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G12. WATER AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT<br />
(KUL-code: I884 (Th); I885 (Pr))<br />
Lecturer: VERELST H.<br />
ECTS-credit: 5 pts<br />
Contact hours: 30 hrs. of theory/30 hrs. of practical<br />
Prerequisites: Principles of microbiology, biochemistry, fluid mechanics<br />
Time and place: 1 st semester, 13 sessions of 3 hours each, VUB<br />
Course syllabus: Lecture notes and copies of slides<br />
Evaluation: Written examination; oral 2 nd chance<br />
Comparable handbook: Henze, Harremoes,..; Wastewater Treatment, 2 nd edition, Springer Verlag, 1997, ISBN: 3-<br />
540-62702-2<br />
Coulson and Richardson, Chemical <strong>Engineering</strong> part 2, 4 th edition, Pergamon, 1991, ISBN:<br />
0-08-032957-5<br />
Additional information: -<br />
Learning objectives:<br />
Students should obtain knowledge of properties, main parameters and the design of water treatment units, both<br />
for waste water treatment, as for drinking water production. They should be able to calculate primary and<br />
secondary treatment units, based on basic physical, chemical and biological phenomena.<br />
Course description:<br />
The aim of the course is to acquire an in-depth knowledge in the characteristics, functioning and design of<br />
different drinking water and waste-water treatment plants.<br />
1. <strong>Water</strong> and drinking water treatment unit operations: filtration, centrifugation, flocculation, ion exchange,<br />
chlorination.<br />
2. Mechanical treatment of waste-water.<br />
3. Aerobic waste-water treatment: biokinetics, conception of aerobic basins, design, activated sludge plants.<br />
4. Anaerobic waste-water treatment: biokinetics, biomethanation.<br />
5. Technological aspects of primary and secondary water treatment units.<br />
6. Advanced waste-water treatment: overview of new high-rate reactor designs<br />
7. Tertiary waste-water treatment: principle, chemical processes, biological processes for nutrient removal,<br />
design<br />
8. Sludge treatment: biomethanation, dewatering.<br />
The practical work consists of:<br />
Design, dimensioning and modeling of a drinking water treatment plant. Design, dimensioning and modeling<br />
of a lagoon system and a sludge treatment plant.<br />
Visits to wastewater treatment plants.<br />
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