Lecturer: Carlo Collivignarelli  

Course name: Wastewater treatment plants monitoring and management
Course code: 064200
Degree course: Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio
Disciplinary field of science: ICAR/03
L'insegnamento è caratterizzante per: Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio
University credits: CFU 3
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

The student will gain knowledge of the main problems related to the wastewater treatment plant management and the upgrading techniques.

Course programme

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS MONITORING
Overview of the main treatment processes. Start - up and Management. Monitoring techniques. Sampling strategy. Biological unit process malfunctions and the related remedies.

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Aeration systems testing. Hydrodynamics tests. Malfunctioning in clarifier and its remeides. Sludge clarification tests.

SLUDGE MANAGEMENT
Stabilitation. Anaerobic digestion start-up.

Course entry requirements

Water and wastewater treatment plants

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 20
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 10
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

Materiale didattico fornito dal docente.

Metcalf & Eddy. Ingegneria delle Acque Reflue: Trattamento e Riuso. The Mcgraw-Hill Companies.

C. Collivignarelli, G. Bertanza. Le verifiche di funzionalit. Collana Ambiente volume 28. Cipa Editore.

Testing and exams

Written exam and, only if the mark is higher than 18/30, the student could take the oral exam.