73356 - RESOURCES AND RECYCLING M

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

To develop cultural, scientific and engineering aspects for the enhancement and sustainable use and recycling of both raw materials and primary-secondary resources. Moreover, they will be developed the design aspects and feasibility of Appropriate Technologies for the developing countries, particularly with regard to water supply, wastewater management and solid waste.

Contenuti

Course contents

Principles of Circular Economy. Dry waste for recycling and organic waste for composting. The circularity as tool for saving raw material and natural resources and to reduce waste production. The "0 waste" goal.

Climate change and transition engineering. The urban resilience and site specific Technologies application.

Sustainable development and sustainable use of resources. Natural and recycled resources. Renewable and non-renewable resources.
The water resource. The water cycle, uses and technologies to increase the water resource. The treatment and recycling of waste water.
The solid natural materials: classification of raw materials and regulatory aspects.
Representation of a set of solid particles, analysis and grading curve. Characterization and quality of natural materials. Machines and plants for the reduction and size classification. Techniques of separation: gravimetric and magnetic separation. Recovery of metals from water and soil as well as by specific types of solid waste.
Definition and recovery of recycled materials.
The integrated management of municipal waste collection and treatment. The pre-treatment plants and selection, mechanical biological treatment, the energy recovery, the disposal in landfills.
The treatment of organic fraction and the process of composting. The use of biomass.
Recovery and recycling of inert stone materials from construction and demolition (CDW). Characterization of inert waste and the types of recycling facilities and the different stages of treatment. Uses of recycled aggregates.
The recycling of post consumer plastic and aluminum. Other examples for recycling from municipal and special waste: glass, paper, steel, vehicles and tires end-of-life, electrical electronic equipment waste. Main physico-mechanical properties and fields of use of raw materials second.
Ecodesign, Life cycle assessment (LCA),. Ecological Footprint, Water Footprint, Multicriteria Analysys
Appropriate Technologies: definitions, examples of application to the developing countries with particular attention to the management and recycling of waste water for potable use, management and recovery of waste.

Green Technologies for urban resilience towards climate change issues.

Testi/Bibliografia

Teacher presentations available on line.

Several suggestions about videos, learning materiale, scientific papers that students can find in web

Metodi didattici

Oral speaking by teacher in class on all the program issues.

Exercises in class related on the main demonstration and calculation that are present in the course topics,

DICAM LAGIRN Laboratory visit, in order to see the main machineries that are considered in class

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

An oral exam on the whole program of the course

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

PPT presentations

Videos and films

 

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Alessandra Bonoli