Course Overview
This is the third and last course in the municipal wastewater treatment series and covers advanced treatment involving biological nutrient removal, effluent disinfection and sludge processing. Practical and operational aspects would be emphasised.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in EENG 8751
Credits
1.0
- Not offered this term
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Describe the need for and techniques of nutrient removal.
- Apply biological nutrient removal principles in process control.
- Apply biological nutrient removal fundamentals to identify and resolve process concerns.
- Use the basic knowledge of the biological nutrient removal process to learn about the complex issues associated with process design.
- Describe why and how effluent disinfection is achieved.
- Evaluate wastewater disinfection alternatives.
- Apply design criteria to size chlorine disinfection system.
- Use fundamentals of UV irradiation to assess supplier provided equipment specifications.
- Describe the various sludge processing and disposal methods.
- Evaluate sludge processing options for a given application.
- Assess supplier provided technical information.
- Develop cost effective sludge processing techniques.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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