Mosul
University
ENVIROMENTAL Engineering Department
Hazardous Waste Management
Academic Year
Hours 2 hrs. per week
Pre-requisites Environmental Engineering, Environmental
chemistry, Solid Waste Management
Description:
This course provides an in-depth understanding of solid and hazardous waste
characteristics and management. Some basics of radioactive waste
characterization and handling are also provided. It is involves the study of the
source, generation rates, and characteristics of hazardous wastes and their regulation,
handling, treatment, and disposal. The course will emphasize on engineering process
design, analysis and evaluation of different hazardous waste treatment technologies.
Students will have the opportunity to study issues, processes, and problems involved in
current hazardous waste treatment and management systems.
References:
Michael D. LaGrega, "Hazardous Waste Management", McGrraw-Hill Series in
water resources and environmental engineering, 2001.
William C. Blackman, Jr., "Basic Hazardous Waste Management", Publisher
of Humanities, Social Science & STEM Books, 2001
Gayle Woodside, "Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste Management",
Wiley; 2nd edition, 1999
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ENVIROMENTAL Engineering Department
Course Objectives
The objectives of this course are to:
familiarize students with laws and regulations governing hazardous waste
storage, transport and treatment
provide an introduction to different pollution prevention and waste
minimization opportunities for hazardous waste
identify environmental concerns for hazardous waste on water, land and
air
to offer necessary equations and design examples to evaluate the
effectiveness of different physicochemical, biological and thermal
treatment technologies for hazardous waste
identify containment technologies and land treatment techniques for
hazardous waste
provide experiences in realistic civil and environmental engineering
design and construction practice
evaluate risks associated with exposure to different sources of hazardous
wastes
develop a term project analyzing a case study or a treatment process in
hazardous waste treatment
Course outlines:
Time Outline
Hazardous Waste Management – Fundamentals
Week 1,2 Characterization of waste; compatibility and flammability
of chemicals; fate and transport of chemicals; health effects
Radioactive Waste Management – Fundamentals
Sources, measures and health effects; nuclear power plants
Week 3,4
and fuel production; waste generation from nuclear power
plants; disposal options
Environmental Risk Assessment
Week 5,6 Defining risk and environmental risk; methods of risk
assessment; case studies
Physicochemical Treatment of Solid and Hazardous
Week 7,8 Waste
Chemical treatment processes for MSW (combustion,
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stabilization and solidification of hazardous wastes);
physicochemical processes for hazardous wastes (soil vapor
extraction, air stripping, chemical oxidation); ground water
contamination and remediation
Biological Treatment of Solid and Hazardous Waste
Composting; bioreactors; anaerobic decomposition of solid
Week 9,10 waste; principles of biodegradation of toxic waste;
inhibition; co-metabolism; oxidative and reductive
processes; slurry phase bioreactor; in-situ remediation
Landfill design
Week 11,12 Landfill design for hazardous wastes; leachate
collection and removal; landfill covers
Thermal methods
Introduction, combustion, gases and vapors, liquid injection
Week 13,14,15 incinerators, solid waste incineration, storage and feed
systems, flue gas temperature reduction, air pollution
control
Grading policy:
Quizzes 05 pt
Home work 10 pt
Reports 15 pt
Final Examination 70 pt
Instructor 1 : Dr. Anas Fakhry Qassid, Email: [email protected]
