Course detail

Wastewater Engineering

FAST-CP57Acad. year: 2011/2012

The subject is to enable cooperation of foreign students in the training lessons arranged for the field of study “V”. It is focused on recognizing and practicing of English terminology in the field of water supply.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Petr Hlavínek, CSc., MBA

Department

Institute of Municipal Water Management (VHO)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will manage technological and hydraulic design of WWTP, technology of wastewater treatment and sludge treatment

Prerequisites

Chemistry of water

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1.Wastewater engineering: An overview, flow rates, characteristics
2.Wastewater treatment objectives, methods and implementation considerations, wastewater treatment plant design
3.Physical unit operations, chemical unit processes
4.Biological unit processes
5.Design of facilities for the physical, chemical and biological treatment of wastewater
6.Advanced wastewater treatment
7.Design of facilities for treatment and disposal of sludge
8.Effluent disposal, impact on receiving water

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Technological and hydraulic design of WWTP, technology of wastewater treatment and sludge treatment

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

Metcalf + Eddy: Wastewater Engineering, Treatment, Disposal and Reuse. McGRAW-HILL, New York, 2002. ISBN-10: 007124140X. (EN)

Recommended reading

Degrémont: Water Treatment Handbook. New York, 1989. (EN)
Shun Dar Lin: Water and Wastewater Calculation Manual. MC Graw Hill, 2007. ISBN-13 978-0-07-147624-9. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch V , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch V , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch V , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Petr Hlavínek, CSc., MBA

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Petr Hlavínek, CSc., MBA