HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC WASTES-TREATMENT AND CONTROL
- Course
- ENVS505 - HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC WASTES-TREATMENT AND CONTROL
- Department
- Environmental Sciences - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
Definition of the problem. Hazardous waste concept. Definition of the hazardous waste. Determination methods of hazardous waste. Criteria of hazardous waste for determination. Listing. Hazardous waste impoundment. Hazardous waste management. Transportation of hazardous waste. Management, treatment and disposal. Incineration and treatment technologies. Land-filling and disposal strategies. Determination of the hazardous waste sites. Site planning. Deep well injection. Disposal to spent mine.
HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC WASTES-TREATMENT AND CONTROL
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Course outcomes
- 01 1. Identify and classify hazardous waste
- 02 2. Explain toxicology and evalute lethal toxicity
- 03 3.To explain the different treatment methods for hazardous waste management
- 04 4.To discuss about the adventages and disadventages of different treatment methods for hazardous waste management
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Hazardous Waste: Generation and Classification, Legal Framework, Fate of Hazardous Waste |
| Week 3 | Toxicology & Hazardous Waste |
| Week 4 | Toxicology & Hazardous Waste |
| Week 5 | Waste Minimization, Pollution Prevention |
| Week 6 | Physicochemical Treatment of Hazardous Waste |
| Week 7 | Physicochemical Treatment of Hazardous Waste |
| Week 8 | MIDTERM |
| Week 9 | Biological Treatment of Hazardous Waste |
| Week 10 | Stabilization and Solidification of Hazardous Waste |
| Week 11 | Thermal Treatment of Hazardous Waste |
| Week 12 | Landfilling of Hazardous Waste |
| Week 13 | (Project Presentation) |
| Week 14 | (Project Presentation) |
| Week 15 | FINAL EXAM |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 LaGrega M, Buckingham P and Evans J. ‘Hazardous Waste Management’ 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000.
- 02 "Tchobanoglous G and Kreith F ‘Handbook of Solid Waste Management' 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2000 "
Learning Outcomes
- L01 1. Identify and classify hazardous waste
- L02 2. Explain toxicology and evalute lethal toxicity
- L03 3.To explain the different treatment methods for hazardous waste management
- L04 4.To discuss about the adventages and disadventages of different treatment methods for hazardous waste management
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