SEV331 - Waste Engineering and Transformation Systems
| Year: | 2027 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
| Prerequisite: | Must have completed 1 unit in SLE133, SLE155 or SEJ103 and Must have completed 8 credit points from S% coded units |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SLE320 |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 300 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 2 x 1 hour practical experiences (workshops) per week, 1 x 2 hour practical experience (studio) per week. Students are required to attend and participate in a site visit for the scheduled days during trimester intensive activities (typically week 6). |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 2 x 1 hour seminars per week. Students are required to attend and participate in practical activities at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus for the scheduled sessions during the trimester intensive activities, as well as participate in a site visit for the scheduled days during trimester intensive (typically week 6). |
Content
Transforming waste into valuable resources is increasingly important to circular economy design and sustainable engineering practice. Through industry-related projects that reflect real-world challenges, this unit focuses on the evaluation and design of systems for managing municipal and industrial solid waste, hazardous waste, and industrial liquid waste, promoting the waste management hierarchy (avoidance, reduction, reuse, recycle, recovery of energy, treatment, disposal).
This unit equips students with the knowledge and skills to develop, design and evaluate comprehensive waste management systems such as biogas landfills or composting facilities. Students will develop a solid understanding of concepts essential for designing effective and safe waste treatment technologies, including contaminant transport, decomposition processes, and methane production in anaerobic systems. Students will apply biophysical and chemical process knowledge to predict the sustainable performance of waste designs over time.
To ensure waste management solutions contribute to long-term sustainability goals, students will learn leading practices, innovative technologies, and engineering systems for avoiding and reusing waste, recovering valuable materials, nutrients, and energy, with an emphasis on product end-of-life considerations, extended producer responsibility, and fostering industrial ecology systems where waste from one process becomes a raw material for another.
Unit fee information
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