Industry water
This course covers the main water-intensive industrial processes that place specific demands on water quality. You will learn how water is properly treated during these processes to enable recycling, reuse, resource recovery or safe discharge.
Industry water: treatment and reuse
Water is an essential resource in many production industries. It serves multiple functions: as a transport medium for raw materials, a reaction medium, a cooling agent, feed water for steam generation, and, in various cases, as an ingredient in products.
The fundamentals – Day 1 and 2
The course begins with an overview of the most water-intensive industrial processes and their specific water quality requirements. You will learn how water quality changes during industrial use and why treatment is necessary to enable recycling, reuse or safe discharge. Attention is also given to opportunities for recovering valuable materials from process effluents. Next, the focus shifts to the basic principles of key water treatment technologies aimed at removing unwanted components, recovering valuable substances and conditioning water for reuse in specific processes. Based on the physical form of contaminants – dissolved, colloidal, suspended or particulate – you will discuss the corresponding treatment technologies and their effectiveness.
During the practical sessions and case studies, special attention is given to corrosion, scaling, and fouling (CSF) in industrial water systems. You will learn about the fundamentals of corrosion processes, the use of Pourbaix diagrams, and the most common forms of corrosion. The course also covers the mechanisms behind scaling, examples of scale formation, and (bio)fouling. Risk management is addressed by examining the economic, operational, environmental, and safety consequences of CSF, along with related mechanical, chemical, and microbiological risks. Methods for monitoring, risk assessment, and practical control and mitigation strategies are discussed and applied to participants’ own case studies during a group session.
Advanced topics – Day 3
The course zooms in on selected water treatment technologies, with a focus on advanced design and operational considerations. You will explore system configurations, sizing parameters and cost aspects of treatment systems. In addition, energy recovery from concentrated water streams will be examined, including the production of energy carriers such as methane, hydrogen, and ammonia.
Comprehensive knowledge of industrial water
After completing the course, you will be able to:
- Characterize water-intensive industries and their specific water quality requirements
- Explain how key water-intensive processes affect water quality and composition
- Select suitable treatment technologies for different industrial water streams
- Identify opportunities for water and resource recovery and reuse
- Explain the mechanisms and risks of corrosion, scaling, and fouling (CSF) in industrial water systems
- Develop monitoring and control strategies to mitigate CSF
- Evaluate advanced water treatment technologies and identify opportunities for energy recovery from concentrated streams
Modules
It is possible to follow the fundamentals module over two days, or the complete course including the advanced module over three days.
Intended for
Engineers with a basic knowledge on water processes in the production industry
Course leader
dr.ir. Henri Spanjers
“Water technologists must have a better understanding of industrial production processes in order to work with process technologists to reduce the water consumption and the emissions of harmful substances.”
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Why PAOTM
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The latest post-academic knowledge and skills
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Focused on questions that arise in a technical environment
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Interactive and directly applicable in practice
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Top teachers from science, research and business
Frequently asked questions
Program
- Registration
- Introduction of Teachers, course introduction and participant’s introductory round
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Industrial water, revising the basic knowledge
- History, definitions, classifications
- Industry and water; water footprint
- Industry water versus municipal water
- BREF: reference documents Best Available Technologies - Break
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Water intensive industries (main activity, water qualities, water consumption)
Content :
- Food processing (e.g. brewery, sugar, potato, ,…)
- Chemical
- Paper
- Textile
- Steel - Lunch
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Water intensive industrial processes (principles, water quality and consumption)
Content:
- Water-Steam cycle
- Cooling
- Cleaning in place
- Other (transport, washing, gas washing and scrubbing, …) - Break
- Key water treatment technologies – basics
- End of day 1
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Course leader day 2
Day 2: Challenges and cases
Morning: Fouling, scaling and corrosion. Risk mitigation in industrial water
Afternoon: Group discussion – own cases -
Corrosion, scaling and fouling (CSF) in industrial water systems - Basics
Content:
- Fundamentals of corrosion
- Understanding Pourbaix diagrams
- Frequently occurring forms of corrosion
- Fundamentals of scaling
- Examples of scaling
- Introduction to (bio)fouling
- Interactions between the degradation mechanisms in CSF - Break
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Risk mitigating of Corrosion, Scaling, and Fouling
Content:
- Economic, operational, and safety consequences of CSF
- Mechanical, chemical and microbiological risks Environmental and compliance risksMonitoring and risk assessment
- Mitigation and control strategies - Lunch
- Group discussion – Own cases (We will instruct participants to provide their own cases)
- End of day 2 and evaluation
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Course leader day 3
Day 3: Zooming in: selected water treatment technologies
Water technologies – advanced: layout, sizing parameters and cost - Key water treatment technologies – advanced-part 1
- Lunch
- Key water treatment technologies – advanced-part 2
- Break
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Energy carriers from concentrated streams
Content:
- Methane
- Ammonia
- Hydrogen - End of course and evaluation
Course leader
dr.ir. Henri Spanjers
“Water technologists must have a better understanding of industrial production processes in order to work with process technologists to reduce the water consumption and the emissions of harmful substances.”
PAOTM is rated with an average of
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Dates and locations
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Investment
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- Including coffee, tea, lunches and (digital) course material
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In-company
Are several employees interested in the same course, do you want to enrich knowledge with the entire team or focus on your own practice? Then an in-company course could be interesting. We are happy to think along with you about the possibilities. PAOTM has extensive experience in organizing in-company courses in many technical fields for a wide range of companies. You can choose to have an existing course organized in-company for multiple employees. However, if you have a specific organizational or departmental issue, we can also design a unique course. For every customized request, we search our network at universities, knowledge institutes and the business community for the right teachers who can provide your team with the desired knowledge. We then put together a course based on your training needs, learning needs and organizational goals.
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