| CODE | MEC4015 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Water Treatment Technology | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mechanical Engineering | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is concerned with those topics of water technology, in particular water treatment technology, that an engineer might encounter in his professional work. Such topics include: sources of water, water cycle, water chemistry, water impurities, water legislation, membrane and thermal desalination including reverse osmosis, renewable desalination, de-ionisation, filtration, water softening, neutralisation, deaeration, ultra-pure water, sedimentation, flotation, pollution and effluent treatment. The study-unit includes two industrial visits to appropriate plants, such as an Reverse Osmosis and/or sewage treatment facility. Study-unit Aims The main aim of this study-unit is to impart to the student enough theoretical and practical knowledge that s/he may be in a position to carry out a preliminary design of water treatment plants effectively and utilizing the latest technology, as well to manage their maintenance and operation. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe the water cycle, water chemistry, and the various sources of water; - List the parameters that need to be measured to achieve the water quality required for a given application and/or water quality standard; - Explain the requirements of water-related legislation. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse a given water quality problem; - Design the appropriate solution for the given water quality problem; - Design the appropriate maintenance and operation procedures for a water treatment plant, based on practices recommended by the suppliers of such plant and equipment. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Howe K., Crittenden J.C., Hand D.W., Trussell R.R., Tchobanoglous G., Water Treatment: Principles and Design, Wiley, 3rd Edition, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-470-40539-0 Zahid Amjad, Reverse Osmosis, Chapman and Hall, ISBN: 978 78044239640 Cheremisinoff Nicholas P., Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Butterworth Heinemann, ISBN-13 978-0-7506-7498-0, ISBN-10 0-7506-7498-9 |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite Study-unit: MEC2340 - Fluid Mechanics 1 | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Fieldwork and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jean-Paul Mollicone |
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