Water and Effluent Treatment

Code:

MA324

Acronym:

TAE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Environmental Sciences and Ecology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S (of 26-04-2016 to 17-06-2016)

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=3357
Responsible unit:	Aquatic Production
Course/CS Responsible:	Aquatic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCMA	27	Plan 2012 to 2017	3	-	5	49	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide insight into the methods and techniques to use in water and wastewater treatment. Provide capabilities to define appropriate interventions and consider decision making in the assessment, design, planning, construction, operation and maintenance of municipal sewage and industrial wastewater treatment operations and water for urban supply.

 

 

 

 

Learning outcomes and competences

To allow the development of a scientific and technological understanding of the treatment processes of water and wastewater.

Having successfully completed the module, you will be able to: Know how water and wasterwater treatment plants operate; Simple design equations for water and wastewater treatment plant; Select the correct series of unit processes for a particular water and wastewater type; Adapt and use in the correct context design equations for the design and operation of wastewater treatment plant; Critically analyse problems that may arise in the operation of water and wastewater treatment plant; Formulate approaches to treat water and wastewater in the most cost effective manner; Formulate approches for the management of residuals from water and wastewater treatment operations.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 - Water: state of the art 2 - Basic principles and characteristics of hydraulics and hydrology 3 - Gravity-fed water system 4 - Open channel Flow 5 - Flow of incompressible fluids in pipelines 6 - Hydraulic machines 7 - Introduction to the treatment of effluents, types of effluents, current legislation, Wastewater treatment and reuse (removal of coarse solids; sedimentation, filtration; flotation; flocculation and coagulation; oxidation and reduction; clarification; ion exchange; adsorpção; processes of separation by membranes; degassing, distillation; electrochemical processes; precipitation; radiation) 8 - General characteristics of of wastewater treatment plant (Aerobic, anoxic, anaerobic; of biomass suspended or fixed bed; combined processes) 9 - Desinfection 10 - Treatment, reuse and disposal of solids

 

Mandatory literature

Ranade Vivek V.; Industrial wastewater treatment, recycling, and reuse. ISBN: 978-0-08-099968-5
Riffat Rumana; Fundamentals of wastewater treatment and engineering. ISBN: 978-0-415-66958-0
G. Tchobanoglous, F. L. Burton and H. D. Stensel; Wastewater Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 2003. ISBN: 0-07-112250-8
M. B. Timmons and J. B. Ebeling; Recirculating Aquaculture, Cayuga Aqua ntures, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-9712646-2-5
Aurelio H. Muñoz; Depuración y Desinfección de Aguas Residuales, Colegio de Inginieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 2001. ISBN: 84-380-0190-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching consists of lectures, calculation exercises, project work and compulsory study visits.

 

 

 

Software

UP - Moodle

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	10,00
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	30,00
Estudo autónomo	70,00
Frequência das aulas	50,00
Total:	150,00

Eligibility for exams

With 3/4 attendance in all classes

Calculation formula of final grade

A - Exam grade: 70%; B - Creative homework (seminar/project): 20%; C - Oral presentation of the creative homework: 10 %

Failure to perform the creative homework imply the assignment of zero values to these elements of evaluation.

Final score: A x 0.70 + B x 0.20 + C x 0.10 Minimum score to be achieved in the examination: 8.0 This criterion applies both to the 1 st season and time of appeal.