Topics of Lectures offered by the Chair of Mechanical Process Engineering / Water Technology

Here you will find the topics of the lectures offered by the Chair of Mechanical Process Engineering / Water Technology. Please note that we offer some lectures in English and some lectures in German.

The topics of all lectures offered by the Faculty of Engineering are in the Lecture Data Base.

Management and Controlling in Water Industries (V2+Ü1) (PO15)

Lecture is in Summer Term
Language: German
Learning Targets:

Students know the business related basics and the tools of management and controlling. Especially they are familiar with the requirements on the management in water industries.

Content:
In the course "Management and Controlling in Water Industries" essentially the Branchenbild (section overview) of the German Water Supply is presented and legal and economic water management topics are addressed in theory. In addition to teaching business basics, special issues such as the requirements for the management of water supply companies are taught in practice-oriented readings.

Mechanical Process Engineering (V2+Ü1)

Lecture is in Winter Term
Language: German
Learning Targets:

Students know the basics to solve the manifold problems with disperse substances by using mechanical processes. They are able to describe and to explain the common processes in mechanical process engineering. .

Content:
Introduction into the mechanical process engineering
Particles and disperse systems (particle size characteristics, particle sizes, equivalent diameter, particle shape, particle size distribution, particle interaction, porous systems)
Importance of particle size for water treatment processes
solid - liquid separation
dust separation
classification
stirring and mixing
dimension analysis
grinding

Mechanical Process Engineering for Water Treatment Processes (V2+Ü1) (PO15)

Lecture is in Summer Term
Language: German
Learning Targets:

Students are able to describe and to explain the basics of solving the manifold problems with disperse substances by using mechanical processes and they have an overview of the common processes. They know the importance of mechanical process engineering especially in the field of water treatment and they know the common used processes.

Content:
Introduction into the mechanical process engineering
Importance of mechanical process engineering for water treatment
Particles and disperse systems (particle size characteristics, particle sizes, equivalent diameter, particle shape, particle size distribution, particle interaction, porous systems)
Importance of particle size for water treatment processes
solid - liquid separation: Basics and processes for water treatment (filtration, sedimentation)
dust separation
classification
stirring and mixing: Basics and processes for water treatment (flocculation)
dimension analysis
measuring techniques of particle sizes

Membrane Technology for Water Treatment (V2+Ü1) (PO15)

Lecture is in Winter Term
Language: English
Learning Targets:

The students are able to explain and to describe the basics of membrane processes (incl. transport phenomena to and through membranes, membrane properties and various membrane processes with different treatment targets). Further on, students are able to design fundamentally different membrane processes.

Content:
- Pressure driven membrane processes
- Electrodialysis,
- Transport phenomena to and across membranes,
- Pre- and port-treatment of water,
- Hybrids
- Examples of membrane plants

Design of Water Treatment Systems: System Equipment Components, Instrumentation and Control Technology (V2+Ü1) (PO15)

Lecture is in Winter Term
Language: German
Learning Targets:

Students can design simple water treatment systems and draw P&ID flowcharts for such plants. They know examples of the German regulations for water treatment plants. The students understand the operating modes of the main system components used in water treatment plant installations and know suitable materials and the required measuring and control technology.

Content:
The lecture will cover:

  • Fundamentals of Measurement and Control Technology
  • Introduction of the main system components of water treatment sytems:
  • Pumps
  • Valves
  • Dosing and mixing units
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Meters
  • Control systems
  • Fundamentals of materials used for water treatment systems
  • Drawing of P&ID and respective labeling
  • Examples of German regulations for planning water treatment sytems

Further on specific questions for the planning of drinking and industrial water treatment plants and for measuring and control technology of water treatment systems are dealt with in practice-oriented events.

Practical Course Water Technology (P3) (PO15)

Practical Course is in Summer Term
Language: English
Learning Targets:

Students use their theoretical knowledge of different water treatment processes to carry out experiments using lab-scale pilot plants. They are able to record measurement values, to process and evaluate the recorded data.


Content:
The lab water technology includes experiments with the following topics:
• Flocculation
• Rapid sand filtration
• Membrane filtration
• Adsorption equilibrium
• Adsorption kinetics
• Densities of activated carbons

Quality Management in Water Supply (V2+Ü1) (PO15)

Lecture is in Wnter Term
Language: English

Learning Targets:
Students are able to understand national and international regulations in the water supply as the basis for the quality management. They know concepts for monitoring, the assessment of the catchment area, the treatment and distribution system. Focussing on the dependency of the locality and the treatment technology and the demands on the applied materials and the working stuff will explain the complexity. Students are able to perform a risk-based assessment and the performance of emergency measures including a quality management with approaches for alternative water supply and disinfection measures.

Content:
On a basis of national and international rules and regulations the students will assess resources for drinking water and develop measures for their protection. The protection of resources is a combination of knowledge about processes like bank filtration and soil as a biological filter and activities like the cooperation with the farmers including groundwater modelling as a reliable tool. With this awareness, the definition of quality criteria will be useful to develop an efficient treatment system and to integrate a management system. A risk based assessment will emphasize the advantages and disadvantages of treatment systems including ozone, filtration, adsorption with activated carbon and membranes. The requirements for a drinking water quality according to the guidelines of the WHO (World Health Organisation) also define the performance of a water-safety-plan and the requirements of the working stuff and the material applied in the treatment and distribution system. The quality management for water includes the interaction and communication with the client and their responsibility for the drinking water quality in sanitation. The communication with the clients and the authorities is of great importance not only in emergency cases. The quality management in the water supply also includes measures for emergency in order to provide the clients with sufficient information and to apply disinfection measures to obtain a safe drinking water quality.

 

Water Procurement (V2) (PO15)

Lecture is in Winter Term
Language: German

Learning Targets:
The students have basics to the theme of water procurement. They know the fundamental items of hydrogeology and the different types of water winning and they are able to assess the quality of a raw water used for drinking water production. They know the fundamentals of the european and german water rights and they are familar with the most important principles of resource protection.

Content:
Basics of hydrogeology:
• Water balance (occurence, supply, consumption)
• Groundwater and aquifers
• Groundwater flow

Water procurement:
• Wells (planning, construction, operation, rehabilitation)
• Springs
• Bank filtration
• Slow sand filtration
• Surface water

Water quality:
• Hydrogeochemical processes
• Inorganic and organic substances
• Groundwater sanitation

Water rights and water protection:
• EU-water frame directive, water laws, drinking water directive
• Application of water rights
• Application of water protection zones

Water Technology (V2+1) (PO15)

Lecture is in Summer Term
Language: German

Learning Targets:
Students know the basics concerning the medium water. On the basis of this knowledge students are able to understand the physical / chemical and microbiological processes in technical water treatment and waste water treatment processes. Students know the common technologies for drinking water treatment, process water treatment and waste water treatment.

Content:
Introduction
Overview of treatment processes for drinking water treatment, process water treatment and waste water treatment,
structure and properties of water,
water as solvent,
equilibria in aqueous systems,
properties of aqueous solutions,
mass action law,
basics of microbiology,
oxidation - reduction processes,
corrosion,
compounds in natural waters.

Waste Water Treatment (V2+Ü1) (PO15)
 
Lecture is in Winter Term
Language: English
Learning Targets:

Students have basic knowledge with regard to the topic waste water treatment. They know the typical analytic wastewater parameters (analytic sum parameters) and know how to assess a wastewater with theses parameters. They are able to describe and explain the different treatment processes which are used for municipal waste water treatment and they are able to design the processes basically.


Content:
One topic of the lecture are the different processes used for municipal wastewater treatment. Another topics are water balances (water demand, waste water production) and the assessment of waste water compounds (origins of waste water, waste water characteristics, waste water compounds, analytics, assessment):
Introduction in waste water treatment
Water cycle, water demand, waste water production
Waste water characteristics, waste water compounds, analytics, law
Mechanical processes
Biological processes
Physical and chemical processes
Sludge treatment

Water - Natural Science Fundamenhtals (V2+Ü1) (PO15)
 
Lecture is in Winter Term
Language: English
Learning Targets:

Students know the common processes for water treatment. They know special structure of water, the physical / chemical properties of water. Students also able to understand the relationships with regard to equilibria in aqueous systems, with regard to carbonic acid systems and carbonate - carbonic acid systems.

Content:
- general introduction,
- overview of processes for water treatment,
- structure and properties of water,
- water as solvent,
- equilibria in aqueous systems,
- properties of aqueous solutions,
- carbonic acid system,
- carbonate - carbonic acid systems,
- oxidation - reduction processes,
- corrosion,
- compounds in natural waters,
- aspects of drinking water quality

Water Treatment 1 (V2+Ü1) (PO15) 

Lecture is in Summer Term
Language: English
Learning Targets:
Students are able to describe and explain the basics and principles of the different processes for water treatment (drinking water, process water) and they know to design the processes basically.
 
Content:
After an overview of the treatment processes used for water treatment and different process combinations main focus is on the following treatment processes:
Flocculation
Deep bed filtration
Adsorption
Membrane filtration
Sedimentation
Sludge treatment 

Water Treatment 2 (V2+Ü1) (PO15) 

Lecture is in Winter Term
Language: English

Learning Targets:
Students are able to describe and explain the basics and principles of the different processes for water treatment (drinking water, process water) and know to design the processes.
 
Content:
Oxidation
Gas exchange
Decarbonisation
Stabilization
Ion exchange