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91744 Water Pollution and Wastewater Treatment, Laboratory course
Danish title: Vandforurening og vandrensning, øvelser

Type: Å, Language: D
Credit points: 5 point
Previous course: D6949
Offered by: Department of Applied Chemistry (IFAK)
Compulsory: 91743 (evt. parallelt)
Prerequisite: 91711
Recommended semester: 4th semester
Examination: Approval of exercises and evaluation of report ( godkendt/ikke godkendt)
Contact person: Berit W. Pettersen, IFAK, Building 375, Tel. +45 4525 5455
Aim: The aim of the course is to give the students insight and practical experience in todays problems and methods for water pollution control and wastewater treatment, to such an extent, that they will be able to take part in the development and decision making for their solution.
Contents: Practical control of the water quality in an aquaculture unit. General water purification processes, some of which take place in the rainbow trout farm. Mass balances for Zn, N and P for the trout farm.
The analytical methods comprise: Atomic absorption. Flow injection analysis. Chemical destruction. Biological degradation. Ion selective electrodes for O2, Cl- and H+.
Water quality parameters COD, SS, VSS, TS, TSG. Sedimentation. Biofiltration. Nitrification and de-nitrification. Chemical precipitation. Hyperfiltration (Reverse osmosis).