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Water and wastewater processes and mass balances
Code
SE-BUD2
Version
1.0
Offered by
Supply Engineering
ECTS
5
Prerequisites
Main purpose
Quality of the drinking water distributed among consumers is highly dependent on the processes involved in raw water treatment. The quality of the raw water depends on the source of water. Wastewater that is going through wastewater treatment plant has special quality requirements before it is discharged to recipients. This course gives an insight in the processes involved in drinking water and waste water treatment and evaluates on the performance of already existing treatment plants and their design.
Knowledge
Upon completion of the course, the student will have gained knowledge of:
- Sources of raw water and quality of these sources
- Principles of risk management in relation to drinking water quality
- Treatment processes involved for drinking water and wastewater
- The concept of water and mass balances in processes, which are key elements for understanding the behavior of a treatment plant
- Possible optimization methods for already existing treatment plants
Skills
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Perform a flow diagram with the water and mass balance
- Construct process and instrumentation diagrams of existing and new treatment plants
- Complete simple dimensioning of treatment plant
- Analyze the actual data from the existing treatment plant
- Calculate the quantity of different factors needed to perform the efficient treatment
Competences
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to apply knowledge and skills to:
- Propose a process design for drinking water and wastewater
- Analyze treatment efficiency of existing treatment plant
- Evaluate data from drinking water and wastewater treatment plant
- Suggest the optimization possibilities for existing treatment plant
Topics
Teaching methods and study activities
The teaching style is based on the theories of Problem Based Learning (PBL) and the activities are a mixture of lectures, collection of data and its analysis, report writing, assignments solved with assistance of lecturer discussions in groups assisted by the lecturer, presentations, self-study, homework assignments.
137.5 hours of work for the student.
Resources
- Von Sperling M.; 2007; Wastewater Characteristics, Treatment and Disposal
- Henze M., Harremoes P., la Cour Jansen J., Arvin E.; 1997; Wastewater Treatment Biological and Chemical Processes
- Skytte Hjorth E.; 2023; Wastewater Treatment
- de Moel P. J., Verberk J. Q. J. C., van Dijk J. C.; 2006; Drinking Water Principles and Practices
- Karlsen, E. & Sørensen, I., 2014; Vandforsyning
- Collection of latest articles and related material will be provided as required.
Evaluation
Examination
Exam prerequisites:
Four mandatory assignments, handed in before deadline and approved.
Exam type:
Individual oral exam, 20 minutes.
Internal assessment
Tools allowed:
N/A
Re-exam:
Same as the ordinary exam.
Grading criteria
Additional information
Responsible
Henrik Bjørn
Valid from
8/1/2024 12:00:00 AM
Course type
Compulsory for Supply Engineering
3. semester
Keywords
Drinking water treatment processes, wastewater treatment processes, process optimization, mass balance, water balance, data analysis