Unit 1 Overview of Advanced Waste Water Treatment Introduction, Need of

• Advanced Waste Water Treatment
• Purpose of Advanced Waste Water Treatment

Unit 2 Nutrient Removal – Nitrogen & Phosphorus

6 lecture hours

• Nitrogen Removal: .Nitrification
• Denitrification Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification Phosphorus Removal : Introduction
• Phosphorus removal by Chemical Precipitation: Principles of process
• Chemicals applied
• Chemistry of phosphorus precipitation
• Process configuration
• Phosphorus removal by Biological Precipitation: Principles of the process
• Microorganisms involved in the process
• Process configurations

Unit 3 Membrane Filtration

6 lecture hours

• Membrane Process Terminology Membrane Process Classification and operation : Microfiltration
• Nano filtration
• Reverse Osmosis
• Electrodialysis Membrane Configurations: Plate-and- frame module
• Spiral-wound module
• Tubular module
• Hollow-fiber module Membrane Fouling: Modes of membrane fouling
• Control of membrane fouling Application of membrane processes: Microfiltration

Unit 4 Membrane Bioreactor

• Working principle of MBR, comparison with Activated Sludge Process Types of MBR Processes
• Membrane modules and materials
• operating parameters of MBR, mechanisms of membrane fouling
• Factors affecting membrane fouling
• Membrane Fouling Prevention Techniques
• Applications of MBR

Unit 5 Subject Code

• 3171309 5 Electrochemical Wastewater Treatment Processes Introduction • Electro-coagulation : Working principle of electro coagulation
• Electrode materials and reaction chemistry
• Factors affecting Electro coagulation
• Reactor configurations
• Applications • Electro-floatation : Working principle of electro floatation
• Factors affecting electro floatation
• Applications • Electro-oxidation : working principle of Electro oxidation processes
• Factors affecting Electro oxidation processes

Unit 6 Advanced Oxidation Processes

6 lecture hours

• Working principle of advanced oxidation processes
• Types of oxidizing agents and its reaction chemistry
• ozone based and non ozone based processes
• Fenton and photo-Fenton Oxidation
• Solar Photo Catalytic Treatment Systems

Unit 7 Adsorption

6 lecture hours

• Fundamentals of adsorption
• Type of adsorbents Development of adsorption isotherms: Freundlich
• BET Activated carbon adsorption
• Granular carbon adsorption Regeneration/reactivation of adsorbents

Unit 8 Ion Exchange

5 lecture hours

• Introduction of Ion Exchange
• Types of Ion Exchange Resins and its reaction chemistry
• reactivation of Ion Exchange resins
• Applications : Removal and recovery of heavy metals
• Removal of nitrogen
• Removal of phosphorus
• Organic chemical removal