WELCOME TO OUR INSTITUTE

The Institute of Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment was established in September 1995 by the joint initiative of the Chair of Waste Management and the Chair of Groundwater and Soil Remediation.

The institute represents a branch of the Technische Universität Dresden as being located on the picturesque Elbe River banks in Pirna-Copitz (about 25 km SE of Dresden). On the site in Pirna the institute consists of modern laboratories, lecture rooms and large spatial capacities for research activities.

Since the activities of the two chairs have been united, a broader spectrum of environmental aspects can be covered. This is reflected in multidisciplinary approaches from natural sciences, engineering and economics of waste management and remediation of contaminated sites. Especially the interdisciplinarity of our research topics plays a major role in the specialized education of our students.

institute building in Pirna-Copitz 2012

pilot plant VERENA

results of building operations in 2011

Education

The institute offers study courses for Bachelor and Master degrees in Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment. Further lectures are offered among others for students of Urban Water Management, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering with Business Studies, Geography, Biology and Informatics.

Master of Science in Waste Management and Contaminated Site Treatment, TU Dresden and the Hanoi University of Science (HUS, Vietnam)

Laboratory of the institute:
- confirmation of participation interlaboratory test "elution of solids" (DIN 19528 und 19529, document only in german language)
- overview about our analytical attainments (document only in german language)


- organisation chart  (state: December 2011)

Chair of Waste Management
Dr. Sigrid W. Kusch
Substitute Professor

Waste to Energy
Biogas, Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF), Biomass-to-Liquid (BtL) production, increase in efficiency

Materials and circular flow
Efficiency of resources, improved recycling, minimisation of pollutant transfer

Problems of Recycling Management of materials and matters
Origin, release, transport and effects of pollutants, risk assessment and long term behaviour of contaminants

Chair of Groundwater and Soil Remediation
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. Peter Werner

Director of the Institute
Member of Scientific Committee of  the European commission  related to the Indian Pilote Initiative (IPI), Member of German Water Partnership (GWP) forum for Vietnam, Member of Joint Advisory Committee of BMBF  for “Water and environmental issues”  for Israel, Honorary Doctor Degree, Vietnam National University Hanoi

Remediation and risk assessment of contaminated subsurface
Natural Attenuation processes in the subsurface, methods for microbiological in-situ remediation, monitoring of contaminated sites (mineral oils, PAHs, chlorinated solvents, mono aromatic compounds, fuel additives [MTBE, ETBE] etc.)

Integrated water resources management
Artificial groundwater recharge, groundwater monitoring, ecological restoration of urban surface waters, domestic wastewater management in developing countries, contaminants removal from industrial wastewater

Soil remediation in mining industry
Bioleaching of heavy metals contaminated soils, biosorption of heavy metals, arsenic and uranium in mining wastewater, resources recovery from mineral waste

Subject area of System Analysis
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. P.-W. Gräber

• Large capacity simulation systems - High-Performance-Computation
• Computer based consultation systems for declaration of  protected groundwater areas by Fuzzy-Methods
• Programming system "CAE-Grundwasser" for local defined engineer works
• Methods for indirect identification of parameters for geohydraulic system parameters
• Surface and ground water flow modelling and simulation programme
• On-line closed loop control systems for soil and groundwater systems
• Computer based consultation systems for processes in the unsaturated zone in conjunction with leachate projection, landfills and seal systems for causeys

Honorary Professor for Thermal Recycling Technique
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Andreas Igelbüscher

• Thermal waste treatment incl. air purification measures after thermal and mechanical-biological waste treatment
• Influence of dry and semi-dry exhaust gas purification in kettles and reactors

Honorary Professor for Water Quality Management
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz-Jürgen Brauch

Head of department for analytics at TZW Karlsruhe

• Evaluation and classification imperilling groundwater pollutants
• Criterions and indications for an sustainable river and lake protection with main focus on groundwater
• Legal environment
• Safety systems for constructions handling with groundwater pollutants