ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING - MOD. B
Module B
The topics are:
• Water characterization, reference legislation and genaral processes for the treatment of sewage
• Qualitative water characterization (physical and organoleptic parameters, chemical and biochemical parameters, microbiological parameters, sampling and water quality)
• Quantitative water characterization (flow rates)
• General characteristics of wastewater treatment processes
• Conventional purification processes: criteria and dimensioning methods
• Other innovative processes
• Hydraulic profile of a treatment plant
• Calculations for sizing and functional verification
• Charging of discharges
• Re-use of treated water
• Environmental impacts related to a treatment plant
• Energy saving
Apart from the description of the calculations for sizing and functional verifications, which the course will focus more attention on (about 8 hours), all the other topics will have a rather equivalent treatment of about 3 hours. The theoretical part of the module will last 36 hours, while the practical part, based on calculations and technical visits to wastewater treatment plants, will last 18 hours.
Module B
The course is based on frontal theoretical lessons (36 hours of theoretical lessons and the remaining hours for classroom exercises or at treatment plants, as far as possible).
Classroom activities also include the drawing up of real projects, elaborations and simulations, team work and other projects, done through technical slides and videos, too.
As indicated above, compatibly with the availability of the managers, technical educational visits will be carried out at some treatment plants. If this is not possible, further classroom exercises will be carried out regarding specific problems relating to plant management.
Module B
Students can meet with the professor in his office by previous phone or email appointment (e-mail: vincenzo.torretta@uninsubria.it, phone number: 0332218782).