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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

Flocculation and Selective Flocculation

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0453/01
Abbreviation FaSF
Course title Flocculation and Selective Flocculation
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Physico - chemical properties of dispergated suspensions. Electrokinetic
slurry properties, electrokinetic potential and stability of suspensions, dispersing agents, the possibility of increasing the stability of suspensions.
2. Flocculants. Division, selective properties of flocculants, adsorption mechanism of flocculants.
3. The mechanism of flocculation, flocculation kinetics, activators, depressants, modifiers in the selective flocculation, selective flocculation physical parameters.
4. The parameters influencing the progress of flocculation and selective flocculation.
5. Practical application of selective flocculation.
6. Flocculation by stages, a combination of selective flocculation with other procedures, application of selective flocculation.

Practice:
Practical verification of flocculants in sedimentation tests, tests of selective flocculation on selected types of suspensions, the influence of bioflocculants, applications of flotoflocculation.

Literature

[1] BRATBY, J. Coagulation and flocculation in water and wastewater treatment. London: IWA Publishing, 2006. 407 s. ISBN 1-843391-06-6.
[2] BACHE, D. H., GREGORY, R. Flock in Water Treatment. London: IWA Publishing, 2007. 297 s. ISBN 978-1-84339-063-3.
[3] KINTISZEWA, A., STOJEV, S. Flokulacja selektywna. Katowice: Śląsk, 1987. 103 s., ISBN 83-216-0637-7 .

Advised literature

Current vocational domestic and foreign publications.