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Balneotechnology and Balneology

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Course Unit Code546-0812/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HEV01prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D.
Summary
he course is focused on natural mineral resources, especially mineral and thermal waters, their composition, treatment and possibilities of use, as well as on swimming pools, natural and artificial, on pool water, its treatment and disposal and on water management of swimming pools.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim is create an overview of the occurrence, properties and possible use of mineral and thermal water pools on the principles of design with regard to quality, treatment and disposal of pool water and pool water management areas.
Course Contents
Lectures:
1. Introduction - definitions, history, spas, baths and physiological effects of swimming
2. Pools - the default design parameters (water area, visits); pool water quality
3. Recirculating pool water treatment, recirculation setting amount
4. Recirculating pool water treatment - mechanical pretreatment, filtration (coagulation filtration) sorption
5. Recirculating pool water treatment - disinfection, reducing the concentration of soluble substances, removal of algae
6. Distribution of pool water (spatial flow in the pool, drain the pool, buffer tank, supply line); pools, shapes and sizes of pools
7. Water swimming pool areas - the need for water, discharge and disposal of water needed to heat water pool facilities
8. Mineral and thermal waters - their properties and division, basic concepts, legislation in the field of waste water in question
9. Geological types of springs, mineral water collection, gas collection
10. Use of mineral water - use bottled water as, external balneace; internal balneace
11. The composition of mineral water - metal, metalloid and non-metals in mineral waters, examples
12. Overview of mineral waters in Bohemia - a major source of mineral water, its properties and therapeutic effects
13. Overview of mineral water on the territory of Moravia and Silesia - the major sources of mineral water, its properties and therapeutic effects
14. Major sources of mineral waters in the world, their properties and therapeutic effects
15. Peloids - their properties, extraction and processing; use for medical purposes

Exercise:
Excursion to the spa (for example Jeseníky, Teplice nad Bečvou, Luhačovice, Klimkovice, Darkov)
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Lehmann, J.F. Therapeutic heat and could. Baltimore USA, Williams a Wilkins, 1990, p 725
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
BIELA, Renata a Josef BERÁNEK. Úprava vody a balneotechnika. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2004. ISBN 80-214-2563-6.
BURACHOVIČ, Stanislav a Stanislav WIESER. Encyklopedie lázní a léčivých pramenů v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Praha: Libri, 2001. ISBN 80-7277-048-9.
JANDOVÁ, Dobroslava. Balneologie. Praha: Grada, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2820-9.
BALDERER, Werner, Adam POROWSKI, Hussein IDRIS a James W. LAMOREAUX, ed. Thermal and Mineral Waters: Origin, Properties and Applications. Berlin: Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-3-642-28823-4.
Recommended Reading:
WORCH, Eckhard. Hydrochemistry: basic concepts and exercises. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015. De Gruyter graduate. ISBN 978-3-11-031553-0.
KRIŠ, Jozef. Bazény, sauny, solária. Bratislava: Jaga group, 1999. ISBN 80-88905-09-5.
LÁTAL, Milan a František SVOBODA. Komplexní projekt ZI: vodárenství a balneotechnika. Brno: Vysoké učení technické, 1991. Učební texty vysokých škol. ISBN 80-214-0242-3.
MACKOVIČ, Marian. Lázeňství a balneotechnika. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita, 1995. ISBN 80-7082-226-0.
KRÁSNÝ, Jiří. Groundwater in the Czech Republic: Regional Hydrogeology of Groundwaters and Mineral Waters. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7075-801-4.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs, Project work, Field trip
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit33 (33)17
                Semestrální projektSemestral project23 10
                Jiný typ úlohyOther task type10 7
        ExaminationExamination67 (67)18
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination40 10
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination27 8