Students will be able to:

describe and explain water management systems in industry - generally and in specific water-intensive industrial branches,

analyse and evaluate water management of an industrial plant,

propose an optimal solution for water management of an industrial plant.

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R: Sengupta P.K., Industrial water resource management: challenges and opportunities for corporate water stewardship. First publish ed. 2018, Oxford;Hoboken, NJ;Chichester, West Sussex;: Wiley.ISBN 1119272505;9781119272502.

R: Industrial water reclamation and reuse to minimize liquid discharge. 2021, Alexandria: Water Environment Federation.ISBN 1572783605;9781572783607.

R:Becker D., C. Jungfer, and T. Track. Integrated Industrial Water Management – Challenges, Solutions, and Future Priorities. Chemie Ingenieur Technik 2019,91(10),1367-1374,ISSN 0009-286X. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201900086.

A:Lens P.,Hulshoff Pol L.,Wilderer P.,Asano T. (Ed.),Water Recycling and Resource Recovery in Industry,IWA Publishing,2002,1843390051

A:Doble M., Anil Kumar: Biotreatment of Industrial Effluents, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann,2005,Burlington,0750678380

1. Introduction, water management in industry - a general overview

2. Water governance and industrial water management

3. Mining (extraction) and processing of minerals and ores

4. Metal production and processing

5. Surface treatment of metals, plastics, …

6. Thermal treatment of coal and waste

7. Cooling water, power generation

8. Chemical and pharmaceutical industry

9. Oil refineries and biofuel production

10. Pulp and paper mills

11. Textile and tanning industry

12. Glass and ceramic manufacturing, lime and cement production

13. Food industry

14. Brief overview of water management in agriculture

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The course does not deal directly with individual water/wastewater treatment technologies in detail. Therefore, a basic knowledge of them (principles, target pollutants, ...) is crucial.