Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Waste to Energy Technologies (17.ZC047)

Native organizations units: Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Environmental Engineering (Godina: 4, Summer)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Environment Protection Engineering
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	6

Educational goal:

Qualifying students for considering the whole cycle of waste management and troubleshooting of the waste to energy segment. Goal of the course is to enable solving the problems of waste management with energy utilization based on analysis of basic and new technologies and to educate students to be able to assess applicability of available technologies in real conditions.

Educational outcome:

Students gain the necessary knowledge to solve specific problems of optimum solutions selection of waste treatment and utilization in order to obtain energy. Students will be able to do analysis, design and optimization of waste treatment facility.

Course content:

Theoretical study: The concept of waste, quantities and composition of municipal solid waste, National and EU legislation, disposal of waste, waste utilization technologies, mechanical-biological waste treatment, anaerobic digestion, combustion of waste, landfill gas management Practical lessons: At the exercises examples are processed where students are trained to solve specific problems in the field of waste management: waste management systems planning, work on software tools for landfill gas production modeling and determination of landfill energy potential.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, auditory exercises, computer exercises and consultations. At the lectures, theoretical part of teaching material followed by appropriate practical examples for easy understanding and adoption of material. The auditory exercises deal with teaching material in detail with active student participation. At computer exercises software tools are used to simulate the processes within the landfill. Beside lectures and exercises, consultations are held on a regular basis. written part of the examination may be taken through the form of two colloquia.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Vujić,G. i dr.	Upravljanje otpadom u zemljama u razvoju	2012	Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad	Serbian language
Ubavin, D., Batinic, B., Stanisavljević N.	Tehnologije energetskog iskorišćenja otpada	2018	Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad	Serbian language
Christensen, T.H.	Solid Waste Technology & Management, Volume 1 & 2	2011	Wiley Publication, United Kingdom	English
Marina R. Ilić, Saša R. Miletić	Osnovi upravljanja čvrstim otpadom	1998	Institut za ispitivanje materijala	Serbian language

Knowledge evaluation:

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	70.00
Coloquium exam	No	No	20.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Coloquium exam	No	No	20.00