Biological Processes for Wastewater Treatment
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The official GTU curriculum for Biological Processes for Wastewater Treatment (subject code 2161304) as prescribed for Env. Sci. Eng · Semester 6 divides the course into 4 units, covering 27 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2161304)Unit 1 Measurement of Organic Pollutant
- Parameters - BOD, COD &TOC
- Factors affecting BOD test
- BOD equations
- methods of estimating BOD, Biological v/s Physicochemical analysis
Unit 2 Introduction to Biological Treatment
- Overview of biological wastewater treatment
- objectives of the treatment
- role of micro-organisms
- types of biological processes for wastewater treatment
- suspended and attached growth systems
Unit 3 Microbial Growth Kinetics
- Microbial Growth Kinetics terminology
- rate of utilization of soluble substrates
- other rate expression for the utilization of soluble substrate
- rate of biomass growth with soluble substrate
- rate of oxygen uptake
- effects of temperature
- total volatile suspended solids and active biomass
- net biomass yield and observed yield
Unit 4 Aerobic Suspended Growth Biological Treatment Systems
- Aerobic biological oxidation
- process description
- environmental factors
- Modifications of ASP: Complete Mix activated sludge
- Extended Aeration system
- Oxidation Ditch systems
- Intermittently aerated and decanted systems
- Oxygen activated sludge
- Oxidation ponds
- stabilization ponds Aerobic attached Growth Biological Treatment systems:
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