both current and under development.
Knowing how to decide whether a material is a waste or not in accordance with the legislation.
Know the classifications of waste based on the different criteria.
Know the framework and specific regulations for waste streams.
Know the hierarchy of waste management.
Know and know what analytical techniques can be applied in the life cycle of a product, including the stages outside the management plant (before entering), and in the same plant or plants.
Know and know what analytical techniques should be applied to apply them in optimal management.
Waste, regulations, dangerousness, LER coding. Waste management and treatment plant. Types of waste. Analytical tests of a waste for its characterization. Analytical tests of a waste to select the optimal management. Waste management hierarchy. From waste to product. Organizations with responsibility for waste
Topic I. Introduction and regulations
Presentation and basic concepts of waste. Waste characterization: physical, chemical, thermal and biological properties. Waste problem. Classification according to its origin and danger. Waste coding and European Waste List. Organisms with responsibilities in the matter of waste. Hierarchical levels of waste management.
Topic II. Waste management and treatment plant
Residuous generation. Packaging and labeling of hazardous waste. Waste management sector. Waste treatment facilities. Comprehensive solid waste management systems. Productive technological process. Off-site and on-site stages. Treatments: thermochemical, physical, chemical, physicochemical and biological. Analytical tests of a waste for its characterization. Analytical tests of a waste to select the optimal management
Topic III. Industrial waste
Origin and causes of the generation of industrial waste. Classification of industrial waste. Industrial waste management. Prevention and valorization. Clean production. Waste management in the food industry. Residues from the dairy, meat, wine, fruit and vegetable and olive industries. Introduction to the management of industrial hazardous waste. Hazardous waste treatment systems.
Topic IV. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
Introduction to MSW. Applicable legislation. Origin and classification. Composition and characterization. Management of MSW. Non-biodegradable materials treatment and recycling operations. Composting and bio-methanization of the organic fraction. Other recovery operations: Incineration, pyrolysis and gasification. MSW spillways: characteristics, types, location considerations, closure and gas and leachate control.
Topic V. Agricultural, livestock and forestry residues
Applicable legislation. Classification, generation and availability of agricultural, forestry and livestock waste. Valuation operations. Waste from agricultural and forestry industries. Management of phytosanitary and plastic containers for agricultural use. Valorisation of agricultural and forestry residues.
Topic VI. Special waste
General introduction to special waste. Construction and demolition waste. Mining waste. Wastewater treatment sludge. Sanitary waste. Other special waste.
Topic VII. Recovery of contaminated soils
Soil. Characteristics of pollutants and contaminated soils. On-site and off-site remediation techniques. Physical-chemical management treatment. Post-treatment techniques. Soil bio-recovery: in solid phase and in suspension phase.
Basic literature
Colomer Mendoza, F.J. Tratamiento y gestión de residuos sólidos. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 2007. ISBN: 9788483630716.
Ullmann, F. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley, 2000. Online ISBN: 9783527306732; DOI: 10.1002/14356007
Complementary literature
Banco Mundial (Rand, T. Haukohl, J. Marxenc, U.) Municipal solid Waste Incineration. Requirements for a Succesful Project, Madrid: MundiPrensa, 2000. ISBN 9780821346686.
Levin, M., Gealth, M. A. (Eds.) Biotratamiento de Residuos Tóxicos y Peligrosos. Nueva York: Ed. McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 84-481-1130-3.
Marañón Maison, E. Residuos industriales y suelos contaminado. Gijón: Universidad de Oviedo, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2000. ISBN 84-8317-240-2.
Moreno, J., Moral, R. (Eds.). Compostaje. Madrid (etc.): Mundi-Prensa, 2008. ISBN 9788484763468.
Nemerow, N.L., Dasgupta, A. Tratamiento de vertidos industriales y peligrosos. Madrid: Díaz de Santos, D. L., 1998. ISBN 84-7978-337-0.
Niessen, W.R. Combustion and Incineration Processes. New York: Marcel Dekker, cop. 2002. ISBN 0-8247-0629-3.
Rodríguez Jiménez, J.J., Irabien Gulías. A. Los residuos peligrosos: Caracterización, tratamiento y gestión. Ed. Síntesis, Madrid. 1999. ISBN: 84-7738-703-6
Wang, L.K., Hung, Y-T., Lo, H.H., Yapijakis, C. Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC/Taylor & Francis, c2007. ISBN 0849375746 (alk. paper).
Elías, X. Tratamiento y valorización energética de residuos. Ed. Díaz de Santos. 2005. ISBN: 9788479786946.
LaGrega, M.D., Buckingham, P.L., Evans, J.C. Gestión de residuos tóxicos. Tratamiento, eliminación y recuperación de suelos. Madrid: McGraw-Hill, D.L. 1998. ISBN 84-481-0712-8.
Tchobanoglous, G., Theisen, H., Vigil, S.A. Gestión integral de residuos sólidos. Madrid: McGraw-Hill, D.L. 1998. ISBN 84-481-1830-8.
In this subject the student will acquire the following competences:
BASIC AND GENERAL
Specific skills
CE5 - Correctly assess the risks and the environmental and socioeconomic impact associated with special chemical substances
CE6 - Design processes that involve the treatment or elimination of hazardous chemicals
CE10 - Plan and manage the available resources of a company, laboratory, or administration considering the basic principles of quality, risk prevention, and sustainability. CE11 - Understand the environmental impact of industrial chemical processes, as well as the current ways to minimize them, including traceability and the treatment of generated waste.
Basic skills
CB8 - That students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
General competences
CG3 - Assess responsibility in the management of information and knowledge in the field of Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Research
CG.4 - Ability to solve problems with initiative, decision making, creativity, critical reasoning and to communicate and transmit knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of industrial chemical engineering.
CG6 - Correctly apply the new technologies for collecting and organizing information to solve problems in professional activity
CG8 - Assess the human, economic, legal and technical dimension in professional practice, as well as the impact of chemistry on the environment and on the sustainable development of society.
Transversal competences
CT1 - Capacity for analysis and synthesis.
CT2 - Work in a team and adapt to multidisciplinary teams.
CT4 - Appreciate the value of quality and continuous improvement, acting with rigor, responsibility and professional ethics
The course is divided into two sections:
Section 1: Topics I-III
Section 2: Topics IV-VII
The lectures (expository) will be used to develop a large part of the program.
The interactive laboratory classes will be primarily dedicated to conducting practical case study sessions, either individually or in groups.
Regarding the laboratory classes in Section 1, they will require the use of an Excel spreadsheet and a process simulator available in the laboratory.
Attendance at group tutorials is mandatory to pass the course.
Attendance at the lectures will not be graded but is recommended for a better understanding of the subject.
The tutorials will be carried out in person.
The competencies to be achieved with each activity are:
Activity …………………………… Modality …………………… Competences
Lecture ………………………… Expository ………………… CE5, CE6, CB8, CB9, CT4, CE10
Exercises …………… Interactive Seminar… CG3, CG4, CT1, CT2, CE6, CE10, CE11
Case study ……………………………… Group tutoring …………………… CG3, CG8, CT1, CT2, CT4, CE5, CE11
The student grade is the weighted average of the performance obtained in:
a) The exam (65% of the grade): The exam will consist of short questions focused on the concepts explained in class/lab.
b) Problem-solving/case studies from the class/lab (15% of the grade). Students will receive a score for all assignments/submissions/exercises (individual or group) they complete and submit.
c) Group tutoring. Attendance at group tutoring sessions is mandatory. Students will submit one report per group for evaluation (10% of the grade) focused on a case study developed in the lab, which they will present orally (10%). All information regarding the group work will be available in the Virtual Classroom for the course.
To take into account the scores obtained in sections b) and c) in the final grade, it will be necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 40% in the exam.
Before taking the exam, students will know the grades obtained in sections b) and c). A student who does not take the exam will be considered a no-show.
In the case of not passing the course in the First Chance (June), the student will be evaluated again from section a) in the Second Chance (July) and the grades of sections b) and c) will be saved.
In the event of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulation for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of grades will be applied.
The competences to be evaluated are the following:
Activity …………………………… Competences
Master lesson ………………………… CE5, CE6, CT1, CT2, CT4
Participation …………………………… .. CG 3, CG.4, CG6, CG 8, CT. 1, CT 2, CT 4
Technical visit …………………………. …… CT 4
Exam …………………………………… .. CT 8, CB 9, CG. 4, CT1
The memory of the degree includes an estimate of 51 hours of study and personal work of the student, which added to the 24 contact hours represent 75 hours of workload for this subject.
It is recommended to attend the class and use the Learning Management System for the subject.
Language: The subject will be taught mainly in Spanish, but Galician and bibliography in English may be used for carrying out work or consulting information.
It is necessary to use the Learning Management System.
Class attendance will not be valued but it is recommended for a better understanding of the subject.
Patricia Sanmartin Sanchez
- Department
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Area
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814984
- patricia.sanmartin [at] usc.es
- Category
- Researcher: Ramón y Cajal
Sara Gonzalez Garcia
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816806
- sara.gonzalez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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