Integration of processes
Team
Wouter Pronk
Goal
Gain insight in the interaction of
treatment process and influence of treatment trains on finished water quality
and microbial parameters.
Description
Many investigations on innovative water
treatment processes focus on a single technology, and there is little knowledge
available on the relation between unit operations and their influence on product
water characteristics.
In this project not only the
unit operation, but also the basic parameters are investigated which can be used
to describe the processes. On basis of the research of the isolated unit
operations, models are developed to describe the performance of the processes as
a function of their input parameters.
To model sequences of treatment
operations the output and input parameters will be adjusted in such a way that
they are corresponding. In some cases, this will require the definition of new
parameters. The output parameters of the final treatment step will correspond
with the water quality parameters, like NTU, AOC, color, HPC, etc..
In order to develop and
validate this type of models, sequences of treatment processes will be tested on
lab- or pilot scale with several model input water qualities.
Additionally,
specific parameters will be measured in existing water treatment plants with
relevant configurations.