ME-429 Water Treatment & Desalination

ME-429 WATER TREATMENT & DESALINATION

CREDIT HOURS

Theory = 3
Practical = 0

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

S. No. CLOs PLO Taxonomy
1 Discuss various parameters of water quality and types of treatments PLO-1

Coginitive
Level 2*

2 Analyze membrane and thermal desalination techniques for different applications PLO-2 Coginitive
Level 4*
3 Solve problems for design of water purification and desalination systems PLO-2 Coginitive
Level 3*


COURSE CONTENT

  • Water quality criteria for potable water, Composition and constituents of water and wastewater, physical and chemical characteristics, microbiological characteristics, water impurities.
  • Coagulation and Flocculation, types of mixers, Zeta potential, chemical reactions of alum and ferrous and ferric ion, jar test for pH adjustments.
  • Softening processes, chemical dosages based on stoichiometry, ion exchange processes, operation and maintenance of ion exchange systems.
  • Sedimentation, Basin design, Factors affecting sedimentation, Carbon adsorption, activation techniques, adsorption characteristics, Relative velocities and head losses, Granular Filtration, Filter media characteristics Disinfection methods, Ultraviolet, Ozonation and Chlorination.
  • Membrane Filtration: Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration, Membrane fouling, Electrodialysis
  • Wastewater pretreatment, biological principles for treatment of wastewater, suspended growth bio-systems, Wastewater microbiology, primary, secondary and tertiary treatment processes for sludges.
  • Thermal desalination such as Single Vapor compression systems, Multi-stage flash, Multi-effect systems

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

(01) Desalination Engineering Planning and Design by N. Voutchkov

(02) Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment by Alberto Figoli, Jan Hoinkis, Jochen Bundschuh

*For details of Taxonomy Levels CLICK HERE!