W16

Separation of solutes

ECTS

2.5

Speciality

W3

Keywords

Removal of solutes, Liquid/solid equilibria, adsorption, ion exchange, precipitation

Description

This unit will focus on the removal of soluble contaminants from natural resources or domestic wastewater by adsorption, ion exchange or precipitation.

I. Precipitation and coagulation

Fundamentals of precipitation

Solubility

Chemical reaction

Fundamentals of coagulation

Colloids and charge properties

Interactions mechanisms and characterization

Applications and scale-up

II. Adsorption and ion exchange

Fundamental mechanisms of sorption and ion exchange

        Extra and intra particular diffusion

        Fixation reactions

Kinetics and equilibrium

Fixation systems

        Supports: earths, active carbon, resins

        Batch and continuous apparatus

Modelling

        Hydrodynamic considerations: solvent and solute transport equations

        Influence of kinetics

        Non linear theory of chromatography

        Application and scale-up

References

- Faust, S. D., & Aly, O. M. (2013). Adsorption processes for water treatment. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

- Ladisch, M. R. (2001). Bioseparation Engineering: Principles, Practice, and Economics, Wiley, New York.

- Parsons, S. A., & Jefferson, B. (2006). Introduction to potable water treatment processes. Blackwell publishing.

- Hendricks, D. W. (2006). Water treatment unit processes: physical and chemical. CRC press.

Coordinators

Dr. Pierre-Yves PONTALIER, INPT-ENSIACET, LCA UMR 1010

Dr. LE Phuong Thu, USTH

Lectures

Course 8h / tutorial  6h/ practical 8h

Instructors

Dr. Pierre-Yves PONTALIER, INPT (pierreyves.pontalier@ensiacet.fr)

Dr. LE PHUONG Thu, USTH (le-phuong.thu@usth.edu.vn)

Dr. Marc HEBRANT, Université de Lorraine (marc.hebrant@univ-lorraine.fr)

Control

Examination + practical + personal work (TDL)

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