Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the module must be able to

• account for advanced wastewater treatment
• describe theories behind physical, chemical and biological purification processes
• account for treatment technologies for the removal of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from municipal wastewater
• recognize the most important functional bacterial groups in wastewater treatment plants

Skills

• characterize municipal wastewater
• characterize and quantify the most important chemical / biological / physical processes used for the treatment of municipal wastewater
• characterize and quantify the main physical separation processes
• characterize the main processes of anaerobic sludge digestion
• perform sketch design and rough-dimensioning of settling tanks, clarifiers, and biological process tanks at municipal treatment plants
• perform sketch design and rough-dimensioning of digesters
• support the operation and optimization of municipal treatment plants for the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus
• set up models for biological processes in activated sludge plants
• set up models for conversion into biofilm on fixed film plants
• set up models for conversion into biofilm on fixed film plants
• characterize the microbiological composition via DNA-based methods

Competences

• analyze the function of municipal wastewater treatment plants
• use microbiological information for process optimization and trouble-shooting

Type of instruction

• Lectures
• Exercises

Extent and expected workload

150 working hours

Exam

Exams