Effluents and Environment

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

In the lectures, the topics included in the syllabus will be presented and developed, by using computational media. In practical classes, it will be encouraged active participation of students through the analysis of case studies. Whenever adequate, it will be made visits / laboratory demonstrations to clarify the methods of characterization and the operation of processes under analysis.

Learning Outcomes

The main objective is to develop skills and demonstrate broad knowledge and systematic understanding in the area of wastewater treatment.

The course intends to carry out a detailed approach to environmental legislation in the area as well as the determination of physico-chemical parameters most relevant in specific case studies. Treatment processes mainly analyzed will involve physical-chemical processes and advanced oxidation processes, as well as their integration. Overall, students have to demonstrate familiarity with advanced research methodology based on international peer review papers related with liquid effluents. In addition, students must demonstrate capacity for analysis and synthesis as well as to assess new and complex phenomena autonomously and critically.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- Legislation within the area of environmental  and effluents;

- Physical, chemical and biological characterization of liquid effluent;

- Physical-chemical separation processes:

      - Ion Exchange

      - Adsorption

      - Membrane Processes: ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis.

- Advanced oxidation process:

      - catalytic wet oxidation;

      - catalytic ozonolysis;

      - Fenton’s process;

      - electro-oxidation.

- Integration of separation and oxidation processes .

Head Lecturer(s)

Margarida Maria João de Quina

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%

Bibliography

- Tchobanoglous, G.; Burton, F. L.; Stensel, H. D., Wastewater Engineering (Treatment Disposal Reuse) / Metcalf & Eddy, 4th ed, McGraw-Hill, NY, 2003.

- Eckenfelder, Jr, Industrial Water Pollution Control, 3rd ed, McGraw-Hill, NY, 2000.

- Ramalho, R.S., Introduction to Wastewater Treatment Processes, Acad. Press. Inc., NY, 1977.

- Sincero, A.P.; Sincero, G.A. Physical-chemical treatment of water and wastewater, CRC PRESS, Florida, 2003.

- Niaounakis M.; Halvadakis C. Olive mill waste management literature review and patent survey. Stavropoulos (Ed.), Typothito-George Dardanos Publications, Greece, Athens, 2004.

- Gogate, P.;Pandit, A., A review of imperative technologies for wastewater treatment I: Oxidation technologies at ambient conditions. Advances in Environmental Research, 8, 501-551 (2004).

- Bhargava, S.; Tardio, J.; Prasad, J.; Föger, K., Akolekar, D., Grocott, S.,Wet oxidation and Catalytic wet oxidation. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 45, 1221-1258 (2006).