Aims

This advanced course in solid/liquid separation in water and waste water treatment includes: classes of settling; factors affecting settling tanks; column test for water-treatment solids settling characterization; application to sizing settling tanks (classes 1 and 2 settling); effect of flocculation; flux theory and application to sizing waste water treatment plant settling tanks (classes 3 and 4); measures of activated sludge settleability and relationships between them; comparison of flux theory with other design procedures; and computational fluid dynamics modelling of settling tanks.

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.