Course Overview
The course focuses on technologies used in industry for treatment and disposal of gaseous, liquid and solid wastes. Topics to be covered include the waste management hierarchy, including energy recovery options (anaerobic digestion and waste to energy) and sanitary landfills, their design and landfill gas recovery. Air emissions and stack sampling are discussed, along with the principles of operation and applications of: fabric filters, wet scrubbers, cyclone collectors, and electrostatic precipitators. Soil remediation techniques and special wastes are also discussed.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explain the hierarchical structure in solid waste management and a requirement for an integrated solution.
- Evaluate recovery, treatment and disposal methods according to properties of municipal solid wastes.
- Differentiate between pollution prevention and pollution treatment components of environmental protection.
- Explain the principles of operation and applications of the major industrial air and solid waste treatment and disposal systems.
- Conduct source sampling using appropriate samplers and following standard U.S. EPA methods.
- Discuss the environmental and health issues associated with special wastes.
- Categorize methods for remediating soil and groundwater contamination.
- Discuss BC, Canadian and US waste regulations.
Effective as of Fall 2019
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