The course will include lectures, exercises and assignments and covers the following chapters:
- Characterization of liquid waste
- Biochemical changes in the sewage network
- Deepening in the biological treatment of liquid waste (Microbial growth kinetics, Mass balances, Aerobic microbial oxidation, Nitrification, Denitrification, Phosphorus removal)
- Design of activated sludge systems
- Process optimization (Selection of operational changes, Automation and on-line monitoring)
- Application of computer programs in process optimization
- Anaerobic digestion
- Sludge treatment
- Sludge disposition