ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician, English
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Chemistry Engineering
Areas: Chemical Engineering
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable | 1st year (Yes)
The aim of the course is to provide to the students of the University Master in Bioprocess and Chemical Engineering with a broad knowledge of the problematic associated with the removal of nutrients from wastewaters, to the biological reactors for wastewater treatment with the more innovative configurations (Membrane bioreactors; Hybrid systems and granular systems). Moreover, biological treatment of gaseous emissions (off-gas biofiltration for the abatement of volatile organic compounds, odours and greenhouse gases).
The contents that are developed during the course are those indicated in the memory of the master program: “New technologies for the treatment of off-gases and water streams. Innovative systems for the removal of nitrogen. Granular Systems. Membrane Systems. Hybrid bioreactors. Off-gas Biofiltration”. The program of activities will be divided in 5 different Lessons.
Lesson 1. Trends in wastewater treatment (3 h).
New challenges in the design of wastewater treatment plants: Water Reuse. Reduction of the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Lesson 2. Phosphorus recovery and treatment technologies (7)
The phosphorus cycle and mass balances in WWTPs. Phosphorus removal technologies. Physico-chemical systems. Conventional biological systems and aerobic granulation systems. Phosphorus reuse by spreading of the sludge in agriculture. Legal requirements. Phosphorus recovery from the sludge, chemical and thermic treatment. Phosphorus recovery from wastewater streams: aluminium, calcium, iron phosphates and struvite. Case studies.
Lesson 3. Membrane bioreactors (6 h)
Use of membranes in water treatment, types and characteristics. Membrane Process Fundamentals: Driving Force, Polarization, and Critical Flow. Fouling and clogging of membranes. Aerobic and anaerobic membrane bioreactors. Commercial membrane bioreactor technologies for wastewater treatment. Design and operation of membrane processes. Hybrid membrane systems.
Lesson 4. Technologies for the removal of emerging pollutants (5 h)
Emerging pollutants and micropollutants. Emerging organic pollutants. Antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistant genes. Microplastics. Physicochemical properties and biodegradability. Presence of micro-pollutants in the environment. Elimination mechanisms in WWTPs, influence of operating parameters. Post-treatment technologies for the elimination of OMPs. OMP elimination experiences at the USC.
Lesson 5. Technologies for the biofiltration of off-gas emissions (5 h)
Gaseous phase pollutants, emissions. Emissions in WWTP. Polluted gas treatment technologies. Fundamentals of biological processes. Bioreactors: Gas biofilter, biological washing tower, trickling biofilter, gas diffusion in activated sludge reactors. Engineering bases for the design of bioreactors. Economic aspects and current panorama.
Recommended books
• Metcalf & Eddy Inc. "Wastewater Engineering. Treatment and resource recovery ". 5ª Edición. Editorial Mc-Graw Hill, (2014). B-ETSE Code: A213 13 H/I
• Juan M. Lema & Sonia Suarez Martínez (eds). Innovative Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery Technologies: Impacts on Energy, Economy and Environment. (2017). IWA Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-780-40786-9. B-ETSE Code: A213 62 (A).
Supplementary information (books)
• Biotechnology for odor and air pollution control. Shareefdeen & Singh (Eds.), Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag (2005). B-ETSE Code: 222 10
• The MBR book. Judd S. 2ª Ed. Editorial Elsevier. Oxford (2011). B-ETSE Code: A213 32 A.
• Guang-Hao Chen, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, G.A. Ekama, Damir Brdjanovic. Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, modelling and design. 2nd Edition. IWA Publishing. London, UK (2020). Requested to the B-ETSE. (1st edition of the e-book in Spanish: https://iwaponline.com/ebooks/book/707/Tratamiento-biologico-de-aguas-r…)
Suplementary information (Lessons)
• Professor' notes of lesson 2.- Phosphorus removal and recovery technologies; and 3. - Membrane Bioreactors. Updated selection of research articles (available to students, via LMS).
Basic and General
• CB7 - That the students can apply their knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study
• CB10 - Students must possess the learning skills that enable them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
• CG1.- have acquired advanced knowledge and demonstrated in the context of scientific and technological research and highly specialized, detailed and informed understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects and methodology of work in one or more fields of study.
• CG3.- Being able to predict and control the evolution of complex situations by developing new and innovative working methodologies adapted to specific scientific / research, technological or professional level, generally multidisciplinary, where its activity is developed.
• CG6.- ability to solve problems that are unfamiliar, incompletely defined, and have competing specifications, considering the possible methods of solution, including the most innovative, selecting the most appropriate, and to correct implementation, evaluating different design solutions.
• CG8.- conduct an appropriate investigation, undertake design and direct the development of engineering solutions in new or unfamiliar environments, linking creativity, originality, innovation and technology transfer.
• CG15.- adapt to structural changes in society motivated by economic factors or phenomena, energy or natural character, to resolve related problems and provide technology solutions with a high commitment to sustainability.
Transverse
• CT2.- Adapting to change, being able to apply new and advanced technologies and other relevant developments, initiative and entrepreneurship.
• CT4.- analytical, critical and synthesis capacity.
Specific
CE3.- • Apply the acquired knowledge and ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the study area of Chemical Engineering.
• CE5.- conceive, plan, calculate, and design processes, equipment, industrial facilities and services in the field of chemical engineering and related industries, in terms of quality, safety, economy, rational and efficient use of natural resources and environmental conservation.
Before the start of the course, students will be provided with a guide indicating the detailed planning of activities, indicating the various articles or chapters or books that require reading before the class. The classes will be held in person in the form of a seminar where the professor will try to emphasize the most cutting-edge aspects of the state of the art, and where the assimilation of content by the students will be verified, at the end of each of the topics of the subject, through multiple choice tests or questionnaires. Student participation in classes will be valued.
At the same time, it is planned to carry out teamwork by the students, in groups of 2 or 3 people. The LMS of the USC (Moodle) will be used for the delivery of materials, teamwork and conducting multiple choice assessment tests. During the scheduled tutoring, the students had presented their work to their peers.
There will be two 2-hour laboratory practices per session in which students will use at least one of the technologies studied. It is contemplated to substitute alternatively one of the laboratory sessions for a technical visit to an industrial facility.
The application MS-Teams will be used to encourage individual tutoring, at request of the students. A spreadsheet will be used to solve problems.
Skills are developed along each of the activities conducted during the field, according to the relationship shown:
CB7. Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Team work. Laboratory.
CB10.Team work. Laboratory.
CG1.Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. Team work. Laboratory.
CG3. Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. Team work. Laboratory. Exam.
CG6. Questionnaires. Team work. Laboratory.
CG8. Team work. Laboratory.
CG15. Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. Team work.
CE3. Questionnaires. Team work. Laboratory. Technical visit.
CE5. Team work.
CT2. Team work and tutorial
CT4. Team work and tutorial
The student evaluation is carried out through five different types of activities that are listed below:
1. Tests, evaluation questionnaires and 25% participation.
2. Quality of teamwork 15%.
3. Presentation of work in tutoring 10%
4. Yield of the work done in the laboratory / visit 10%.
5. Exam 40%.
The final evaluation of each student would be a sum of the scores achieved in each type of activity. To pass the subject and must obtain at least 50% of the grade for Tutoring and the Exam and obtain a minimum overall grade of 5.0 points. Those students who do not meet these requirements would obtain, at most, a grade of 4.9, failure. In order to pass the tutorial activity, an analogous assignment will be presented to the teacher, before the date of the final exam of the second opportunity.
Development of competencies in the five types of activities evaluated:
1. CB7. CG1; CG3; CG4; CG6; CG15; CE3; CT2; CT4
2. CB10. CG1; CG3; CG4; CG6; CG15; CE3; CE5; CT2; CT4
3. CT4
4. CB7; CG1; CG6; CG8;CG15; CE3; CE5; CT4
5. CB7; CG3
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the one set forth in the “Regulations for the evaluation of student academic performance and grade review” will be applied.
The course has a load equivalent to 3 ECTS which are distributed in the manner indicated in the table.
Activity Classroom Personal work ECTS
Lectures 10 10 0,80
Seminars 12 14 1,04
Laboratory 4 5 0,36
Team Tutorials 1 4 0,20
Subtotal 27 33 2,40
Tutorial 1 4 0,20
Examination 2 8 0,40
Total 30 45 3,00
It is important that students previously read those texts, documents or articles that have been indicated in the teaching guide. Since the documents of the subject are delivered in English, it is essential to have at least medium skills in English.
LANGUAGE: The subject will be taught preferably in Spanish or alternatively in Galician / English, depending on the origin of the students. The teaching materials will be delivered preferably in English.
SAFETY: Students will have a basic operating manual for each of the practices, which will include the most relevant aspects in relation to safety and prevention of occupational risks.
The admission and permanence of the students enrolled in the practical laboratory requires that they know and comply with the rules included in the "Basic training protocol on security for experimental spaces" of the Higher Technical School of Engineering, available in the security section of its website that you can access as follows:
1. Access your intranet.
2. Enter Documentation / Security / Training.
3. Click on "Protocolo de formación básica en materia de seguridad para espacios experimentales".
Juan Manuel Garrido Fernandez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816778
- juanmanuel.garrido [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
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