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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Water technology I

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 546-0681/06
Abbreviation TV I
Course title Water technology I
Credits 8
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Kyncl

Subject syllabus

1. Types of water in terms of treatment, water sources. Pollutants in surface and ground water sources, drinking water quality requirements.
2. Overview of technological processes used in drinking water treatment. Pre-treatment of raw water. Settlement and thickening of suspensions. Settling and thickening tanks.
3. Dispersion systems, coloid particles, zeta potential. Water clarification, coagulation mechanism, coagulants, coagulation tests, types of clarifiers.
4. Filtration, filtration mechanism, filtration cycles. Types of filters, basic parameters and characteristics.
5. Manganese removal. Iron removal.
6. Decarbonisation - theory of calcium-carbonate balance. Mechanical and chemical methods of decarbonisation.
7. Removal of calcium and magnesium from water using precipitation processes.
8. Ion exchangers - ionex classification, ion parameters, working phases of ionexes, regeneration. Utilisation of ionexes - decarbonisation, demineralisation and deionisation of water.
9. Water treatment using membrane processes. Electrodyalysis.
10. Sanitary requirements for water, physical and chemical methods. Water desinfection using chlorine and its compounds. Desinfection using ozone.
11. Special processes in water treatment, dechlorination, fluoridisation, nitrate removal.
12. Adsorption - theory of the proces, its application in water treatment.
13. Water stabilisation, anti-corrosion measures.
14. Disposal and use of water sludge.
15. Special requirements for special water treatment in different branches (heat plants, boiler plants, etc.) and treatment methods.

Literature

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 
Using Statistical Methods for Water Quality Management: Issues, Problems and Solutions
Graham B. McBride, John Wiley, ISBN: 0-471-47016-3 , Hardcover, 344 pages, May 2005
Water Treatment Made Simple: For Operators, Darshan Singh Sarai, ISBN: 0-471-74002-0 , Paperback, John Wiley, 272 pages, November 2005

Doporučená literatura

Van den Hoven, T., Kazner, Ch. Techneuau: Safe Dribling Water from Source to Tap. London Iwa Publishing 2009. 320 p. ISBN 9781843392750