546-0151/01 – Wastewater Treatment Technology (TCV)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Kyncl | Subject version guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Kyncl |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the course is to extend the knowledge of biological wastewater treatment. Describe the main technological articles including their parameters. Explain aerobic and anaerobic processes in detail. Learn about the latest nutrient removal procedures. In sludge management, pay attention to sludge hygiene and phosphorus utilization.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Experimental work in labs
Other activities
Summary
The course deals with wastewater treatment by biological methods. It is based on the theory of aerobic and anaerobic cleaning. Modern methods of nutrient removal are introduced. Great attention is paid to sanitation, processing and use of sludge.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Control in the form of a discussion of the lectured material. Control of preparation for laboratory exercises and continuous submission of laboratory protocols. The course is completed by a control exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
study of professional journals
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Waste waters, character of pollutants in waters, organic substances and their determination, composition and amount of sewage water, micro-pollutants. Basics of legislation.
2.Technological lines of large, medium and small WWTP. Centralized and decentralized treatment, industrial waste water, mechanical treatment, coarse pre-treatment.
3.Setting and thickening of process theory suspensions, settling and thickening tanks, design of settling tanks, technological parameters of tanks.
4.General basics of biological treatment processes, growth and multiplication of microorganism, growth curve, kinetic principles of microorganism selection, kinetics of substrate removal.
5. Principles of aerobic wastewater treatment, activated sludge, metabolism of organic compounds, removal of organic substances.
6.Basic methods of activated sludge cultivation, activation process, basic technological parameters, oxygen consumption, oxygen transfer to water.
7.Aeration of activation tanks, pneumatic aeration, technological modifications of conventional activation systems, technological parameters, examples of activation.
8. Biofilm reactors, properties of biofilm, sprayed biological columns, classification and parameters, rotary reactors, combined biomass cultivation.
9.Biological nitrogen removal, nitrification, denitrification, activation systems of nitrogen removal, bioaugmentation, Anammox system
10.Biological phosphorus removal, activation systems of phosphorus removal, common biological removal of nitrogen and phosphorus, chemical removal of phosphorus.
11.Separation and separation problems of activated sludge. Settling tanks, design parameters. Membrane separation.
12.Anaerobic treatment processes, comparison of aerobic and anaerobic processes, principle of anaerobic decomposition, anaerobic wastewater treatment, types of reactors.
13.Treatment of sewage sludge, anaerobic stabilization, reactors, sludge gas, sludge water, further sludge hygiene, sludge drying and incineration. Extraction of phosphorus from sludge.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction