COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5062 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIF DUYUŞEN GÜVEN

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
Environmental Engineering (English)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to explain the basic principles of solid waste management, to examine and inform waste management steps, and to discuss current practices with students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Has knowledge of basic processes in solid waste management.
2   Knows and discusses the basic principles of material recycling from wastes.
3   Can make process selection depending on waste characterization.
4   Knows the basic principles of sanitary landfilling and can discuss the preliminary processes.
5   Compares the biological and thermal processes in waste management and discusses the selection of the appropriate method.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction- Primary processes in solid waste management
2 Waste generation, influencing factors and waste characterization
3 Material recovery in waste management
4 Recent practices for material recovery in waste management
5 Sanitary landfilling of wastes as final disposal
6 Recent practices in the sanitary landfilling
7 Biological processes in waste management- - Biogas production and anaerobic digesters
8 Recent practices in biogas production from solid waste
9 Biological processes in waste management- - Composting
10 Recent practices for the composting of solid wastes
11 Thermal processes in waste management - Incineration, pyrolysis, gasification
12 Recent practices of thermal processes in waste management
13 Management of hazardous wastes
14 Discussions of semester

Recomended or Required Reading

Integrated Solid Waste Management (Engineering Principles and Management Issues), George Tchobanoglous, Hillary Theisen, Samuel A. Vigil, McGraw-Hill International Editions, 1993.

Solid Waste Technology and Management, Thomas H. Christensen, A John Wiley and Sons Ltd. , 2017.

Various web sources

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Theoretical lectures
2. Photo/video display from implemented applications
3. Preparation of current and scientific applications as homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT/PRESENTATION
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 +FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 +RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof.Dr. Elif Duyuşen GÜVEN
duyusen.kokulu@deu.edu.tr
0 232 3017131

Office Hours

will be announced in the beginning of semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.211111
LO.3111111
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LO.511111

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