ETE-21306 Water Treatment

Course

Credits 6.00

Teaching methodContact hours
One day excursion7
Individual Paper1
Lectures24
Practical extensively supervised17
Practical intensively supervised16
Self-study
Course coordinator(s)dr. ir. BG Temmink
Lecturer(s)dr. ir. BG Temmink
prof. dr. ir. G Zeeman
Examiner(s)dr. ir. BG Temmink
dr. ir. TLG Hendrickx

Language of instruction:

English

Assumed knowledge on:

ETE-10806 Introduction Environmental Technology or comparable.

Contents:

This course deals with the most important processes that can be applied for the treatment of wastewater. These processes can be based on three principles: biological conversion of pollutants, physical removal of pollutants and chemical destruction of pollutants or combinations of these processes. The aim of wastewater treatment is to obtain a water quality suitable for discharge in surface waters or for the recovery and reuse of valuable products.
The course focuses on biological processes for removal of organics based on aerobic or anaerobic processes and on removal of nutrients (N and P) by biological (or chemical) processes. Attention is paid to kinetic models used to describe the biological processes in a reactor as a tool for design, prediction of the performance and for parameter estimation.
The physical/chemical processes settling, membrane filtration, ion exchange and adsorption are also dealt with.

Learning outcomes:

After this course, students will have the knowledge, tools and skills:
- to select treatment concepts, comprising different units, based on wastewater characterization;
- to design different wastewater treatment units based on wastewater characteristics and effluent standards;
- to calculate process performance of different treatment units based on wastewater characteristics and kinetics;
- to recognize and understand the contribution of different treatment concepts to sustainable development.

Activities:

- attending lectures;
- study theory and practice problems;
- practical training week 4 (individual report);
- final design assignment (last week);
- field trip (week 4).

Examination:

Judgement from written examination (80%) and final assignment (20%), provided that both are valued 5.5 or higher.

Literature:

Handbook: Tchobanoglous, G.; Stensel, H.D.; Burton, F. (2003). Wastewater engineering: treatment and reuse. 4th ed. Boston, US: McGraw-Hill. 1819p. ISBN 0070418780.
Lecture notes: Anaerobic wastewater treatment.

ProgrammePhaseSpecializationPeriod
Compulsory for: BESEnvironmental SciencesBScC: Environmental Technology1MO
Restricted Optional for: MBTBiotechnologyMScE: Environmental and Biobased Biotechnology1MO