31466 - Plants for the Treatment of Polluting Effluent

Academic Year 2014/2015

  • Docente: Dario Frascari
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: ING-IND/25
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Environmental Engineering (cod. 0928)

Learning outcomes

To be capable of selecting and designing the technologies for the treatment of polluted liquid and gaseous streams.

Course contents

Introduction: the evaluation of the plant and operational cost of treatment plants.

 

The characteristics of urban and industrial wastewaters. Unit operations for treating wastewaters: preliminary operations; sedimentation; flotation; coagulation and flocculation; aerobic and anaerobic biological treatments; control of nitrogen and phosphorous.

 

Atmospheric pollution. The main atmospheric pollutants. Particulate pollutants: technologies for the control of the their emissions. Gaseous pollutants: technologies for the control of the their emissions.

Readings/Bibliography

The instructor will provide a copy of the slides shown during classes and other material on the topics covered during the course.

Recommended texts:
Cooper C. D., Alley F.C. “Air Pollution Control: A Design Approach”. 3rd Ed. Propsect Heights (IL): Waveland Press Inc, 2002.
Schnelle K. B.  Jr., Brown C. A. “Air pollution control technology handbook”. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2002.
de Nevers N. “Air pollution control engineering”. 2nd Ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Mycock J. C., McKenna J.D., Theodore L. “Handbook of air pollution control engineering and technology”. Boca Raton: CRC, 1995.
Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. “Wastewater engineering : treatment and reuse” 4th Ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Eckenfelder W. W., “Industrial Water pollution Control”. 3rd Ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Tchobanoglous G., Theisen H., Vigil S. “Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles and Management Issues”. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.

Teaching methods

Lessons in the classroom with projection of slides. Resolution of exercises consisting in the design and rating of plants for the treatment of polluted effluents.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of 2 written tests: one relative to the treatment of wastewater and one relative to the treatment of flue gases.

The exam is aimed at verifying the attainment of the didactic goals:

- capacity to design/verify equipments for the treatment of wastewater and flue gases

- capacity to identify the most suitable equipment for the treatment of wastewater or flue gases in a specific case study

Teaching tools

The slides will be available on the AMS campus website ( http://campus.unibo.it/ ) some days before the presentation of each topic during the course.

Office hours

See the website of Dario Frascari