Analysis and Optimization of Water Use

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Status of the course

Course objectives

The students get insight water treatment and preparation depending of uses as well as the methods for multi uses of water in industrial process.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the cours Exercises in Analysis and Optimization of Water Use

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After passing the exam the student is expected to know:
- Explain the methods and techniques to reduce water consumption in the industrial process
- Apply methods of water conditioning in industry
- Implement the ”Water Pinch” technique in analyzing water network flows
- Explain the application of physico-chemical water treatment in the industry.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

Week 1: Aquifers in nature, surface water and groundwater.
Week 2: The quality of drinking water and quality requirements depending of application.
Week 3: Overview of water use in various industrial processes.
Week 4: Methods and techniques to reduce water consumption, graphical and analytical methods.
Week 5: Application of ”Water Pinch ’technique for the analysis of network flows - Part 1.
Week 6: Application of ”Water Pinch ’technique for the analysis of network flows - Part 2.
Week 7: Multiple use of water in the process, reduce the use of fresh and minimal generation of wastewater. Critical points of wastewater production in industry.
Week 8: The procedures and processes in the preparation of fresh water as well as for the regeneration and reuse of wastewater.
Week 9: Removing turbidity by coagulation / flocculation.
10th week: Organic pollutants, nutrients, metal ions and dissolved gases in the drinking water.
11th week: Methods of removal of dissolved metal ions.
12th week: Iron removal and manganese removal.
13th week: Disinfection of water; thermal, chemical, and irradiation methods
Week 14: Application of natural ion exchangers.
Week 15: Application of adsorbent in the processes of removing harmful substances from the water.
Seminar tasks:
Application of optimization of water use in the food industry, chemical industry, metal processing, industrial production of pulp and paper, aluminum industry, steel production.

Format of instruction:

Student responsibilities

Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal)

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences

- Consultation with students
- Continuous writing assessment
- Results on the written knowledge tests
- Student’s questionnaire.

Other (as the proposer wishes to add)