Course detail

Wastewater Treatment Processes

FAST-NCB007Acad. year: 2024/2025

Types of wastewater according to their origin, extraction, stripping, clarification, adsorption, coagulation, neutralization, separation of light particles, separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes, filtration, advanced oxidation processes.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Karel Hrich, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Chemistry (CHE)

Entry knowledge

Physical properties of water, chemical balance in the water, characteristic composition of water, gases in water, pH, neutralisation capacity, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, water hardness, the living conditions of microorganisms in water, biochemical processes in the waters, natural ways of wastewater treatment, inorganic nomenclature, basic organic nomenclature, compiling chemical equations, stoichiometric calculations, concentration and its expression.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Subject is focused on acquiring knowledge of basic chemical and physico-chemical processes of wastewater treatment.

Student gets the aim of subject under control, i. e. basic processes of wastewater treatment: ion exchange, extraction, stripping, clarification, adsorption, coagulation, neutralization, separation of light particles, separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes, filtration, aerobic reactors, elimination of nitrogen and phosphorus.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ARSOV, Roumen, Jiri MARSALEK, Ed WATT a Evzen ZEMAN, ed. Urban Water Management: Science Technology and Service Delivery [online]. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2003 [cit. 2022-10-26]. ISBN 978-1-4020-1540-3. Dostupné z: doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0057-4 (EN)
DOHÁNYOS, Michal, Jan KOLLER a Nina STRNADOVÁ. Čištění odpadních vod. 2. vyd. Praha: VŠCHT, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7080-619-7. (CS)
ŽÁČEK, Ladislav. Chemické a technologické procesy úpravy vod. Brno: NOEL 2000, 1999. ISBN 80-86020-22-2. (CS)

Recommended reading

TEBBUTT, T .H .Y. Principles of water quality control. United Kingdom: Butterworth Heinemann, 1997. ISBN 978-0-7506-3658-2. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIV Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Karel Hrich, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Types of wastewater, definition based at their origin.
  • 2. Extraction.
  • 3. Stripping.
  • 4. Clarification.
  • 5. Adsorption.
  • 6. Coagulation.
  • 7. Neutralization.
  • 8. Separation of light particles.
  • 9. Separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes.
  • 10. Advanced oxidation processes.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Karel Hrich, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction lesson, safety and organization of work in laboratory, calculation of examples.
  • 2. Stripping of ammonia.
  • 3. Clarification by organic coagulant.
  • 4. Adsorption by active coal.
  • 5. Nonpolar extractable substances separation.
  • 6. Separation of copper by cementation.
  • 7. Oxygenation capacity of aeration tanks.
  • 8. Coagulation of cyanides by ferrous sulphate.
  • 9. Determination of free sedimentation rate of sludge, Sludge index.
  • 10. Filtration rate of suspension determination, credit test.