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Week - 1 |
Introduction to anaerobic treatment, fundamental principles of anaerobic biotechnology, advantages and limitations of anaerobic treatment, applications in waste and wastewater treatment |
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Week - 2 |
Stages of anaerobic digestion, hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis and methanogenesis, microorganisms involved in anaerobic conversions, mechanisms of biogas production |
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Week - 3 |
Kinetics of anaerobic treatment, microbial growth kinetics, substrate utilization, Monod kinetics, biomass growth and organic matter removal kinetics |
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Week - 4 |
Parameters affecting anaerobic treatment kinetics, hydraulic retention time, solids retention time, organic loading rate, biomass retention and kinetic modeling |
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Week - 5 |
Microbiology of anaerobic treatment, groups of anaerobic microorganisms, microbial interactions, syntrophic relationships, methanogenic archaea and the role of microbial communities |
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Week - 6 |
Midterm exam |
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Week - 7 |
Stoichiometry of anaerobic treatment, anaerobic conversion of organic matter, electron and mass balances, theoretical methane production, calculation of biogas yield |
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Week - 8 |
Environmental and operational conditions in anaerobic treatment, temperature, pH, alkalinity, volatile fatty acids, toxic and inhibitory compounds, nutrient requirements |
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Week - 9 |
Anaerobic reactors, completely mixed anaerobic reactors, anaerobic contact reactors, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors and fundamental design parameters |
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Week - 10 |
High-rate anaerobic reactors, anaerobic filters, expanded-bed and fluidized-bed reactors, membrane bioreactors, comparison of reactor performance |
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Week - 11 |
Anaerobic digestion of treatment sludge, sludge characteristics, single-stage and two-stage digestion systems, biogas production, sludge stabilization and energy recovery |
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Week - 12 |
Project presentations on anaerobic biotechnology applications, process selection, design approaches and evaluation of scientific data |
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Week - 13 |
Project presentations, sustainability assessment of anaerobic treatment technologies, resource recovery and current applications |
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Week - 14 |
Project presentations, sustainability assessment of anaerobic treatment technologies, resource recovery and current applications |