Sustainable treatment of industrial and domestic waste: Case studies

lmapr2648  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

Sustainable treatment of industrial and domestic waste: Case studies
5 credits
30.0 h + 15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Debecker Damien; Françoisse Olivier; Luis Alconero Patricia coordinator; Noiset Olivier;
Language
English
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
  • Regulation in the industry
  • Last generation technology for the treatment of gaseous, liquid and solid streams
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1

Given the AA repository of the program of "Master ingénieur civil en chimie et science des matériaux", this course contributes to the development, acquisition and evaluation of the following learning outcomes:

  • AA1.1,
  • AA2.1, AA2.2, AA2.3, AA2.4, AA2.8,
  • AA3.1, AA3.2,
  • AA4.1, AA4.2, AA4.3, AA4.4, AA4.5
  • AA5.1

More concretely, at the end of the course, the student will be able to :

  • To have acquired a global and in depth vision of practice in treatment and valorization of gas, liquid and solid residual streams.
  • To know the last generation technologies under research to improve or substitute conventional technology.
  • To have acquired, by a visit to an industrial plant, a practical view of present methods in use and possibilities of waste valorization (material or energy).
  • To be able to write a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report based on commercially available software¿s.
  • To be able to evaluate critically an industrial process and propose the best available technologies.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
This course is complementary to the course LMAPR 2647, focusing on more specific aspects of practical ways to evaluate the sustainability of a process as well as including last generation technologies that are under research to improve or substitute the conventional methods. To achieve this, practical exercises on LCA using specific software, workshops, seminars given by experts and a visit to a plant of valorization of waste are programmed activities within the course.
The visit of an industrial plant (e.g. incinerator) will be prepared by establishing a list of questions to be asked in different fields (gas, liquids, solids). After the visit, a debriefing will be followed by a written report.
This course should also address the following topics:
  • regulations in the industry;
  • aspects of industrial ecology (in connection with the course LFSA2245 « Environnement et entreprise »);
  • Best Available Technologies;
  • membrane-based technology;
  • catalytic abatement;
  • Life Cycle Assessment (practical sessions);
  • advance oxidation methods;
  • photocatalytic degradation of liquid pollutants.
Teaching methods
  • seminars on advanced treatment technology given by experts in the matter;
  • practical session using specific software to perform the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a process; 
  • visit to a treatment plant;
  • follow-up of the project via the forum (available in Moodle) and organized meetings with the professors. 
Evaluation methods
The students will be evaluated by means of :
  • a written exam with short questions on the aspects seen during the course, which will be a 30% of the final mark;
  • a work in groups to be developed during the semester, which will consist of the selection, evaluation and optimization of a domestic/industrial process from the sustainability point of view. This work will be presented the last day of the course and it will conform the 55% of the final mark;  
  • report of the visit : 15% of the final mark.   
Other information
All the course material will be available in the Moodle platform. 
It is highly recommended to have attended the LMAPR2647 (Sustainable treatment of industrial and domestic waste) course.
Online resources
Bibliography
Des notes de cours, diapositives
Faculty or entity
FYKI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Chemistry and Bioindustries

Master [120] in Environmental Science and Management

Master [120] in Chemical and Materials Engineering

Master [120] in Environmental Bioengineering