| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Energy (2016) |
 Subjects |
| MODELLING OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2023_24 |
| Subject | MODELLING OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS | Code | 20735206 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Optional | First | 2Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Introduction to WWTPs. | Current status of urban and industrial wastewater treatment. General scheme of a wastewater treatment process: primary, secondary and tertiary treatments. Economy and energy balance. |
| 2. Primary treatments for waste water. | Debinding and dewatering. Physical-chemical processes. Aeration systems. Settling. Coagulation-flocculation. |
| 3. Secondary treatments for waste water. |
Biological wastewater treatment. Microbial kinetics. Activated sludge systems. Biological elimination of nitrogen and phosphorus. Selection and design criteria. Modifications of the conventional process and other aerobic processes. |
| 4. Tertiary treatments for waste water. | Filtration. Removal of nutrients and disinfection. |
| 5. Management of wastewater treatment plant sludge. | Anaerobic digestion. Reduction and sanitization processes, disposal. |
| 6. Model applications for the design and operation of urban and industrial wastewater treatment plants. |
Mathematical model and use of comercial simulators. |
