The University of Aberdeen is delighted to host an in-person IChemE Approved CPD Course titled “Biological Wastewater Treatment and Anaerobic Digestion: Theory, Design and Practice”, which is aimed at professionals and PhD students working in the areas of biological wastewater treatment and anaerobic digestion.
The course runs from 4 – 8 September 2023 at the University of Aberdeen and is delivered by course leader, Professor Davide Dionisi who has over 20 years of experience, gained both in academia and in the industry. He will lead your lectures and tutorials and you will be able to engage in discussions, ask all your questions and gain from his expertise in biological wastewater treatment and process engineering.
Biological wastewater treatment is essential for the environment and for public health by avoiding the spread of diseases. Anaerobic digestion is a key technology in the handling of organic waste and in many renewable energy scenarios for a sustainable society. However, if not properly designed, operated and optimised, these processes may use large amounts of energy, occupy large areas of land and convert the organic matter in an inefficient way, at high economic and environmental cost for the society.
This advanced course describes how to use concepts of chemical reaction stoichiometry and kinetics to design and optimise biological wastewater treatment and anaerobic digestion processes in order to maximise treatment efficiency while minimising the capital and operating costs.
The course starts from the fundamentals of the biological processes relevant for wastewater treatment (e.g. kinetics and stoichiometry, COD balance, aeration and settling) and moves to their application to the design and optimisation of the following processes: activated sludge (carbon and carbon and nitrogen removal), anaerobic digestion, sequencing batch reactors, attached growth processes.
What is covered:
- Fundamentals of biological wastewater treatment
- Kinetics and stoichiometry of biological reactions
- Step-by-step process of how to develop and solve the mass balances and design equations
- The main processes used in the industry are described and the corresponding design equations are developed
- The course includes numerical examples and design problems, solved by the course lecturer using Microsoft Excel.
As well as on-campus learning, participants will have up to 6 months unlimited access from registering to study all the course lectures and materials on our custom-built study platform, designed for ease of use. A CPD certification will be awarded in completion of the course.
The course fee includes lectures and tutorials on campus, lunch, refreshments, and access to the course materials online.
Email us: cpdservices@abdn.ac.uk
