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Module Number:
| 14341
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| Module Title: | Contaminant Hydrology |
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Schadstoffhydrologie
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| Department: |
Faculty 2 - Environment and Natural Sciences
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| Responsible Staff Member: | -
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Hinz, Christoph
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| Language of Teaching / Examination: | English |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Frequency of Offer: |
Every winter semester
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| Credits: |
6
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| Learning Outcome: | After participating in the module, students should be able to
- classify contaminants into different groups
- assess interaction of contaminants with the solid phase of surface and subsurface environments such as soil and groundwater
- quantify equilibrium reaction of sorption, ion exchange, complex formation in aqeous solution and surfaces, preciptiation and dissolution reactions
- develop a basic understanding of kinetics of contaminant retention and release
- describe transport processes of contaminants
- account for substrate heterogneity
- understand concepts of risk assessment of contaminant movement
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| Contents: | - Contaminant types such as organics, heavy metals, micro plastics etc.
- Solute partitioning between solid,gaseous and aqueous phase
- sorption, ion exchange and complexation modelling
- sorption in heterogeneous media
- sorption and desorption kinetics
- describing heterogeneity with discrete and continuous distributions
- nonlinear chromatograhy
- transport phenomena in multicomponent systems including advection, diffusion and advection-dispersion
- deriving risk assessment tools of offsite movement of contaminants such attenuation factor
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| Recommended Prerequisites: | Basic knowledge in chemistry, phyical chemistry, and engineering mathematics |
| Mandatory Prerequisites: | None |
| Forms of Teaching and Proportion: | -
Lecture
/ 2 Hours per Week per Semester
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Exercise
/ 2 Hours per Week per Semester
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Self organised studies
/ 120 Hours
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| Teaching Materials and Literature: | Software:
- HYDRUS1D
- R
- PHREEQC Version 3 | U.S. Geological Survey
Reading:
- Principles and Applications of Aquatic Chemistry, 2nd Edition François M. M. Morel, Janet G. Hering, Laura Sigg
- Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, vol. 1, Diffusion in Natural Porous MediaP Grathwohl - 1998 - Springer, New York
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| Module Examination: | Continuous Assessment (MCA) |
| Assessment Mode for Module Examination: | - Project report 50%
No less than 4 pages of text without figures and tables and no more than 6 pages, font 11 Times Roman or Arial, line spacing no greater than 1.15; additional appendix with figures and tables. - oral or written quizes 25%
5 tests no longer than 10 minutes, at least 3 oral - written exam 25%
70 minutes
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| Evaluation of Module Examination: | Performance Verification – graded |
| Limited Number of Participants: | None |
| Part of the Study Programme: | -
Master (research-oriented) /
Environmental and Resource Management /
PO 2021
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| Remarks: | None |
| Module Components: | 50% Lectures
50% Exercises - attendance necessary |
| Components to be offered in the Current Semester: | |
