The Venice International University and the International Waste Working Group (IWWG) organize intensive courses on Sustainable Waste Management.
Past editions:
Winter School on "Anaerobic Digestion: technologies, processes, design and research advancements"
The Venice International University and the International Waste Working Group (IWWG)
organize a Sustainable Waste Management Winter School on "Anaerobic Digestion: processes, technology, design and research advancement"
What is it about?
Anaerobic Digestion - AD - plays a fundamental role in modern waste management strategies and represents the best solution available today for the treatment of the biodegradable fraction of waste. AD technology optimizes sustainability targets by recovering and recycling resources and by reducing uncontrolled emissions of GHG that may occur in landfills. In the framework of the VIU-IWWG Winter School on Anaerobic Digestion, highly qualified experts will provide an in-depth insight into the processes governing AD, as well as detailed information on the technologies in use (both dry and wet), design protocols, calculation procedures, and the status and perspectives of scientific investigation in this field
Topics covered by the course include:
Anaerobic Processes
Substrates for Anaerobic Digestion
Anaerobic Digestion Technologies and Design
Treatment and use of biogas
Digestate Management
Biohydrogen Generation
Test Systems
Co-digestion
Anaerobic Digestion plants for developing countries
Program structure:
The course duration is nine days. Students will attend in-class lectures, participate in sessions of the Venice 2014 - Fifth International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste, and take part in a field trip to two anaerobic digestion plants. During the whole duration of the school students will have the possibility to discuss their individual research activity. Additionally all students will work in groups developing new ideas while working on an assigned research projects. The groups will be supervised by tutors.
Social activities will be organized in the evenings.
Minimum number of students: 16, maximum number of students 30.
Who can apply?
Master students who have completed all of their required course work, PhD students and young researchers from any university and any discipline with an interest in waste management. Applicants familiar with these subjects and already working in private companies or public administrations are welcome. All participants must be able to communicate fluently in English.
Duration and period:
15-22 November 2014
Location:
Venice International University, Island of San Servolo, Venice (Italy).
List of courses:
History, role and perspectives of Anaerobic Digestion in Waste Management Strategies
Anaerobic Processes: Theory
Anaerobic Processes: Experimental assessment and results
Description and characteristics of different substrates for Anaerobic Digestion
Anaerobic Digestion Technologies
Anaerobic Digestion Plants Design
Operation of Anaerobic Digestion Plants and Safety Issues
Treatment and use of biogas
Digestate Management
Biohydrogen Generation
Test Systems
Co-digestion : options and cases
Small Anaerobic Digestion plants for developing countries
Lecturers:
Luca Alibardi, University of Padova, Italy
Werner Bidlingmaier, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany
William Clarke, The University of Queensland, Australia
Luis Diaz, CalRecovery, USA (invited)
Piet Liens, UNESCO-IHE
Paolo Pavan, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Pinjing HE, Tongji University, China
Marco Ritzkowski, University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Cristina Trois, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Rainer Stegmann, University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Jiane Zuo, Tsinghua University, China (invited)
More information:
Summer School, July 11-20, 2014: Sustainable Landfilling and Final Sink
Who is it for:
Master students who have completed all of their required course work, PhD students and young researchers from any university and any discipline with an interest in waste management able to read and write fluently in English. Applicants familiar with these subjects and already working in private companies or public administrations are welcome.
Course aim:
Waste management is experiencing a fast transition from landfilling to sophisticated recycling and waste to energy plants. The summer school aims to give students an overview of the most recent and advanced technologies developed for the management of sustainable landfills. Activities linked to this broad topic range from the setup of a landfill, to the operational management of the site, including the exploitation of the gas produced, to the aftercare and remediation. Participants will be able to analyze the management of an existing landfill during a full day site visit. By putting into practice what they learn during the class lectures, they will prepare and present a project or research hypothesis on how to improve the management of landfill.
Topics:
Topics covered by the course include:
• Landfill concepts and behaviour
• Long fate of elements
• Gas management
• Leachate management
• Aftercare
• Remediation and reuse
• Global health and climate change: future scenarios in coastal areas
Course organization:
The course duration is nine days. Students will attend lectures, participate in a field trip on Wednesday and discuss possible project developments in working group as well as present their research projects.
Social activities will be organised in the evenings.
Minimum number of students: 18, maximum number of students 30.
Duration and period:
11 - 20 July 2014
Location:
Venice International University, Island of San Servolo, Venice (Italy).
List of courses
Course title | |
Mass Balance | |
Different Landfill Models | |
Landfill Processes | |
Biological Reactor Behaviour | |
Idromechanical Behaviour | |
Final Storage Quality | |
Nitrogen in Landfill | |
Biogas Modelling | |
Technology and Energy Recovery | |
Natural Attenuation, Covers, etc. | |
Generation, Quality | |
Treatment, Recirculation | |
In Situ Aeration | |
Energy from Landfilling | |
Aftercare Aspects | |
Remediation and Reuse Criteria | |
Landfill Mining |