| Ansvarligt institut | Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Forskeruddannelsesprogram | Agriculture and Ecology (AGREC) Relevant for all PhD students in Environmental Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eksterne samarbejdspartnere | The course is offered in collaboration between the Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern Denmark and Faculty of Science, Plant and Soil Science Laboratory, Department of Agriculture & Ecology, University of Copenhagen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kursusdatoer | The two last weeks of August; in 2012 from 20th to 31st of Aug. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kursus resumé | If you want to contribute to: . an environmentally friendly management of bio-waste from agriculture . innovative solutions to the energy crises . reductions in global warming and like to . combine theoretical principles with practical work for treating biowaste - this summer course will be ideal for you! | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kursustilmelding | To sign up for the course, please send an e-mail to lsj@life.ku.dk. Please also remember to add the course to your PhD plan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deadline for tilmelding | 1st of June | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Ph.d.-kursus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rammer for Undervisning | Note that course location will be University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark - not Copenhagen. Students can apply for accommodation at reasonable costs, contact lsj@life.ku.dk for details | ||||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | Spaces are limited! Total course limit is 30 students, only a part registered at Univ. of Copenhagen, so please contact lsj@life.ku.dk for registration well in advance. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||||||
| The course is about the technological approaches for management and treatment of bio-waste, with a major focus on animal manures (slurry, solid farmyard manure, deep litter etc.) from livestock production. Specific themes of the course will be: - Separation of phosphorus and dry matter from bio-waste through application of mechanical separation with or without additions of coagulants (iron and aluminium salts) and flocculants (polymers) - Reactor technologies for biogas (methane) production from bio-waste materials - Technologies for the reduction of the emission of odour, ammonia and greenhouse gases from stored bio-waste - Bio-waste land application techniques to reduce ammonia emissions - Sampling and analysis of bio-waste - for the assessment of nutrient mass balances and losses to the environment - System analysis of bio-waste management options with the use of mathematical models Within each theme, students will work actively with case-studies and theoretical as well as practical exercises, incl. lab-work. The course gives important competences for jobs in private or public advisory service, environmental technology industry research and development, public administration and international organisations, as well as teaching and research at college and university level. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||||||
| Before the course commences (at least two weeks before), each student must write and submit a short essay on home country animal waste management and regulation of animal waste use. The on-campus part of the course will in the first week consist primarily of lectures, case-based exercises and hands-on laboratory work in teams of 3-5 persons. Through these activities the participants will be introduced to the available environmental technologies for treating bio-waste, to systems analyses and mass balance modeling. In the second week, the primary teaching format will be group work, in which the students define and carry out a project to analyse a particular bio-waste treatment problem. The project may include experimental work (but not necessarily) and should include a system analysis of the identified problem and suggested solutions. Excursions to farms and environmental technology industries will also be included. Note that parts of the course will be taught jointly with a similar MSc level course (LTEK10160), but for the project work PhD students will be grouped together and given more in-depth challenging tasks | |||||||||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||||||||
| The objective of the course is to give advanced and applicable knowledge on the biological, chemical and technological aspects of bio-waste treatment, and research competences for developing and investigating environmentally friendly technologies and whole system solutions for organic bio-waste utilisation and recycling to land. Participation in the course will give PhD. students an advanced understanding of technologies for treatment of bio-waste that can alleviate the potential damage to the environment caused by livestock production, and an ability to analyse and present technological solutions. The course will give practical insight and hands on experience in the functionality of environmental technologies for the treatment of bio-waste, in particular animal manures. After participating in the course students are expected to be able to: Knowledge: - Describe the biological, chemical and technological processes involved in bio-waste management - Identify mechanisms for bio-waste gas emission (ammonia and greenhouses gases) and overview possible control measures - Summarise various bio-waste management regulations and their possible effect on environmental impact Skills: - Carry out appropriate sampling, preparation and standard analysis of typical bio-waste materials - Conduct laboratory measurements to assess the effects of a given bio-waste treatment technology - Apply mass balance analysis of bio-waste element flows, including sensitivity analysis. - Apply mathematical models for whole system analysis of bio-waste management options Competences: - Analyse, discuss and develop concepts for environmentally friendly technologies and whole system solutions for organic bio-waste utilisation - Propose optimal utilisation of specific bio-waste materials, including selection of appropriate technologies for separation, energy conversion and recycling to land at the scale of the livestock farm | |||||||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||||||
| Menzi, H. (2002). Manure management in Europe: results of a recent survey. In Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the FAO/ESCORENA Network on Recycling Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial Residues in Agriculture (RAMIRAN), Strbske Pleso, Slovak Republic, 14-18 May, pp. 93-102. Ramiran Special issue in Livestock Science | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kursusmateriale | |||||||||||||||||||
| Handouts and a compendium will be distributed at the start of the course | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lars Stoumann Jensen, lsj@life.ku.dk, Institut for Jordbrug og Økologi/Plante- og Jordvidenskab, Tlf: 353-33470 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Andre forlæsere | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prof. Sven G. Sommer (Univ. Southern Denmark ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deltagerbetaling | |||||||||||||||||||
| There is no course fee for PhD students from Danish universities. For all others a small fee may have to be paid, this will be informed at time of registration. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kursus omkostninger | |||||||||||||||||||
| None | |||||||||||||||||||
| Evalueringsform | |||||||||||||||||||
| The assessment of each participant will be based on: 1) a short individual essay on home country animal waste management and regulation of animal waste use 2)an oral examination in course curriculum and the written report on the small project carried out in the course, at the end of the course. Assessment grade will be based on a weighted average, with 33% on 1) and 66% on 2) | |||||||||||||||||||
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