Environment Engineering B-II

Code:

EQ530

Acronym:

EQ530

Instance: 2006/2007 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Chemical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEQ	3	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	5	5,5	5,5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To enable Chemical Engineering students to understand and design municipal and industrial wastewater treatment processes

Program

a) Physical and chemical treatment processes of waters and wastewaters: flocculent sedimentation, zone settling, neutralization, chemical coagulation and flocculation, flotation, filtration and disinfection.
b) Aerobic biological treatment of wastewaters: principles of biological oxidation, suspended-biomass and fixed-film bioreactors.
c) Conventional activated sludge treatment, extended aeration, contact-stabilization: process description and design.
d) Trickling filters and rotating biological contactors: description and design.
e) Introduction to anaerobic biological treatment processes: types of reactors and applications.
f) Lab work: chemical coagulation/flocculation, flotation and biodegradability studies.
g) Technical visits to Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants

Mandatory literature

Ramalho, R. S.; Introduction to wastewater treatment processes, N. ISBN: 0-12-576560-6
Eckenfelder, Jr., W. Wesley; Industrial Water Pollution Control, N. ISBN: 0-07-018903-X
Tchobanoglous, George 070; Wastewater Engineering, N. ISBN: 0-07-100824-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

a) Theoretical expositions with resolution of illustrative problems
b) Laboratory work: chemical coagulation/flocculation (jar test), dissolved air flotation, biodegradability studies (group work)
c) Technical visits to WTPs and WWTPs.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending classes, according to the rules established in FEUP

Calculation formula of final grade

0.7*final exam + 0.3*(laboratory work + reports on technical visits)
A minimum of 9/20 is required in each of the 2 items of evaluation

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Exam

Classification improvement

Exam