Solid Wastes Processing & Treatment Techniques

Solid Wastes Processing & Treatment Techniques

1 Wastes Screening and Sorting

  1. Purpose of Processing
  2. ISWM Approach
  3. Source Reduction
  4. Component Separation โ€“ Screening and Sorting Techniques

2 Recycling of Solid Wastes

  1. Significance of Recycling
  2. Planning of a Recycling Programme
  3. Recycling Programme Elements
  4. Commonly Recycled Materials and Processes
  5. Resource Recovery through Material Recycling โ€“ Existing Scenario in India
  6. Resource Recovery through Waste Processing
  7. Case Study: Source Reduction and Recycling in Bangalore

3 Reduction of Wastes Size (Waste Compaction)

  1. Mechanical Volume and Size Reduction
  2. Size reduction or shredding
  3. Chemical Volume Reduction
  4. Drying and De-watering

4 Composting of Wastes

  1. Composting Process
  2. Composting Waste
  3. Composting Methods
  4. Composting Operations
  5. Site and Environmental Considerations
  6. Compost Uses
  7. Vermicomposting

5 Anaerobic Digestion of Wastes

  1. Substrates for AD
  2. The biochemical process of AD
  3. The main process steps of Anaerobic Digestion
  4. Anaerobic Digestion Process parameters
  5. Operational parameters
  6. Types of Anaerobic digestion Systems
  7. Types of Biogas Plants
  8. Properties of Biogas
  9. Utilization of biogas

6 Mechanical-Biological Treatment of Wastes (MBT)

  1. Difference between MBT, Composting and Anaerobic digestion
  2. Objectives of MBT
  3. Benefits of MBT over competing technologies
  4. Types of mechanical biological waste treatment
  5. Machinery for MBT Plants
  6. Various Operations of MBT
  7. Major material flows of MBT
  8. Treatment of exit stream of MBT
  9. Selection of MBT processes

7 Incineration of Wastes

  1. Process of Incineration
  2. Types of Incinerators
  3. Emissions and Residuals from Incineration
  4. Dioxins and Furans
  5. Flue Gas Cleaning
  6. Solid Output
  7. Environmental Effects

8 Gasification and Pyrolysis Methods

  1. Gasification Methods
  2. Pyrolysis Methods
  3. Entrained Flow
  4. Plasma and Free Radical

9 Wastes to Energy Recovery

  1. Solid Wastes
  2. Waste to Energy Recovery
  3. Thermal Treatment of Solid Waste
  4. Advanced Thermal Treatment (ATT)
  5. Gas and Residue Treatment Process
  6. Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF)
  7. Issues of Thermal Treatment

10 Hazardous and Electronic Wastes Treatment

  1. Physical Treatment
  2. Chemical Treatment
  3. Biological Treatment
  4. Thermal Treatment
  5. Electronic Wastes Treatment
  6. Biomedical waste treatment
  7. Radioactive Waste Management
  8. Battery Waste Treatment

11 Treatment of Power Plant Wastes

  1. Generation of power plant wastes
  2. Coal ash
  3. Natural Gas and Petroleum
  4. Nuclear Power plants
  5. Other Common Wastes from Power Sector

12 Mining Wastes Treatment and Rehabilitation of Closed Mine Sites

  1. Mining: A Sensitive Activity
  2. Mining Waste Management
  3. Mining Waste Characterization and Standards
  4. Mining Waste: Advantages and Disadvantages
  5. Types of Mine Waste
  6. Treatments of Mining Wastes
  7. Environmental Impact Issues
  8. Rehabilitation of Closed Mine Sites
  9. Rehabilitation Management