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Water Management in Industry

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0167/01
Abbreviation HVP
Course title Water Management in Industry
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Water used in industry, general requirements for the quality of service waters. Specific quality requirements for certain service waters
2. Pre-treatment of water before demineralisation in general
3. Acid and alkaline clarification - characteristics of the process, comparison of acid and alkaline clarification. Characteristics of the individual stages of the clarification process, types of clarifiers
4. Ionex demineralisation - principle of the process, types of ionex used, demineralisation stage, regeneration of ionex. Processes taking place in the ion-ex bed during demineralization, mixbed, softening and decarbonisation
5. Membrane processes in water treatment, water pretreatment for reverse osmosis, reverse osmosis
6. Organic substances, problems of their occurrence and possibilities of their removal from water in the preparation of demineralised water
7. Wastewater in industrial sectors in general, conditions for discharge of WWTP into public sewerage system. Pollutants in industrial wastewater, treatment options for industrial wastewater in general
8. Metal surface treatment - characteristics of the wastewater produced, treatment options
9. Chemical industry - inorganic and organic production, wastewater from inorganic and organic technologies, treatment methods
10. Food industry - characteristics of wastewater pollution and treatment
11. Oil refineries and petrochemical industry, characteristic pollution of waste water, treatment methods, oil separators
12. Agricultural production - characteristic pollution of waste water and treatment procedures
13. Mine water, characteristic pollution, treatment options for mine water

Literature

DAVIS, Mackenzie L. Water and Wastewater Engineering. Design Principles and Practice. New York: McGraw- Hill Companies, 2020. ISBN 978-1260132274 .
Tchobanoglous, G., Burton, F.L., and Stensel, H.D. (2003). Wastewater Engineering (Treatment Disposal Reuse) / Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Book Company. ISBN 0-07-041878-0 .
Water treatment Handbook, Seventh edition, Degremont: France 2007, ISBN 978-1-84585-005-0 
Twort, A. Ratnayaka, D. Brand J.: Water supply, London IWA Publishing 2000, ISBN 0-340-72018-2 

Advised literature

Water treatment Handbook, Seventh edition, Degremont: France 2007, ISBN 978-1-84585-005-0