Course Details
Wastewater Treatment Processes
Academic Year 2023/24
CC053 course is part of 1 study plan
N-P-C-SI (N) / V Winter Semester 2nd year
Types of wastewater according to their origin, extraction, stripping, clarification, adsorption, coagulation, neutralization, separation of light particles, separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes, filtration, advanced oxidation processes
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Subject is focused on acquiring knowledge of basic chemical and physico-chemical processes of wastewater treatment.
Knowledge
Student gets the aim of subject under control, i. e. basic processes of wastewater treatment: ion exchange, extraction, stripping, clarification, adsorption, coagulation, neutralization, separation of light particles, separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes, filtration, aerobic reactors, elimination of nitrogen and phosphorus.
Syllabus
Types of wastewater, definition based at their origin,
Extraction
Stripping
Clarification
Adsorption
Coagulation
Neutralization
Separation of light particles
Separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes
Advanced oxidation processes
Extraction
Stripping
Clarification
Adsorption
Coagulation
Neutralization
Separation of light particles
Separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes
Advanced oxidation processes
Prerequisites
Physical properties of water, chemical balance in the water, characteristic composition of water, gases in water, pH, neutralisation capacity, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, water hardness, the living conditions of microorganisms in water, biochemical processes in the waters, natural ways of wastewater treatment, inorganic nomenclature, basic organic nomenclature, compiling chemical equations, stoichiometric calculations, concentration and its expression
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
5 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
Types of wastewater, definition based at their origin,
Extraction
Stripping
Clarification
Adsorption
Coagulation
Neutralization
Separation of light particles
Separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes
Advanced oxidation processes
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
Introduction lesson, safety and organization of work in laboratory, calculation of examples
Stripping of ammonia
Clarification by organic coagulant
Adsorption by active coal
Nonpolar extractable substances separation
Separation of copper by cementation
Oxygenation capacity of aeration tanks
Coagulation of cyanides by ferrous sulphate
Determination of free sedimentation rate of sludge, Sludge index
Filtration rate of suspension determination, credit test