Course detail

Special Water Treatment Technologies

FCH-MA_ENG11Acad. year: 2021/2022

Measuring in drinking water (DW) treatment technology processes, advanced separation processes, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis and its applications, water quality changes during distribution, household facilities for water quality improvement, summary of DW treatment methods classification and technology line design, technological audit, practical solving of DW treatment problems, water treatment for energy production, warm utilitarian water, water quality requirements in different industrial branches (chemical, pharmaceutical and electrotechnical industry), methods of water pre-treatment, decarbonation, desilicazation, ion-exchanger and magnetic water treatment utilization, sources of technical information and its utilization.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students obtain additional knowledge on technological processes of drinking water treatment, which take place in some special occasions and in process water treatment is presented. Wide active cooperation with students is part of the lectures. The focus is to train students in solving practical issues, which they might meet in their jobs. Critical thinking is also trained in plenary discussion of their small presentations of different aspects of water treatment.

Prerequisites

Knowledge from course Water and wastewater engineering

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures 2h/week, seminars 3h/week, the e-learning system (LMS Moodle) is available to students.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Oral examination.

Course curriculum

1) Water quality standards and regulations
2) Waterworks control and management
3) Water treatment processes audit, pilot scale, and bench tests design
4) Seawater and brackish water treatment systems
5) Ion Exchange processes
6) Softening
7) Water quality changes by the distribution system
8) Equipment for water posttreatment in point-of-use and point-of-supply systems
9) Water treatment systems for the power generation industry
10) Water quality standards for special industry use
11) Bottled drinking water – quality standards and regulations
12) Unconventional water treatment technological solutions
13) Introduction to the synthesis of the water treatment technology line, case studies

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The students build on the knowledge gained in the course “Wastewater engineering” and they obtain insights of currently solved topics in water treatment processes and waste water technologies.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Eckenfelder W. W. and Musterman J. L.: Activated Sludge Treatment of Industrial Wastewater,Technomic Publishing AG, Basel, Switzerland, 1995. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPAP_ENVI Master's, 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

26 hours, obligation not entered

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

39 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer