ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (En Extinción)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Planes en Extinción)
The aim of the course is to provide to the students of the University Master in Bioprocess and Chemical Engineering with a broad knowledge of the problematic associated with the removal of nutrients from wastewaters, to the biological reactors for wastewater treatment with the more innovative configurations (Membrane bioreactors; Hybrid systems and granular systems). Moreover, biological treatment of gaseous emissions (off-gas biofiltration for the abatement of volatile organic compounds, odours and greenhouse gases).
The contents that are developed during the course are those indicated in the memory of the master program: “New technologies for the treatment of off-gases and water streams. Innovative systems for the removal of nitrogen. Granular Systems. Membrane Systems. Hybrid bioreactors. Off-gas Biofiltration”. The program of activities will be divided in 5 different Lessons.
Lesson 1. Trends in wastewater treatment (3 h).
New challenges in the design of wastewater treatment plants: Water Reuse. Reduction of the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Lesson 2. Phosphorus recovery and treatment technologies (7)
The phosphorus cycle and mass balances in WWTPs. Phosphorus removal technologies. Physico-chemical systems. Conventional biological systems and aerobic granulation systems. Phosphorus reuse by spreading of the sludge in agriculture. Legal requirements. Phosphorus recovery from the sludge, chemical and thermic treatment. Phosphorus recovery from wastewater streams: aluminium, calcium, iron phosphates and struvite. Case studies.
Lesson 3. Membrane bioreactors (6 h)
Use of membranes in water treatment, types and characteristics. Membrane Process Fundamentals: Driving Force, Polarization, and Critical Flow. Fouling and clogging of membranes. Aerobic and anaerobic membrane bioreactors. Commercial membrane bioreactor technologies for wastewater treatment. Design and operation of membrane processes. Hybrid membrane systems.
Lesson 4. Technologies for the removal of emerging pollutants (5 h)
Emerging pollutants and micropollutants. Emerging organic pollutants. Antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistant genes. Microplastics. Physicochemical properties and biodegradability. Presence of micro-pollutants in the environment. Elimination mechanisms in WWTPs, influence of operating parameters. Post-treatment technologies for the elimination of OMPs. OMP elimination experiences at the USC.
Lesson 5. Technologies for the biofiltration of off-gas emissions (5 h)
Gaseous phase pollutants, emissions. Emissions in WWTP. Polluted gas treatment technologies. Fundamentals of biological processes. Bioreactors: Gas biofilter, biological washing tower, trickling biofilter, gas diffusion in activated sludge reactors. Engineering bases for the design of bioreactors. Economic aspects and current panorama.
Recommended books
• Juan M. Lema & Sonia Suarez Martínez (eds). Innovative Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery Technologies: Impacts on Energy, Economy and Environment. (2017). IWA Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-780-40786-9. Signatura B-ETSE: A213 62 (A).
• Guang-Hao Chen, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, G.A. Ekama, Damir Brdjanovic. Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, modelling and design. 2nd Edition. IWA Publishing. London, UK (2020)
https://iacobus.usc.gal/permalink/34CISUG_USC/tmlevo/alma99101338386130…
Other recommended books:
• Biotechnology for odor and air pollution control. Shareefdeen & Singh (Eds.), Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag (2005). Signatura B-ETSE: 222 10
• The MBR book. Judd S. 2ª Ed. Editorial Elsevier. Oxford (2011). Signatura B-ETSE: A213 32 A.
• Metcalf & Eddy Inc. "Wastewater Engineering. Treatment and resource recovery ". 5ª Edición. Editorial Mc-Graw Hill, (2014). Signatura B-ETSE: A213 13 H/I
Suplementary information (Lessons)
• Professor' notes of lesson 2.- Phosphorus removal and recovery technologies; and 3. - Membrane Bioreactors. Updated selection of research articles (available to students, via LMS).
Basic and General
• CB7 - That the students can apply their knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study
• CB10 - Students must possess the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
• CG1.- have acquired advanced knowledge and demonstrated in the context of scientific and technological research and highly specialized, detailed and informed understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects and methodology of work in one or more fields of study.
• CG3.- Being able to predict and control the evolution of complex situations by developing new and innovative working methodologies adapted to specific scientific / research, technological or professional level, generally multidisciplinary, where its activity is developed.
• CG6.- ability to solve problems that are unfamiliar, incompletely defined, and have competing specifications, considering the possible methods of solution, including the most innovative, selecting the most appropriate, and to correct implementation, evaluating different design solutions.
• CG8.- conduct an appropriate investigation, undertake design and direct the development of engineering solutions in new or unfamiliar environments, linking creativity, originality, innovation and technology transfer.
• CG15.- adapt to structural changes in society motivated by economic factors or phenomena, energy or natural character, to resolve related problems and provide technology solutions with a high commitment to sustainability.
Transverse
• CT2.- Adapting to change, being able to apply new and advanced technologies and other relevant developments, initiative and entrepreneurship.
• CT4.- analytical, critical and synthesis capacity.
Specific
CE3.- • Apply the acquired knowledge and ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the study area of Chemical Engineering.
• CE5.- conceive, plan, calculate, and design processes, equipment, industrial facilities and services in the field of chemical engineering and related industries, in terms of quality, safety, economy, rational and efficient use of natural resources and environmental conservation.
The methodology of the equivalent course in the new curriculum, which offers face-to-face teaching, will be followed:
P4142208 - Water treatment innovative technologies
The assessment system of the equivalent course in the new curriculum, which offers face-to-face teaching, will be followed:
P4142208 - Water treatment innovative technologies
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Juan Manuel Garrido Fernandez
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816778
- juanmanuel.garrido [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor