44419 - Wastewater and Sludge Treatment Modulübersicht

Module Number: 44419
Module Title:Wastewater and Sludge Treatment
  Abwasser- und Schlammbehandlung
Department: Faculty 2 - Environment and Natural Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil Martienssen, Marion
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:At the end of the module the student are able to understand the basic processes of process engineering in waste water sludge treatment.
Contents:Anthropogenic pollutants: 
  • Pollutants - kinds, environmental an health effects, pollutants transport/natural degradation 
Sewage treatment:
  • History of sewage treatment 
Methods in sewage treatment:
  • Sedimentation, flotation, sieving and filtration, chemical treatment (neutralization, flocculation and precipitation, oxidation and reduction processes, electrochemical processes), biological processes (aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation, biological nitrogen and phosphorus elimination) 
Technologies in sewage treatment: 
  • Coarse cleaning by screens and rakes, micro-sieving, sedimentation processes: Grid chamber, preliminary sedimentation and secondary settling, flotation processes: Oil and fat trapping, light density material collector, flocculation filtration, biological sewage treatment: The activated sludge process, fixed bed reactors, treatment plant design, combined technologies in industrial water treatment,
  • Sewage sludge treatment, thickener, sludge conditioning, sludge dewatering, sludge recycling, land application, composting, innovative technologies for sludge reuse
Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Tutorial / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Wastewater Treatment. Biological and Chemical Process: Biological and Chemical Processes (Environmental Engineering), Mogens Henze (Autor), Poul Harremoes (Autor), Jes LaCour Jansen (Autor), Springer Verlag 2002
  • Biological Wastewater Treatment, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, C. P. Leslie, JR. Grady, Glen T. Daigger, und Henry C., Marcel Dekker Ltd , 1999
Module Examination:Final Module Examination (MAP)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:Written examination, 120 min.
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Bauingenieurwesen / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Environmental and Resource Management / keine PO
  • Master (research-oriented) / Environmental and Resource Management / PO 2011
  • Master (research-oriented) - Double Degree / Environmental and Resource Management / PO 2021
  • Master (research-oriented) / Environmental and Resource Management / PO 2021
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Euro Hydroinformatics and Water Management / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Power Engineering / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Umweltingenieurwesen / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Verfahrenstechnik / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Verfahrenstechnik - Prozess- und Anlagentechnik / keine PO
Remarks:None
Module Components:Winter semester:
  • 230506 Lecture Waste water and sludge treatment
  • 230500 Examination Waste water and sludge treatment
  • 230544 Examination Waste water and sludge treatment
Summer semester:
  • 230544 Examination Waste water and sludge treatment
Components to be offered in the Current Semester: