Wastewater engineering

Duration

18h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Frank Delvigne

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is divided into 6 sessions. Four of them include theoretical courses, 1 of them is more interactive and involves a Q&A session and the last one is focused on a lecture gieven by a specialist in wastewater plant design and optimization. 
The four theoretical sessions are declined as follow :
Session 1 : introduction and overview about wastewater engineering
Session 2 : basic processes for wastewater treatment 
Session 3 : advanced processes for wastewater treatment and valorization 
Session 4 : management of microbial communities involved in wastewater treatment
 
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The main target of the course is to provide the students with a torough knowledge about the design of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) that are actually in use for processing the organic load of wastewater. Through the introduction of basic engineering principles and the presentation of new technologies, the students will also be faced with the actual challenges related to sustainable development and its profound impact on the conception of future WWTPs. Indeed, next-generation WWTPs will be more focused on the valorization of the organic load (i.e. through the utilization of membrane technologies, but also advanced microbial technologies, such as anaerobic communities or photosynthetic microbes). 
 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic knowledge in physics chemistry and mathematics, as well as more specific knowledge in microbiology and molecular biology

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Lectures : 15h
Seminar : 3h

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Support notes available on ecampus
 
Further reading (not mandatory):
Wastewater engineering - Mectcalf and Eddy - McGraw Hill editions



Some specific scientific papers about new microbial technologies for wastewater treatment will also be supplied on purpose (can be different from a year to another)

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Written examination (100%)

Work placement(s)

A wastewater treatment plant will be visited and a report is expected (the report must be based on the unit operations diagram principle as described in the theoretical part of the lecture)

Organizational remarks

As mentionned before, the last session will be involving a seminar given by an external teacher. Attending to the seminar is mandatory.

Contacts

Prof. Frank Delvigne Microbial Processes and Interactions lab (MiPI)
Université de Liège - Gembloux Agro-BioTech
081 62 23 09 F.Delvigne@uliege.be

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