
Thesis topic:
Chemical and biochemical transformations of phosphorus in wastewater treatment
Motivation
Solution
Within this topic, the knowledge of the chemical and biological transformation of phosphorus during wastewater treatment will be deepened. The thesis will be focusing on different possibilities of sewage sludge pretreatment (drying, pyrolysis, incineration,...) to improve phosphorus recovery. Three different types of sewage sludge will be investigated: biological (activated sludge), bio-chemical (activated sludge with simultaneous precipitation of phosphorus), and chemical (from tertiary stage phosphorus removal). Furthermore, there will be an effort to recover phosphorus from wastewater treatment plant effluent through the concentration of phosphorus in it thanks to membrane technology with the following precipitation. Part of the thesis concerns the assessment of compounds (formed during phosphorus recovery) for agricultural utilization.
Education
- 2021 - present: UCT Prague, FTOP, Department of Water technology and environmental engineering, Ph.D. Student
- 2019 – 2021 UCT Prague, FTOP, Department of Water technology and environmental engineering, diploma thesis: „Recovery of phosphorus from sludge formed during simultaneous and tertiary precipitation of phosphates from wastewater“
- 2015 – 2019 UCT Prague, FTOP, bachelor thesis: “Tertiary phosphorus precipitation: sludge separation“.
Participation on teaching
- Laboratory Course in Water Technology (UCT Prague)
- Laboratory Course in Water Analysis (UCT Prague)
Publications
Conferences:
- Miklíková Lenka; Pečenka Martin; Pliska Daniel; Wanner Jiří. ODSTRAŇOVÁNÍ FOSFORU PŘI TERCIÁRNÍM ČIŠTĚNÍ ODPADNÍCH VOD METODOU SRÁŽENÍ A MEMBRÁNOVÉ FILTRACE. In: Zborník prednášok a posterov 11. bienálnej konferencie s medzinárodnou účasťou Odpadové vody 2020, 14.-16. října 2020. Bratislava: Asociace čistírenských expertů SR (AČE SR), 2020, s. 306-310, ISBN 978-80-973196-2-5.
- Miklíková Lenka; Pečenka Martin; Pliska Daniel; Wanner Jiří. SEPARACE KALU PO TERCIÁRNÍM SRÁŽENÍ FOSFORU POMOCÍ MEMBRÁNOVÉ FILTRACE. In: "Mladá voda břehy mele" Sborník konference, 08.-09. září 2020. Brno: Asociace pro vodu ČR, 2020, s. 137-140, ISBN 978-80-270-8323-7.
Posters:
- Miklíková Lenka; Pečenka Martin; Pliska Daniel; Wanner Jiří. SEPARACE KALU PO TERCIÁRNÍM SRÁŽENÍ FOSFORU POMOCÍ MEMBRÁNOVÉ FILTRACE. In: "Mladá voda břehy mele" Sborník konference, 08.-09. září 2020. Brno: Asociace pro vodu ČR, 2020, s. 137-140, ISBN 978-80-270-8323-7.