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 |
| 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!
