Green Industrial Engineering for Sustainable Development

Primary and secondary raw materials. Ore mining and urban mining. Sustainable use of resources. Critical raw materials. Linear economy and circular economy. From waste to resource. Solid waste management: Waste management hierarchy: Reduction, reuse, recycling, energy recovery, disposal. Packaging waste recycling. Sampling of materials. Degree of liberation, Recovery and Grade. Recycling oriented characterization. Analytical methods and measurements of particle morphological, morphometrical, physical and chemical characteristics with application to material recycling. Optical and electronic microscopy. Classical and hyperspectral imaging. X-ray fluorescence. Mechanical recycling technologies. Disassembly, comminution, classification, separation, sensor-based sorting technologies. Recycling chains of different materials: plastic, glass, paper, aluminum, construction and demolition waste, waste from electrical and electronic equipment, end-of-life vehicles, etc. with examples of plant flow-sheets. Quality and process control in recycling plants. The course includes classroom exercises and practical experiences in laboratory on the different topics. In-depth seminars on specific topics could be also organized. Possible visits to waste recycling plants. A teamwork (groups of 2-4 students) on topics to be agreed is planned. At the beginning of the course, students will be divided into small groups. Each group will be assigned to study a real issue related to the recycling of a material. The teamwork will be carried out during the course with periodic checks through power point presentations. At the end of the course a written report will be delivered.

Basic knowkedge of mathematics, physics and chemistry

Copy of the course presentations, lecture notes and scientific papers on the different topics provided by the teacher. Suggested books: Wills B.A and Finch J.A., "Wills' Mineral Processing Technology", Elesiver Ed. 2016 Worrell W.A., Vesilind P.A., Ludwig C. "Solid waste engineering - A global perspective", SJ Edition 3rd Edition, 2016 Goodship V., Stevels AB, Huisman J. "Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) Handbook", 2nd Ed., Elsevier, 2019 Rhodes M.J. “Principles of powder technology”, Wiley Ed., 450 pp., 1990. Merkus H.G.“Particle size measurements: Fundamentals, Practice, Quality”, Springer Ed., 533 pp., 2009. Worrell E. and Reuter M.A. "Handbook of recycling", Elsevier Ed., 581 pp., 2014.

The teaching activity will be organized by combining different models: lectures, exercises, seminars, laboratory experiences, group project with presentation in the classroom and drafting of the work carried out by each group.

Students are invited to register in the classroom through which all the communications and the sharing of teaching material will take place. Instructions for classroom registration will be provided on the teacher's notice board.

During the course students will be divided into small groups and at each group the study of a real problem related to the recycling of a material will be assigned. The teamwork will be carried out during the course with regular checks through power point presentations. The assessment will be done by a written exam on the course topics, containing 1 exercise and 3 open response questions. The assignedteamwork will be delivered before the written exam as a written report. The report will be evaluated in terms of quality (spelling, quality of the figures), content completeness, level of depth and relevance of bibliographic references. The final grade will be given by 70% score of the written test and 30% score of the project.

The teaching activity will be organized by combining different models: lectures, exercises, seminars, laboratory experiences, group project with presentation in the classroom and drafting of the work carried out by each group.