Course detail

Chemistry and technology of water.

FAST-BC03Acad. year: 2013/2014

Chemical and physical characteristics of natural and municipal waste water.
Important chemical and biological processes running in aqueous environment, rules of microorganisms´ growth and their basic life conditions, classification of microorganisms due to energy and carbon sources.
Technologies of drinking water production, coagulation, filtration, disinfection, aggressive carbon dioxide removal, iron and manganese removal, adsorption, calcium and magnesium removal, use of ion-exchangers in water treatment.
Mechanical and biological ways of municipal wastewater treatment, aerobic methods, activated sludge process, biofilm reactors, natural ways of wastewater treatment, removal of nutrients from wastewater using biological and chemical methods.
Sewage sludge production, its treatment and stabilization, particularly by anaerobic process, and its further treatment.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Chemistry (CHE)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The results of teaching of subject BC03 can de divided into several parts. The first one is knowledge on fundamentals of hydrochemistry and basic rules of microorganisms growth. It is followed by the technological part. Students will learn both at theoretical and practical levels chemical principals technologies used at waterworks. Furthermore, they will understand chemical and biochemical principles of processes of municipal wastewater treatment and those of treatment of sludges, arising at municipal wastewater treatment plants.

Prerequisites

Inorganic nomenclature, basic organic nomenclature, basic chemical rules, theory of acids and bases, compilation of chemical equations, stoichiometric calculations, concentration and its expression, logaritms, fundamentals of differential and integral calculus.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Basic teaching methods in this subject are lectures and laboratory sessions. In the laboratory sessions, part of the session is usually aimed at calculations, part at practical schooling of analytical and technological methods.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The conditions of getting a credit are attendance at laboratory sessions in terms of study and examination regulations, protocols of all completed sessions, successfully passed written test and analysis of an unknown sample of water.
The exam is oral and consists of three issues: hydrochemistry, water, waterworks processes, technologies of waste water and sludge treatment.

Course curriculum

CHTV
1. Physical properties of water, chemical equilibria in water, characteristics of water composition
2. Macro- and microcomponents of natural water, gases, corresponding legislature
3. pH, neutralization capacity, carbon, calcium-carbonate equilibrium, aggressive carbon dioxide removal
4. Iron, manganese, and their removal from water
5. Coagulation
6. Filtration, adsorption
7. Disinfection of water
8. Ion-exchngers, water hardness and its removal
9. Life conditions of microorganisms, biochemical processes in water
10. Wastewater, scheme of wastewater treatment plant, quality of treated water
11. Activated sludge process, sedimentation
12. Aeration, biofilm reactors, natural ways of wastewater treatment. Anaerobic processes, sewage sludge treatment
13. Removal of nutrients from wastewater

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

essentials of hydrochemistry, chemical or biochemical basics of waterworks technologies, sewage treatment processes, treatment of sludge

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Malý,J.,Malá, J.: Chemie a technologie vody. NOEL 2000 s.r.o.: Brno, 1996. (CS)
Binnie C., Kimber M., Smethurst G.: Basic Water Treatment. Springer, 2002. (EN)
Henze M., Harremoes P., Cour Jansen J.C., Arvin E.: Wastewater Treatment. Springer, 2002. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch V , 3. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 3. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Physical properties of water, chemical equilibria in water, pH, characteristics of water composition
Gases, carbon in water, calcium-carbonate equilibrium
Aggressive carbon dioxide removal, iron, manganese, and their removal from water
Coagulation
Filtration, adsorption
Water disinfection
Water hardness and its removal, ion-exchngers
Life conditions of microorganisms, fundamentals of microbiological processes
Wastewater, scheme of municipal wastewater treatment plant
Activated sludge process, aeration
Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater
Biofilm reactors, natural ways of wastewater treatment
Anaerobic processes, sewage sludge treatment

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Introduction, safety of work in chemical laboratory, calculations
Strong acids and bases, neutralization
Week acids and bases, mechanical removal of aggressive carbon dioxide
Removal of aggressive carbon dioxide by limestone and dolomite, calcium-carbonate equilibrium
Removal of iron from water
Removal of manganese from water
Determination of organic compounds concentration in water
Coagulation with Fe(III) salt
Coagulation with Al(III) salt
Chemical removal of water hardness
Removal of water hardness with ion-exchangers
Oxygenation capacity, written test
Analysis of unknown water sample, credit