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Prerequisites
Identical coursesAdvanced Introduction to Waste Water Treatment (B-KUL-I0K21A)
English
100 
First term
Cannot be taken as part of an examination contractCannot be taken as part of a credit contract
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University of Cape TownAims
This course aims to introduce master's level students to modern municipal waste water treatment from the perspective of it being a water and resource recovery facility (WRRF). Technical but nonspecialist, it can be taken by any postgraduate science and engineering graduate who is admitted to master's level (NQF9). It aims to give instruction on the tests and measurement methods used for design and operation of WWTPs. By following a virtual tour of a modern WWTP, the purpose, principles, processes (physical, chemical and biological) and performance of the different unit operations involved in primary, secondary and sludge treatment that make up a WRRF are described. This will give qualitative insight into the implications of primary settling, biological N and P removal and different sludge treatment options on WWTP size, power consumption, effluent water quality, energy and phosphorus recovery and operational complexity.
Previous knowledge
Basic knowledge of waste water treatment is required.
Order of Enrolment
Mixed prerequisite:
You may only take this course if you comply with the prerequisites. Prerequisites can be strict or flexible, or can imply simultaneity. A degree level can be also be a prerequisite.
Explanation:
STRICT: You may only take this course if you have passed or applied tolerance for the courses for which this condition is set.
FLEXIBLE: You may only take this course if you have previously taken the courses for which this condition is set.
SIMULTANEOUS: You may only take this course if you also take the courses for which this condition is set (or have taken them previously).
DEGREE: You may only take this course if you have obtained this degree level.
FLEXIBLE(I0V89A)
The codes of the course units mentioned above correspond to the following course descriptions:
I0V89A : Waste Water Treatment and Resource Recovery
Is included in these courses of study
- Master of Water Resources Engineering (Leuven et al) (Option Waste Water Treatment) 120 ects.
Activities
1 ects. Advanced Introduction to Waste Water Treatment: Lectures (B-KUL-I0K21a)
Content
Topics: Objectives of waste water treatment; Bioenergetics and biological processes, anabolism and catabolism; Waste water test methods; Wastewater characterization; Primary sedimentation; Unit operations of waste water treatment; Biological growth and death behavior; Reactor kinetics; Bioprocess stoichiometry and kinetics; Defining the solids (SRT) and hydraulic (HRT) retention times; Calculating material mass balances, Impact of primary settling and sludge age (SRT) on system design and operation
Course material
Course material will be made available through the online education system at UCT.
2 ects. Advanced Introduction to Waste Water Treatment: Practical and Group Assignment (B-KUL-I0K22a)
Content
Topics: Objectives of waste water treatment; Bioenergetics and biological processes, anabolism and catabolism; Waste water test methods; Waste water characterization; Primary sedimentation; Unit operations of wastewater treatment; Biological growth and death behavior; Reactor kinetics; Bioprocess stoichiometry and kinetics; Defining the solids (SRT) and hydraulic (HRT) retention times; Calculating material mass balances, Impact of primary settling and sludge age (SRT) on system design and operation
Course material
Course material will be made available through the online education system at UCT.