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Water Treatment Technologies
FCH-MCO_TUVAcad. year: 2022/2023
The properties of natural waters and drinking water treatment, standards of drinking water quality, classification of water treatment processes, disperse systems and their stability, coagulation and aggregation in water treatment, determination of optimal dose of coagulation agent, coagulation kinetics, separation of suspensions, coagulation, stirring, sedimentation, flotation, filration, sorption, membrane processes, deferrization, demanganization, sludge treatment and disposal of water treatment plants, oxidation of organic and inorganic substances in water, disinfection of drinking water, chlorination, dechlorination, ozonization, chlorine dioxide, the effects of UV radiation, biological methods, corrosion and corrosion protection in water distribution systems, water softening and hardening, deacidification, drinking water refinement, check and supervision of technological processes of water treatment
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2) Drinking water quality requirements, notice of Ministry of public health of Czech Republic, (MZ ČR) č. 252/2004 Sb.
3) Dispersive systems and their stability
4) Coagulation and aggregation in drinking water treatment, kinetics of coagulation
5) Determination of optimal dose of coagulant
6) Significance of mixing for formation of separable aggregates
7) Separation of suspensions (1st separative step - sedimantation), surficial loading
8) Separation of suspensions (1st separative step - claryfiers)
9) Separation of suspensions by filtration, filtration materials, theory of filtration
10) Separation of suspensions by filtration, kinds of filtration and types of filters
11) Duration of filtr cycle and sludge capacity
12) Washing of filters
13) Flotation
14) Membrane processes in drinking water treatment
15) Elimination of iron and manganese from water
16) Sludge treatment in drinking water plants
17) Disinfection of water by chlorination, disinfection by-products
18) Another manners of water desinfection
19) Oxidation of organic matter presents in water
20) Aeration of water and its significance for drinking water treatment
21) Elimination of organic matter by adsorption
22) Biological methods of drinking water treatment. Elimination of ammonia and nitrates
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- Programme NKCP_CHTOZP Master's
branch NKCO_CHTOZP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
- Programme NPCP_CHTOZP Master's
branch NPCO_CHTOZP , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
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