Treatment and Valorisation of Wastewaters and Solid Wastes (Agro-industries)

Semester: 
Spring
Offered: 
2012
  • Characterisation of liquid effluents and solid residues from agro-food industries
  • Primary treatment processes: pH correction; coagulation-flocculation, primary settling, removal of oil and grease
  • Secondary treatment processes: activated sludge, aerated ponds, trickling filters, sequencing batch reactors, secondary settling, centrifugation, filtration
  • Tertiary treatment processes: nutrient removal processes, UV decontamination
  • Energetic valorization processes: anaerobic digestion, fermentation processes to bio-hydrogen, combustion, gasification