61WTE602-Municipal Wastewater and Reuse

Fundamentals of Wastewater treatment
Introduction (current situation, future tasks), legal fundamentals, wastewater flows, wastewater parameters and qualitiy,
Mechanical wastewater Treatment
Screens and sieves, grit chambers, primary sedimentation
tanks
Biological wastewater treatment
(Fundamentals of the activated sludge process, Dimensioning; calculation of the activated sludge process with nutrient removal, Secondary sedimentation tank, Aeration systems )
Sludge treatment
(Utilisation
and disposal, Sludge quantities and qualities (characteristics), Targets; aims of sludge treatment, Sludge stabilisation, Reduction of sludge volume (thickening, dewatering,
drying), Sludge utilisation and disposal)
System analysis
(Reaction
kinetics of biological processes, Reactor types and flow regimes)
Biofilm processes
(Biological contactors- und trickling filter, fixed bed reactors, fluidised bed reactors,
Fundamentals, applications, dimensioning)
Process combinations
(Variants
of the activated sludge process, Cascade, tank, membrane bioreactors, etc.)
Multi-stage processes, Process combinations
Exercises
Excursion to a wastewater treatment plant

Lecturer: Prof. Martin Wagner