Environmental Engineering & Waste Treatment

 

Course Type Compulsory after Selection
Semester VII
Theory 2 hours/week
Laboratory 2 hours/week
Tutorial 1 hour/week
Instructor Dr. Emilia Kondili

 

Aim of course

The aim of the Course in Environmental Engineering – Waste Treatment is to provide the state of the art in legislation, practices and technological developments in waste water treatment methods and techniques as well as in the area of solid waste management.

For this purpose the following concepts - areas are in detail analysed, as one may note in the outlline of the Course:

 

Basic Concepts

  • Introduction- Course organisation and evaluation. The general idea of waste management.
  • Waste generation sources.  Waste categories.
  • The concept and the formal definitions of sustainability.
  • Professional interests and field in the Waste Treatment.
  • Relevance to the Mechanical Engineering profession.

Solid Wastes

  • Basic characteristics of solid wastes. – the solid wastes’ management problem.
  • Basic methods in solid waste management.  Disposal sites.
  • Thermal treatment, comparative evaluation of different methods in solid waste management.
  • Recycling of solid wastes- special applications.

Water Resources Management - Waste Water Treatment

  • The problem of water resources management. Importance of the problem for Greece.
  • Basic methods of water supply in isolated areas.
  • Comparative evaluation and cost issues.
  • Basic characteristics of waste water, properties and specifications.
  • Water pollution sources.
  • Basic methods and techniques in waste management.
  • Municipal waste water treatment plants– industrial waste water.
  • The biological treatment plants - Various physical and chemical processes.
  • Basic mechanical equipment.
  • Basic issues in waste water plant operation. Reasons of malfunctioning.
  • Case studies from real (operating) plants.

Special Issues

  • Economic data concerning waste management facilities’ implementation and operation.  Current status in Greece.
  • Issues concerning waste management facilities operation and maintenance equipment.