546-0815/01 – Flocculation in water technology (FvTV)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2012/2013 | Year of cancellation | 2016/2017 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Knowledge rendered after completion of the course: knowledge of the physico-chemical and hydrodynamic properties of colloidal dispersions and the theory of aggregation processes.
Skills rendered after the end of the course: The students are able to define the appropriate types of coagulation and flocculation agents for a specific application, are able to describe the kinetics and mechanism of flocculation flocculation.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Experimental work in labs
Summary
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Current vocational domestic and foreign publications.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Control of theoretical knowledge through discussion of memorized material. Continuous processing and delivery of reports from individual labs.
Written verification of knowledge necessary calculations.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of foreign literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Physico - chemical properties of dispergated suspensions. Electrokinetic
slurry properties, electrokinetic potential and stability of suspensions, dispersing agents, the possibility of increasing the stability of suspensions.
2. Flocculants. Division, selective properties of flocculants, adsorption mechanism of flocculants.
3. The mechanism of flocculation, flocculation kinetics, activators, depressants, modifiers in the selective flocculation, selective flocculation physical parameters.
4. The parameters influencing the progress of flocculation and selective flocculation.
5. Practical application of selective flocculation.
6. Flocculation by stages, a combination of selective flocculation with other procedures, application of selective flocculation.
Practice:
Practical verification of flocculants in sedimentation tests, tests of selective flocculation on selected types of suspensions, the influence of bioflocculants, applications of flotoflocculation.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction