INSTITUTE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CONTAMINATED SITE TREATMENTINSTITUTE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CONTAMINATED SITE TREATMENT

History Part of the Faculty of Forestry, Geo and Hydrosciences

Founded in 1995, as cooperation of two chairs:- Chair of Waste Management- Chair of Contaminated Site Treatment

System Analysis and Computer Science also joined later

Pirna, upon the banks of the Elbe River

(15 km SE from Dresden)

Location

About 40 people (education and research): chemists, geologists, civil engineers, microbiologists and computer scientists

Staff members

Basic training and education focused on:

- German diploma/master’s study course;- International master program: “Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment”

Research activities

Basic study program

Education

Intermediate study program

Advanced study program

Endownment (?)

Modern and high quality laboratories, lecture rooms and facilities.

Large spatial capacities for research reactors, such as:

• landfill simulation reactors• lysimeters• soil columns

• laboratory sewage treatment plants• fluidised bed reactors

CHAIR WASTE MANAGEMENTProf. Dr. Bernd Bilitewski

Research

Main field of research

Risk assessment and long-term risk management of landfills

Waste collection strategies and waste fees

Thermal and mechanical treatment of waste

Development of new recycling methods and production of refuse derived fuel

Biological and thermal treatment of sewage sludge

Research on endocrine active substances in sewage sludge, wastewater and soil

Ongoing projects

European Waste Management Cluster EUWMC

Integration of solid waste management tools into specific settings of European and Asian communities ISTEAC

Implementation of master’s course “Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment”, Vietnam

Development of software for European WASTE TOOL management of construction waste

Thermic waste treatment for recycling of heavy metals SAB

Feasibility study on a biogas plant in South of Vietnam RENEW

CHAIR WASTE MANAGEMENTProf. Dr. Bernd Bilitewski

Research

CHAIR CONTAMINATED SITE TREATMENTProf. Dr. Peter Werner

Research

Main field of research

Microbiological treatment and natural attenuation processes of contaminated sites

Physico-chemical treatment of contaminants

Applicability of different electron acceptors i.e. nitrates, sulphates, iron

Risk assessment and risk management of sites contaminated with petroleum, PAH, halogenated solvents, BTEX, MTBE, and ammonia

Microbiological sorption and solubilisation of heavy metals and metalloids

Microbiological treatment of highly saline industrial wastewater

CHAIR CONTAMINATED SITE TREATMENTProf. Dr. Peter Werner

Research

Ongoing projects

Enhanced natural attenuation of MTBE-contaminated sites METLEN

Nitrate-based microbial degradation of hydrocarbons SPANDAU

Natural attenuation of creosote-contaminated sites WÜLKNITZ

Feasibility study on a biogas plant in South of Vietnam RENEW

SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER SCIENCESProf. Dr. Peter-Wolfgang Gräber

Research

Main field of research

Simulation and Decision Support System for leakage and groundwater prognosis

Determination of groundwater protection areas using FUZZY-methods

Methods for indirect parameter identification of geo-hydrological systems

Ongoing projects

Development of a computer-based SIWAPRO-DSS decision support system for the forecast of landfill leaching

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