Environmental Engineering: Energy Recovery

Program Overview

The Environmental Engineering: Energy Recovery program prepares professionals to address waste disposal through energy recovery. It offers a holistic approach, prioritizing recovery, reuse, and recycling over incineration or landfilling. Potential career paths include roles in efficient energy optimization, thermal treatment plants, and teaching.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Environmental Engineering: Energy Recovery program addresses the environmental problem of waste disposal by focusing on energy recovery from waste. It emphasizes a holistic approach to waste management, prioritizing recovery, reuse, and recycling over incineration or landfilling. The program is designed for two groups: individuals without university degrees seeking quality training and university graduates wanting practical specialization to enhance job prospects. Successful completion leads to the "Experto Universitario en INGENIERÍA AMBIENTAL: VALORIZACIÓN ENERGÉTICA" degree, awarded by the enrolling university. Specific objectives include learning to choose appropriate energy recovery channels for organic waste; associating energy recovery technologies (incineration, pyrolysis, gasification) with non-fermentable organic waste; describing methanization for biogas production from fermentable organic matter; and outlining simultaneous heat and power production (cogeneration).

Outline:

The program consists of one subject with five chapters, two appendices, and practical case studies. The aim is to give students a complete perspective of waste management from the energy recovery viewpoint, covering multidisciplinary topics. The chapters are: Fuel composition and energy capacity Combustion and thermal destruction of waste MSW energy assessment: incineration Other energy conversion processes of a wastes’ organic fraction Cogeneration Case Studies Appendix I - Contaminated atmospheric effluents purification systems Appendix II - Present and future global energy frameworks The program has 10 credits and lasts 6-9 months, depending on student dedication. Students must complete all evaluated activities and the final project (if applicable) within this timeframe.

Teaching:

The program is distance learning. The teaching staff includes numerous professors from various universities, including:

• Dr. Ángel M. Álvarez Larena (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
• Dr. Roberto M. Álvarez (University of Buenos Aires)
• Dr. Óscar Arizpe Covarrubias (Autonomous University of Baja California Sur, Mexico)
• Dr. Isaac Azuz Adeath (Autonomous University of Baja California Sur, Mexico)
• Dr. David Barrera Gómez (Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
• Dr. Brenda Bravo Díaz (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico)
• Dr. Rubén Calderón Iglesias (European University Miguel de Cervantes)
• Dr. Leonor Calvo Galván (University of León, Spain)
• Dr. Olga Capó Iturrieta (Research Institute in Agropecuarias, Chile)
• Dr. Alina Celi Frugoni (International Ibero-american University)
• Dr. José Cortizo Álvarez (University of León, Spain)
• Dr. Antoni Creus Solé (Dr. in Industrial Engineering)
• Dr. Juan Carlos Cubría García (University of León, Spain)
• Dr. Raquel Domínguez Fernández (University of León)
• Dr. Luís A. Dzul López (International Ibero-american University)
• Dr. Xavier Elías Castells (Director of the By-product Exchange of Catalonia)
• Dr. Milena E. Gómez Yepes (University of the Quindio, Colombia)
• Dr. Ramón Guardino Ferré (International Ibero-american University)
• Dr. Emilio Hernández Chiva (Spanish National Research Council, CSIC)
• Dr. Cristina Hidalgo González (University of León)
• Dr. Francisco Hidalgo Trujillo (International Ibero-american University)
• Dr. Víctor Jiménez Arguelles (Autonomous Metropolitan University, Mexico)
• Dr. Miguel Ángel López Flores (National Polytechnic Institute (CIIEMAD-IPN))
• Dr. Izel Márez López (International Ibero-american University)
• Dr. Carlos A. Martín (National University of the Littoral, Argentina)
• Dr. Isabel Joaquina Niembro García (Monterrey Institute of Technology)
• Dr. César Ordóñez Pascua (University of León)
• Dr. José María Redondo Vega (University of León, Spain)
• Dr. Gladys Rincón Polo (Simón Bolívar University, Venezuela)
• Dr. José U. Rodríguez Barboza (International Ibero-american University)
• Dr. Ramón San Martín Páramo (International Ibero-american University)
• Dr. Raúl Sardinha (Piaget Institute, Portugal)
• Dr. Héctor Solano Lamphar (International Ibero-american University)
• Dr. Martha Velasco Becerra (International Ibero-american University)
• Dr. Alberto Vera (National University of Lanús, Argentina)
• Dr. Margarita González Benítez (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)
• Dr. Lázaro Cremades Oliver (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)
• Dr. Pablo Eisendecher Bertin (Iberoamerican University Foundation in Chile and Paraguay)
• Dr. Kilian Tutusaus Pifarré (FUNIBER)
• Dr. (c) Karina Vilela (FUNIBER)
• Dr. (c) Erik Simoes (International Ibero-american University)
• Ms. Omar Gallardo Gallardo (University of Santiago in Chile)
• Ms. Susana Guzmán Rodríguez (Central University of Ecuador)
• Ms. Icela Márquez Rojas (Technological University of Panama)
Dr. Eduardo García Villena directs the Environmental Area at the International Ibero-american University (UNINI).

Careers:

Potential career paths after completing the program include:

• Technical expertise in cogeneration optimization processes
• Work in incinerators and other thermal treatment plants
The program's presentation highlights the increasing problem of waste disposal and the potential of energy recovery from waste as a solution. The program emphasizes a systems approach to waste management, prioritizing resource recovery and reuse.