Course Details

Wastewater Treatment Processes

Academic Year 2023/24

NCB007 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIV 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

Ing. Karel Hrich, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Chemistry

Objective

Subject is focused on acquiring knowledge of basic chemical and physico-chemical processes of wastewater treatment.

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.

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

1. Types of wastewater, definition based at their origin.
2. Extraction.
3. Stripping.
4. Clarification.
5. Adsorption.
6. Coagulation.
7. Neutralization.
8. Separation of light particles.
9. Separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes.
10. 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

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/271386

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Types of wastewater, definition based at their origin.

2. Extraction.

3. Stripping.

4. Clarification.

5. Adsorption.

6. Coagulation.

7. Neutralization.

8. Separation of light particles.

9. Separation methods on principle of semi-permeable membranes.

10. Advanced oxidation processes.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Introduction lesson, safety and organization of work in laboratory, calculation of examples.

2. Stripping of ammonia.

3. Clarification by organic coagulant.

4. Adsorption by active coal.

5. Nonpolar extractable substances separation.

6. Separation of copper by cementation.

7. Oxygenation capacity of aeration tanks.

8. Coagulation of cyanides by ferrous sulphate.

9. Determination of free sedimentation rate of sludge, Sludge index.

10. Filtration rate of suspension determination, credit test.