Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modelling and Design

Overview:

Introduction:

This course seeks to address the quantity, complexity, and diversity of the developments in the wastewater treatment profession, particularly in developing countries where access is not readily available to advanced-level courses in wastewater treatment. 

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Describe the prime objective of wastewater treatment and sanitation.
• Determine the stoichiometric and kinetic parameters of the different metabolic processes of the microorganisms involved during the biological wastewater treatment process
• Critically determine and analyze quantity and quality characteristics of wastewaters
• Design and critically assess different wastewater treatment systems and configurations performing biological organic matter, nitrogen as well as phosphorus removal.
• Design and critically evaluate different disinfection treatments
• Assess and describe through mathematical expressions the different processes occurring during wastewater treatment as well as effects caused by inhibitory compounds
• Design and assess the operation of a biofilm system for wastewater treatment

Targeted Audience:

• Sanitary engineers
•  Environmental biotechnologists
•  Biochemists
• Civil engineers
• Environmental engineers
• Chemists
•  Environmental scientists
• Different professionals working or interested in the wastewater treatment field.

Course Outlines:

Unit 1:

• Wastewater Treatment Development
• Microbial Metabolism
• Wastewater Characterization

Unit 2:

• Organic Matter Removal
• Nitrogen Removal
• Innovative Nitrogen Removal
• Phosphorus Removal

Unit 3:

• Pathogen Removal
• Aeration and Mixing
• Toxicity

Unit 4:

• Bulking Sludge
• Final Settling
• Membrane Bio-reactors
• Modeling Activated Sludge Processes

Unit 5:

• Process Control
• Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment
• Modeling Biofilms
• Biofilm Reactors