546-0685/03 – Water technology II (TV II)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 6 |
| 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 | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
To learn biological processes in treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters. To understand principles of aerobic and anaerobic treatment of wastewaters. To understand removal of phosphorus and nitrogen nutrients from wastewaters. To understand treatment of wastewater sludge. To understand technologies and facilities used in municipal wastewater treatment plants.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Experimental work in labs
Summary
Composition of municipal wastewaters. Biological degradability of organic substances in wastewaters. Theory of growth and proliferation of microorganisms. Principles of aerobic, anoxic and anaerobic treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters. Specific technology procedures used in biological treatment of wastewaters.
Compulsory literature:
Water treatment handbook, France: Degremont, 2007 vol.1. 785 p. ISBN 978-2-74030-0970-0
Water Treatment Made Simple: For Operators, Darshan Singh Sarai, ISBN: 0-471-74002-0, Paperback, John Wiley, 272 pages, November 2005
Wastewater Bacteria
Michael H. Gerardi
ISBN: 0-471-20691-1
Paperback, John Wiley
272 pages
May 2006
Wastewater Sludge Processing
Izrail S. Turovskiy, P. K. Mathai
ISBN: 0-471-70054-1 John Wiley, 354 pages June 2006
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Check questions, verification tests.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of foreign literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Types of wastewaters. Determination of organic substances in wastewaters. Biological degradability.
2. Technology lines in big, medium-sized and small wastewater treatment plants.
3. Mechanical cleaning and settling of substances in waters.
4. Aerobic cleaning with mixed culture. Growth and proliferation of microorganisms. Growth curve. Kinetics of organis substances removal.
5. Activation process, activated sludge, basic method in cultivation of mixed culture. Hydraulic characteristics of activation.
6. Most important parameters of activation technology. Factors influencing activation efficiency.Sludge bulking.
7. Oxygenation capacity. Oxygen demand for activation. Transfer of oxygen into water. Types of aerators.
8. Overview of main technology modifications used in treatment by mixed culture in suspension.
9. Biological removal of nutrients. Nitrification and denitrification. Removal of phosphorus. Theory of bio-film processes. Composion and creation of biolfilms. Biological columns. Rotary reactors and reactors with combined biomass cultivation.
10. Theory of anaerobic treatment of wastewaters. Anaerobic reactors.
11. Comparison of aerobic and anaerobic procedures in biological treatment of wastewaters.
12. Using biological processes in treatment of municipal and industrial wastewaters.
13. Using anaerobic processes and reactors in wastewater sludge treatment. Stabilisation products.
14. Methods used for treatment and dewatering of stabilised sludge. Increasing health safety and disposal of wastewater sludge.
15. Special biological methods used for wastewater treatment. Wastewaters from industry and agriculture.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction