Engineering of drinking water production and water treatment

Objectifs

At the end of this module, the student will have understood and will be able to explain :

- the notions of resources and uses of water, of pollutions of receiving waters

- the european and french regulations on  potable water and on waster water treatment

- the main treatment lines for drinking water production and for waste water treatment and the function of unit operations in these lines

- the more recent technologies that are mainly used in these lines and the principle of their operation

The student will be able to:

- elaborate a document concerning the treatment plant definition and construction

- propose a drinking water production line (from fresh waters) and designing the main operations in this line as well as the energetic consumption

- compare different processes for waste water and sludge treatment

- design a wastewater treatment plant for the removal of major pollutants and choosing a technology for sludge treatment

- design a sludge digestion system

Pré-requis

Hydraulics and dispersed systems

Heat transfers and real reactors

Thermodynamic properties of real fluids and mass transfer

Basic concepts for unit operations

Unit operations : technology and design

Basis on chemistry and biochemistry

Évaluation

L’évaluation des acquis d’apprentissage est réalisée en continu tout le long du semestre. En fonction des enseignements, elle peut prendre différentes formes : examen écrit, oral, compte-rendu, rapport écrit, évaluation par les pairs…