Overview
This 1-day course is aimed at sales personnel, engineers and managers working for OEM’s, contractors and consultants in the water and waste water treatment industry that need to be able to understand membranes and membrane plants. Membranes are usually polymeric and are widely used in many industries. The polymeric modules are prevalent because of its cheaper cost and can be used in many water and wastewater treatment applications.
Membrane processes can be subdivided according to a number of criteria, for example:
- pore size/molecular weight cut-off (microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration etc.),
- driving force (pressure difference, concentration or temperature gradient, electrical potential, etc.), and
- medium (gas-gas, gas-liquid or liquid-liquid).
The course will focus on large scale water/wastewater treatment with membranes, and will give the participants a good understanding of the issues that need to be discussed with various customers and end users. After attending this 1-day course, the participants will have the opportunity to gain the following:
- Good understanding of water chemistry;
- Understand the properties of different types of membranes, and selection of appropriate membrane chemistry;
- Able to perform the basic design of a membrane plant for water/wastewater treatment;
- Understand pilot plant operation;
- Understand and apply cleaning membrane techniques;
- Application of Digital Water/Wastewater - Sustainability Framework.
What You’ll Learn
Water chemistry related to water and wastewater treatment using membranes.
Different properties of membranes and how to select suitable membranes:
- To explore the mechanical and physical properties of PES, PVDF, PSU, CA and PP membranes.
Different operation modes of membranes:
- To exploit the strengths and weakness of both dead-end and cross-flow membrane configurations
Designing using a design tool:
- To see the impact of a changes in key variables such as Turbidity, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Flux, Temperature, etc on membrane flux.
Understand and apply cleaning membrane techniques:
- To see the impact of a changes in key variables such as Turbidity, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Flux, Temperature, source water (ground water, surface water, sea water, secondary effluent, etc on the membrane flux and during Operation/Maintenance.
Who Should Attend
- Water / Wastewater Treatment Engineers and Managers;
- Process Engineers and Managers in the water and wastewater industry
- Maintenance and Facilities Engineers and Managers in the water and wastewater treatment companies and plants
- Wafer Fab Maintenance Engineers and Managers in the semiconductor industry
- Sales Engineers and Managers of water and wastewater treatment products and process technologies
- Instructional trainers and educator.
SITizens Learning Credits (SLC) - Eligible Course
This course is SITizens Learning Credits (SLC) eligible. Please refer to the
user guide on how to register for courses utilising your SLC.
Find out more about
SITizens Learning Credits (SLC).
Certificate and Assessment
A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who:
- Attend 75% of the course
- Undertake non-credit bearing assessment (during the course)
Schedule
| Welcome and Registration |
| Topic 1: Water Chemistry I |
| Topic 2: Water Chemistry II |
| Tea Break |
| Topic 3: Water Chemistry III |
Topic 4: Water Chemistry IV
|
| Lunch |
| Topic 5: Understanding pressure-driven filtration process and the types of membranes (MF,UF, NF, RO), Synthetic Polymers (PES), Cellulose Acetate, Silicium Carbide, etc. |
| Topic 6: Membrane configuration forms and operation modes, e.g., Plate & Frame, Spiral Wound, Tube & Capillary (inside-out and outside-in), Cross-flow vs Dead-end Configuration. |
| Tea Break |
| Topic 7: Demonstration & Simulation of UF Membrane Design Software. Practical hands-on design activities. |
| Assessment / Group Presentation / Q&A |
| End of Day |
Fees
| Category |
Full Fee |
After SF Funding |
| Singapore Citizen (Below 40) |
$749.00 |
$224.70 |
| Singapore Citizen (40 & above) |
$749.00 |
$84.70 |
| Singapore PR/LTVP+ Holder |
$756.00 |
$226.80 |
| Non-Singaporeans |
$756.00 |
Not Eligible |
Note:
- All figures include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.
- You can opt for either SkillsFuture Funding or Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy. Both cannot be combined.
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Terms & Conditions:
SkillsFuture Funding
In order to be eligible for the 70% training grant awarded by SkillsFuture, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident or LTVP+ Holder
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy
To be eligible for the 90% enhanced subsidy awarded, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen
- Be at least 40 years old
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SIT reserves the right to collect the balance of the programme fees (i.e. the potential grant amount) directly from the applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) should the above requirements not be fulfilled.
SIT reserves the right to make changes to published course information, including dates, times, venues, fees and instructors without prior notice.
