Processing of water

- Mechanical, chemical and biological processes of water treatment, technological options of the different water treatment processes, examples of application.
- Sedimentation, motion of particles in a fluid, suspension decantation and thickening, settling tanks, calculation of technological parameters of settling tanks.
- Coagulation in water technology, destabilisation of colloids, Stern’s double layer, Zeta potential, perikinetic and orthokinetic coagulation.
- Water filtration, mechanism of particle capture by grained-material layer, pressure conditions in a filter, filter media, calculation of filtration and washing cycles.
- Types of filters, basic technological parameters, calculation of filtration rates, filter regeneration, filter use in water technologies.
- Groundwater treatment, carbon dioxide and its forms in water, calcium-carbonate balance, water neutralisation, technology facilities.
- Removal of iron and manganese from groundwater, the forms of their occurrence in water, the theory of process, overview of technological processes.
- Water treatment using membrane processes, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reversed osmosis, electrodialysis, technology facilities.
- Water disinfection, use of ultraviolet radiation, disinfection using chlorine and its compounds, disinfection using ozone, dosing technology devices.
- Adsorption from water solutions, adsorbents and adsorbed compounds, physical adsorption and chemisorption, use in water technology.