Adsorption
of water pollutants: Fundamentals and Regulations
LEVEL : BEGINNER HRDF : CLAIMABLE
TRAINERS : DR NURUL EKMI BT RABAT (UTP), DR KHAIRIRAIHANNA BT JOHARI (UTP) & TS. YA MOHAMMAD NAZIR SYAH BIN ISMAIL (Head of Branch, DoE)
WHEN
18 SEPTEMBER 2021
WHERE
MS TEAMS
(Online)
TIME
9.00AM - 4.00PM
RM 330 FOR PROFESSIONALS
10% Discount for Early Bird (until 18 August 2021) / Group / Students
COURSE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
The course will cover the basic principles of the adsorption separation process and a brief overview of representative industrial processes. This course is divided into three (3) main topics: the introduction of adsorption process, characteristics of adsorbents for water pollutants, and removal of water pollutants by adsorption process from the industry perspective.
The adsorption process is a part of separation due to the adhesion of one or more components on solid sorbents. It has been used in the tertiary treatment in water treatment, gas separation, and ion exchange. Desorption the act of purifying solid adsorbent for another cycle of adsorption and often conducted with the presence of desorbent, change in temperature or change in pressure.
The relationship between the properties of the adsorbent and the process applications will be emphasized in the second part of the course. Adsorbent particles are very porous in structure with many fine pores. Some of the examples of commercialized adsorbents are activated carbon, silica gel, silica gel, molecular sieve zeolites, synthetic polymers or resin. The factor influencing the adsorption process including the initial concentration of adsorbate, pH and temperature will be explained in details.
Adsorption process is crucial in waste water treatment process as it is stipulated in Environment Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulations 2009. This regulations governs the design, operation, reporting and performance monitoring of waste industrial effluent treatment system. Failure to operate unit process within industrial effluent treatment system can lead to pollution to water body such as rivers and lakes, thus threatening the aquatic organism and also drinking water supply.
There are others regulation regarding use of adsorbent in treatment plant such as Environmental Quality (Sewage) Regulations 2009, Environmental Quality (Control of Pollution From Solid Waste Transfer Station And Landfill) Regulations 2009 and Environment Quality (Scheduled Waste) Regulations 2005.
This course will present an overview on the role of adsorption process in the removing water pollutants from water bodies. It describes the principles of adsorption process, adsorbent selection and factors influencing the process. Isotherm, kinetics and material balance for batch process will also be included in the course delivery. Case study will be used to enhance tha participants’ understanding in evaluating the adsorption process and interpretating adsorption data.
- Define the basic principles of adsorption.
- Explain the adsorption and desorption/regeneration processes.
- Evaluate the types of adsorption.
- Explain the material balance for batch adsorption.
- Explain the mass transfer zone in continuous adsorption.
- Discuss the factor influencing the adsorption process in liquid medium.
- Classify the potential adsorbent.
- Describe the effects of adsorbent properties (structural properties).
- Determine the type of adsorption equilibrium isotherm and kinetic for a given process.
Removal of water pollutants by adsorption process from the industry perspective
- Challenges of adsorption technologies
OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand/define the basic concept of the adsorption process.
- Recognize the types and factors affecting adsorption.
- Explain the pollutants removal by using potential adsorbents.
- Recognize the applications of adsorption in the industry.
WHO SHOULD JOIN US TO :
- Engineers
- Chemists
- Environmentalists
- Researchers in wastewater treatment
1. Dr
Nurul Ekmi Binti Rabat (UTP)
Dr Nurul Ekmi Binti Rabat is a senior lecturer of Chemical Engineering at UTP focusing on teaching & learning in Separation Processes and Process Safety. Right after her Ph.D. in Polymer Engineering in 2014 from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, she served as a Research and Development (R&D) officer at a medical devices company, where she was exposed to the usage of polymer in medical applications. Her research work has been devoted to the development superabsorbent polymer and geopolymer for various applications, with special emphasis on the environment and sustainable engineering. She has completed an internal grant and two PETRONAS research fund (PRF) grants and is currently the principal investigator for MOSTI’s FRGS grant related to the usage of fly ash grafted hydrogel for CO2 capture.
Dr Khairiraihanna Johari received her BSc in Chemical Engineering (Polymer), MSc in Chemical Engineering and Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). She is currently a senior lecturer of Chemical Engineering Department at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. She is an Associate Member of The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and registered under Boards of Engineers Malaysia. In research, she is focusing in developing advanced and low-cost adsorbent materials, as well as heavy metals removal from industrial applications. She has published several refereed journals and articles regarding the potential of adsorbent for mercury removal applications.
3. Ts. Ya Mohammad Nazir Syah Bin Ismail (Head
of Branch, DoE)
Ts. Ya Mohammad Nazir Syah received his BSc in Chemical Engineering (Polymer) and MPhil in Chemical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He is currently the Head of Branch of Department of Environment Sungai Petani where he is responsible for operation and development. He has been in Department of Environment around Malaysia for 11 years, including DoE Negeri Sembilan and DoE Johor as Assistant Direcor and DoE Sabah as Senior Assistant Director. He has vast experiece in operation and enforcement and prosecution while holdong his position in DoE. He also a Certified Environmental Professional in Industrial Effluent Treatment System Inspection (CePIETSI) of Environment Institute Of Malaysia (EiMAS) since 2012.
REGISTRATION FEES
Professionals
myr330
*fee quoted does not include SST, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable)
Early bird/ group/ student
myr297
*fee quoted does not include SST, GST/VAT or withholding tax (if applicable)
OUR LOCATION
Centre for Advanced & Professional Education (CAPE)
Level 16, Menara 2,
Menara Kembar Bank Rakyat,
50470, Jalan Travers,
Kuala Lumpur.
CALL US
+605 - 368 7558 /
+605 - 368 8485
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