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Wastewater Engineering

Objectives

Acquire additional knowledge in the field of urban (removal of carbon and nutrients as well as bacteriological pollution). Focused is concerned both with wastewater and sludge.

General characterization

Code

12574

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

António Pedro Macedo Coimbra Mano

Hours

Weekly - 6

Total - 70

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

None

Bibliography

Notes provided by teachers

METCALF & EDDY, INC. -Wastewater engineering : treatment and reuse / revised by George Tchobanoglous, Franklin Burton, H. David Stensel , 4th ed,: McGraw-Hill, cop. 2003

Teaching method

Syllabus will be organized in theoretical and practical sessions, where academic problems will be solved in order to consolidate theoreticalaspects

Evaluation method

Two tests (80% of the final grade)

Average grade should be higher than 9.5 out of 20, otherwise students should take the exam.

Exam grade should than 9.5 out of 20.

Two mandatory homework (20% of the final grade).

Subject matter

1 - Nutrient removal (biological removal of nitrogen and phosphorus, phosphorus removal by chemical precipitation); 2 - Biofiltration and sequence batch reactors; 3 - Disinfection; 4 - Mass balances; 6 - Sludge treatment (thickening, biological andchemical stabilization, mechanical dewatering).