Strategies and Technologies for Waste Treatment

The basic goal of the subject is to introduce students to principles for the development of waste management strategies, e.g. with the use of life cycle analysis and practical cases of strategy development. Advanced and more demanding technologies for waste management are introduced giving an indication of developing future trends. Students gain the understanding of current trends and principles of waste management and learn about new technologies in the field.

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The course covers the following fields:

• Understanding strategies of waste management
• Development of waste management strategies and the use of life cycle assessment
• Advanced waste to energy methods
• Advanced waste collection methods
• Specific examples of waste management (e.g. hazardous waste, hospital waste etc.)
• Waste recycling
• Waste mining and other trends in development

Students gain the ability to evaluate real strategic options and technologies of waste management. This prepares them for responsible decission making connected with waste. Based on the knowledge gained they are able to evaluate the type of waste and evaluate the suiatbility of methods for their disposal and treatment. They gain the ability to contribute to the planing of waste management systems.

Basic

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• Program ravnanja z odpadki in program preprečevanja odpadkov Republike Slovenije. 35402-1/2016/6. Vlada RS. 2016. E-version
• Uredba o odpadkih, Ur. l. RS, št. 37/15, 69/15 E-version
• Uredba o odlagališčih odpadkov, Ur. l. RS, št. ...36/16 E-version
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• Uredba o vrsti dejavnosti in naprav, ki lahko povzročajo onesnaževanje okolja večjega obsega, UL RS, št. 57/15 E-version
• MOP, Ravnanje z odpadki, 2021 E-version
• Pregled izvajanja okoljske politike – poročilo za državo Slovenijo, 2019 E-version
• KOSI, B., Gospodarjenje z odpadki, Snaga d.o.o, 2014 E-version
• Trajnostno vrednotenje jeklenih konstrukcij. 2014. E-version
• Študije življenjskih ciklov (Life Cycle Assessment – LCA). 2021.Laboratorij za termotehniko, Fakulteta za strojništvo, Univerza v Ljubljani
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• Matej DOVŠAK. 2014. Zbiranje in predeleva odpadne električne in elektronske opreme na primeru podjetja Gorenje Surovina. Gorenje Surovina d.o.o. E-version
• Marko BOHAR. 2018. Ponovna uporaba in recikliranje elektronskih komponent in proizvodov. GZS – Zbornica elektronske in elektroindustrije. E-version
• Morris J., Favoino E., Lombardi E. Bailey K. Best disposal option for ''leftovers'' on the way to zero waste. 2021. www.ecocycle.org/specialreports/leftovers E-version
• GJERKEŠ, Henrik, ŠIJANEC-ZAVRL, Marjana. Monetisation of the ecological footprint in energy supply of buildings. Svet strojništva. 2021, letn. 10, št. 3/6, str. 82-83, ilustr. ISSN 1855-6493. [COBISS.SI-ID 82925827] E-version
• ŠIJANEC-ZAVRL, Marjana, TOMŠIČ, Miha, GJERKEŠ, Henrik, POTOČAR, Erik. Implementation of the EPBD in Slovenia : status in 2020. [Brussels: European Union, 2021]. 1 spletni vir (1 datoteka PDF (27 str.)), ilustr. E-version
• GJERKEŠ, Henrik. Koncept krožnega gospodarstva, gradbeništvo in primer občine Kočevje. V: VOLFAND, Jože (ur.), et al. Prehod v trajnostno gradnjo in življenjski cikel stavbe : priročnik za krožno gospodarstvo. Celje: Fit media, 2020. Str. 56-61, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-6283-60-1. E-version
• SUČIĆ, Simona. Trajnostna presoja tehnologije plazemskega uplinjanja za ravnanje z odpadki na lokalnem nivoju : magistrsko delo. Nova Gorica: [S. Sučić], 2017. XII, 95 str., ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 4717819] Catalogue E-version
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• BERNETIČ, Aleksander. Izkoriščanje odpadne toplote sinhronskega kompenzatorja za ogrevanje zgradb : diplomsko delo. Nova Gorica: [A. Bernetič], 2010. XII, 61 str., ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 1498107] Catalogue E-version
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• SULIČ, Dean. Izkoriščanje odpadne toplote žarilnih peči za ogrevanje proizvodne hale : diplomsko delo. Nova Gorica: [D. Sulič], 2008. X, 50 str., ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 964091] Catalogue E-version
• Interesting Engineering E-version

• Seminar (20 %) • Written examination (40 %) • Oral examination (40 %)

Prof. dr. Henrik Gjerkeš. Habilitation field: Mechanical engineering.

Henrik Gjerkeš from Ljutomer graduated at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Maribor and received his master's degree and in 1999 PhD at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana. Since 2006, he has been employed at the University of Nova Gorica, where he is a lecturer in 6 courses at the School of Engineering and Management, the School of Environmental Sciences and the Graduate School, and a member of the Senate, the Scientific council and the Committee for academic affairs. In 2012, he was additionally employed at the Building and Civil Engineering Institute ZRMK, where he leads activities in the field of sustainable energy use and participates in numerous domestic and international projects - from strategic to completely concrete solutions to problems in industry and local communities. Between 2009 and 2011, he was a minister of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, responsible for local self-government, regional policy and the absorption of European funds. The basic field of work is mechanical engineering (heat transfer and process engineering), which he upgraded in his non-linear career path with knowledge of modern sustainable technologies, circularity, renewable energy sources, waste management, industrial ecology and regional politics. He is the mentor of 20 completed master's and 8 diploma theses. His bibliography comprises 243 items, of which 24 are scientific articles with 128 net citations and an h-index of 8 (WoS/Scopus, COBISS, September 2024).

Selected bibliography

BERCE, Jure, HADŽIĆ, Armin, MOŽE, Matic, ARHAR, Klara, GJERKEŠ, Henrik, ZUPANČIČ, Matevž, GOLOBIČ, Iztok. Effect of surface wettability on nanoparticle deposition during pool boiling on laser-textured copper surfaces. Nanomaterials. [Online ed.]. Feb. 2024, vol. 14, iss. 3, [article no.] 311, str. 1-17, ilustr. ISSN 2079-4991. [COBISS.SI-ID 184768771]

GJERKEŠ, Henrik. Opredelitev in implementacija krožnega gospodarstva. Geotermija v Pomurju : 21. znanstvena konferenca Pomurska akademija Pomurju. : 24. in 25. november 2023. [COBISS.SI-ID 173814531]

GJERKEŠ, Henrik, JAKIN, Tomaž. Trajnostni učinki povišanja stopnje lokalne energetske samooskrbe pri sistemu daljinskega ogrevanja stavb. Svet strojništva. sep. 2023, letn. 12, št. 1/2, str. 43-49, ilustr. ISSN 1855-6493. [COBISS.SI-ID 166391555]

GJERKEŠ, Henrik, ŠIJANEC-ZAVRL, Marjana, Akademija strojništva 2023, 22. 11. 2023, Ljubljana. Analysis of circular economy implementation in local community. Svet strojništva. 2023, letn. 12, št. 03/06, str. 148-149, ilustr. ISSN 2350-3505. [COBISS.SI-ID 173807107]

MOŽE, Matic, ZUPANČIČ, Matevž, STEINBÜCHER, Miha, GOLOBIČ, Iztok, GJERKEŠ, Henrik. Nanosecond laser-textured copper surfaces hydrophobized with self-assembled monolayers for enhanced pool boiling heat transfer. Nanomaterials. [Online ed.]. Oct. 2022, vol. 12, iss. 22, str. 1-20, ilustr. ISSN 2079-4991. [COBISS.SI-ID 129879555]

MOŽE, Matic, ZUPANČIČ, Matevž, SEDMAK, Ivan, FERJANČIČ, Klemen, GJERKEŠ, Henrik, GOLOBIČ, Iztok. Revisiting the corresponding-states-based correlation for pool boiling critical heat flux. Energies. May 2022, vol. 15, iss. 10, str. 1-19, ilustr. ISSN 1996-1073. [COBISS.SI-ID 107631363]

TOMŠIČ, Miha, GJERKEŠ, Henrik, ŠIJANEC-ZAVRL, Marjana, BAČLIJA BRAJNIK, Irena, PREBILIČ, Vladimir. Potentials and limitations of local fiscal policies as instruments for sustainable development in Slovenia. Energy efficient building design and legislation. Paris: RILEM Publications, [2019]. Str. 237-244, ilustr. ISSN 1461-1147. [COBISS.SI-ID 5361915]

PETKOVŠEK, Jure, HENG, Yi, ZUPANČIČ, Matevž, GJERKEŠ, Henrik, CIMERMAN, Franc, GOLOBIČ, Iztok. IR thermographic investigation of nucleate pool boiling at high heat flux. International journal of refrigeration. [Print ed.]. Jan. 2016, vol. 61, str. 127-139, ilustr. ISSN 0140-7007. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2015.10.018. [COBISS.SI-ID 14351643]

ŠIJANEC-ZAVRL, Marjana, STEGNAR, Gašper, RAKUŠČEK, Andraž, GJERKEŠ, Henrik. A bottom-up building stock model for tracking regional energy targets : a case study of Kočevje. Sustainability. 2016, vol. 8, no. 10, str. 1-16, ilustr. ISSN 2071-1050. [COBISS.SI-ID 4550139]

GJERKEŠ, Henrik. Sodobne tehnologije za uporabo biomase in transformiranje odpadkov v energijo. Priročnik za usposabljanje energetskih svetovalcev. Ljubljana: Gradbeni inštitut ZRMK, 2015. Str. 238-244, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-6710-06-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 512102427]

GJERKEŠ, Henrik, MALENŠEK, Jože, SITAR, Anže, GOLOBIČ, Iztok. Product identification in industrial batch fermentation using a variable forgetting factor. Control eng. pract.. [Print ed.], Oct. 2011, vol. 19, iss. 10, str. 1208-1215, doi:10.1016/j.conengprac.2011.06.011. [COBISS.SI-ID 11995931]

GOLOBIČ, Iztok, PETKOVŠEK, Jure, GJERKEŠ, Henrik, KENNING, D.B.R. Horizontal chain coalescence of bubbles in saturated pool boiling on a thin foil. Int. j. heat mass transfer. [Print ed.], Dec. 2011, vol. 54, iss. 25/26, str. 5517-5526, doi: 0.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.07.039. [COBISS.SI-ID 11996187]

GOLOBIČ, Iztok, GJERKEŠ, Henrik. Interactions between laser-activated nucleation sites in pool boiling. International journal of heat and mass transfer. [Print ed.]. 2001, vol. 44, no. 1, str. 143-153. ISSN 0017-9310. [COBISS.SI-ID 4009243]

GJERKEŠ, Henrik, GOLOBIČ, Iztok. Pool boiling CHF on a laser heated thin plate. International journal of heat and mass transfer. [Print ed.]. 2000, vol. 43, no. 11, str. 1999-2008. ISSN 0017-9310. [COBISS.SI-ID 3587355]

GOLOBIČ, Iztok, GJERKEŠ, Henrik, LAMPRET, Marko. Izkoriščanje odpadne toplote pri komprimiranju zraka. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za strojništvo, 1999. 13 str., ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 3484955]