LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion, the student should be able to:
- Describe the most important physical and chemical water, wastewater, sludge, solid waste and waste gas treatment processes [knowledge]
- Explain the theoretical background of relevant physical and chemical treatment units [knowledge]
- Choose favorable treatment methods for specific water, waste and gases [knowledge/skill]
- Design and dimension the most common physical and chemical unit processes [skill]
- Do simple chemical analyses in the analytical water laboratory and write a report [skill]
- Have a mind-set for understanding the inter-linkages between water, energy and other resources [identity]
Credits: 5
Schedule: 10.01.2024 - 16.02.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Anna Mikola
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
e-mail: elin.lavonen@aalto.fi
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
This course gives an introduction into the physical and chemical water, wastewater, sludge, solid waste and waste gas treatment processes. The course is useful for students interested in the operation and planning of municipal and industrial water, wastewater and waste treatment plants.
Main content: Process principles (types of reactors, mass balances, process kinetics) and treatment processes (screening, sedimentation, flotation, coagulation, mixing, flocculation, filtration, adsorption, ion-exchange, membrane processes, gas transfer, disinfection, oxidation, precipitation).
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures, weekly exercises, plant visit, laboratory project (group work), exams. Assessment of the course is based on the exercises, the laboratory assignment and the exams. Relative weights between the different components are given in the beginning of the course.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Contact hours
- Lectures 30 h
- Exercise sessions & workshops 10 h
- Seminar 4 h
Independent work
- Weekly exercises 25 h
- Reading materials 26 h
- Project assignment 16 h
- Preparing for the exams 20 h
- Exams 4 h
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
3 Good Health and Well-being
6 Clean Water and Sanitation
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring III
2023-2024 Spring IIIEnrollment :
Registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi). A limited number of students will be accepted to the course, with preference given to our own WAT Master's Programme students. Other students may be selected based on Motivation Letter and/or other criteria. The course may not be organized if fewer than 5 students register to the course.