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Waste Water Treatment

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Course Unit Code546-0362/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third 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
KYN43prof. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Kyncl
Summary
Technical and legislative options disposal and wastewater treatment. Methods of Cleaning - biological, mechanical, anaerobic. Background for design of small wastewater treatment plants. Options elimination of N, P, heavy metals and other harmful substances. Septic, infiltration strips, artificial wetlands, biological ponds. Management of waste generated in the cleaning process.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to characterize the basic methods used in the treatment of various types of industrial and municipal water. Graduates are able to identify individual types of water and identify the degree of their pollution. They will understand the main technological processes of wastewater treatment. Understand aerobic and anaerobic water purification processes. They will gain knowledge of sludge operation
Course Contents
1. Types of waste water and their composition, sewage waste water. Organics in waters. Biodegradability of organic compounds.Water Act.
2. Technological lines of large, medium and small wastewater treatment plants. Mechanical cleaning, rough pre-cleaning.
3. Settling, settling and thickening tanks technological parameters. Settlement tanks.
4. Aerobic blended mixed-fluid culture, growth and multiplication of microorganisms, growth curve.
5. Activation process, activated sludge. Kinetics of organic matter removal from waste water by mixed culture.
6. Basic methods of cultivation of mixed culture, hydraulic characteristics of activation tanks. Main technological modifications of activation.
7. The most important technological parameters of activation. Factors affecting the cleansing effect of activation.
8. Oxygen consumption for activation, oxygen transfer to water. Oxygenation capacity, types of aerators.
9. Biological removal of nitrogen from wastewater, nitrification, denitrification.
10. Biological removal of phosphorus from waste water, chemical removal of phosphorus.
11. Theory of biofilm processes. Biological columns, rotary biofilm reactors, reactors with combined biomass cultivation.
12. Theory of anaerobic cleaning. Comparison of aerobic and anaerobic processes. anaerobic wastewater treatment
13. Anaerobic stabilization of sewage sludge, reactors, stabilization products. Sludge and its processing.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Gray, N. F. Water Technology: An Introduction for Environmental Scientists and Engineers. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010. ISBN 0-7506-6633-1
Templeton R., Buttler D.&bookboon.com (2011): An Introduction to Wastewater Treatment. ISBN 978-87- 7681-843-2
DOHÁNYOS, M., J. KOLLER a N. STRNADOVÁ. Čištění odpadních vod. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2007
BINDZAR, J. Základy úpravy a čištění vod. Praha: VŠCHT, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7080-729-3
ČSN 75 64 01 Čistírny odpadních vod pro více než 500 ekvivalentních obyvatel
GRAY, N. Water Technology: An Introduction for Environmental Scientists and Engineers. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010. ISBN 0-7506-6633-1
Recommended Reading:
Cheremisinoff N. P. Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies.
Elsevier Butterworth - Heinemann, 2002, ISBN: 0-7506-7498-9
Gray, N.F. Water Technology: An Introduction for Environmental Scientists and Engineers. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010. ISBN 0-7506-6633-1
CHUDOBA, J., M. DOHÁNYOS a J. WANNER. Biologické čištění odpadních vod. SNTL Praha, 1991
HLAVÍNEK, P., J. MIČÍN a P. PRAX. Příručka stokování a čištění. Brno: NOEL 2000. ISBN 80-86020-30-4
PYTL, V. a kol. Příručka provozovatele čistírny odpadních vod. SOVAK ČR, 2004, ISBN 80-239-2528-8
CHEREMISINOFF, N. P. Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002, ISBN 0-7506-7498-9
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