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Physical-Chemical Processes in Water Technology

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Course Unit Code546-0033/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated8 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HEV01prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D.
Summary
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal is to acquire the physico-chemical processes that are used for treatment of municipal and industrial waste water and the treatment of drinking water. Specifically, in the subject discussed in detail and experimented fundamental physico-chemical processes in the technology of water, flotation, coagulation and flocculation, adsorption and ion exchange. Students are familiar with the principles of the physico-chemical processes, physical, chemical and electrochemical aspects of the individual processes, the mechanisms involved in the removal of pollutants from water by the application of physical-chemical processes and types of equipment. On the theoretical basis for follow practical exercises in the laboratory. Within individual laboratory exercises, students will evaluate the effectiveness of the use of flotation, coagulation, flocculation, adsorption and ion exchange in the treatment of municipal and industrial water, as well as in the treatment of drinking water.
Course Contents
1. Introduction - characteristics of the physico-chemical processes and their application in water treatment

2. Flotation - physico-chemical principles flotation process; flotation and probability

3. Flotation agents and their mechanism of action, collecting ingredients, frother and control flotation reagents, characteristics, examples

4. Technological procedures flotation wastewater treatment - flotation dividing the air from the solution, flotation with mechanical dispersion of air, electrolytic flotation; biological flotation; chemical flotation

5. Technological modifications flotation in water treatment

6. Classification flotation to the process for wastewater treatment and water treatment, flotation machines and equipment for wastewater treatment and drinking water treatment

7. Examples of use flotation cleaning and water treatment, during treatment and processing of water supply and sewage sludge.

8. Coagulation and flocculation - physicochemical properties of dispersed slurries, suspensions electrokinetic properties, electrokinetic potential, stability of suspensions.

9. Coagulation and flocculation agents - distribution, property and mechanism of action.

10. Examples of the use of coagulation and flocculation cleaning and water treatment and the treatment and processing of water supply and sewage sludge.

11. Adsorption - type adsorption, surface charge, adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherm characteristic of the adsorbent, adsorption onto hydrated oxides, examples of adsorbents.

12. Adsorption metals, non-metals, radionuclides and organic substances, the possibility of using adsorption for purification and water treatment.

13. Ion exchangers - synthesis and properties of polymeric sorbents, ion exchange resin usable capacity, types of ion exchangers, ion exchangers duty cycle.

14. The use of ion exchangers for water treatment
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
RONALD D. CROZIER Flotation-Theory,Reagents and Ore Testing. Pergamon,1992,ISBN 0-08-041864-3
BRATBY, J. Coagulation and flocculation in water and wastewater treatment. London: IWA Publishing, 2006. 407 s. ISBN 1-843391-06-6.
BACHE, D. H., GREGORY, R. Flock in Water Treatment. London: IWA Publishing, 2007. 297 s. ISBN 978-1-84339-063-3.
KMEŤ, S. Flotácia. Alfa,Bratislava,1992,ISBN 80-05-00971-2
RONALD D. CROZIER Flotation-Theory,Reagents and Ore Testing. Pergamon,1992,ISBN 0-08-041864-3
VIDLÁŘ, J. Použití flotace při čištění průmyslových odpadních vod, publikace OIS VTEI-OKR,Ostrava 1980 (58 s)
BRATBY, J. Coagulation and flocculation in water and wastewater treatment. London: IWA Publishing, 2006. 407 s. ISBN 1-843391-06-6.
BACHE, D. H., GREGORY, R. Flock in Water Treatment. London: IWA Publishing, 2007. 297 s. ISBN 978-1-84339-063-3.
MALÝ, J., HLAVÍNEK, P. Čištění prúmyslových odpadních vod, NOEL 200, Brno, 1996.
JELÍNEK ,L. : Desalinační a separační metody v úpravě vody, VŠCHT Praha, 2008, ISBN 978-80-7080-705-7
Recommended Reading:
Current Czech and foreign publications on the physico-chemical processes used in water technology
Aktuální odborné domácí a zahraniční publikace.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18