Advanced Water and Wastewater Engineering (5 op)

Osaamistavoitteet (Opintojakso)

After completing this course student knows about the major physical, chemical and biological water and wastewater treatment units, such as sedimentation, filtration, coagulation/flocculation, activated sludge, N and P removal, membrane processes, ion exchange, advanced oxidation processes. He/she can perform mass balance calculations related to the units. Knows various natural wastewater treatment systems and the alternative wastewater management options. Can perform simple design of a water/wastewater treatment system for a specific situation.

Sisältö (Opintojakso)

Physical, chemical, and biological unit operations used in water and wastewater treatment, drinking water production, wastewater treatment, and sludge processing, laboratory exercises: activated sludge analysis, activated sludge process, coagulation and flocculation.

Esitietovaatimukset (Opintojakso)

You will be handling real activated sludge during the course, due to which you should be up to date with the Tetanus vaccination before the laboratories.

This course is primarily aimed for the IDEE students and Double Degree students. Before taking this course you should have the Water and Sanitation course and all basic chemistry courses done. Exchange students planning to take the course, has to have experience and training in working in laboratory and should have an introductory water treatment and chemistry courses done before taking this course. If you are an exchange student and you do not have studies the aforementioned courses, you are advised to take Water and Sanitation course instead of this course.

Tenttien ja uusintatenttien ajankohdat

Exam at the end of the course.

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

The course consists of lectures and discussions, exercises, field excursion of which students write report, compulsory laboratory exercise (follow up of a pilot wastewater treatment plant during a study-period: periodical sampling, sample analyses) and exam. The course grade is formed taking into consideration the achievements from assignment and the exam, quality of laboratory report and activity and interest shown throughout the course.

Arviointiasteikko

0-5

Opiskelumuodot ja opetusmenetelmät

Teach-in, field excursion, assignments,laboratory work, group work, exam

Oppimateriaalit

All lecture materials and laboratory instructions are available in Tabula. In addition, there are several good sources available for learning more about the water and wastewater engineering. One very thorough one is a book by George Tchobanoglous, 1987. We recommend you to use e-books available in TAMK library, for example a book by Stephenson and Stuetz, 2009 is a good source and can be accessed as an e-book.
Stephenson, Tom Stuetz, Richard., 2009. Principles of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes. IWA Publishing. Online version available at TAMK library e-books.
Tchobanoglous, G., 1987. Water quality: Characteristics, modeling, modification. repr. with corr. Reading (Mass.): Addison-Wesley.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Contact lectures, exercises 24h
Laboratory exercises, module checking and sample analyses 18 h
Wastewater treatemnt plant visit 4 h
Self study (weakly assignments, pretasks, laboratory report) 85 h
Total 135 h.

Sisällön jaksotus

Physical, chemical and biological water and wastewater treatment units, natural wastewater treatment, alternative wastewater management options, compulsory laboratory exercise running throughout the course.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

If you have completed a similar course elsewhere, please use the TAMK accreditation system.

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

If COVID situation allows, students will visit the water treatment plant and the wastewater treatment plant in Tampere.

Arviointikriteerit - hylätty (0) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

a. Exam and/or laboratory exercises have not been completed.
b. Despite participating in the laboratory exercises and the exam, the achieved competence is insufficient.
This means that, in spite of doing some of the assignments and being able to perform laboratory measurements and experiments under supervision, the student has not shown that they know the basic concepts discussed during the course, or has not shown sufficient skills in reporting the results of the measurements and experiments.

Arviointikriteerit - tyydyttävä (1-2) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

Student participated in the laboratory exercises and the exam. Overall the achieved competence is sufficient but narrow.
This means that
-some of the assignments were done acceptably
-the student is familiar with the basic concepts discussed during the course but often makes mistakes when applying them
-can perform the laboratory measurements and experiments under supervision
-has basic skills in reporting the results of the measurements and experiments

Arviointikriteerit - hyvä (3-4) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

Student participated in the laboratory exercises and the exam. He/she is able to structure relations between observed phenomena and theory behind it.
This means that:
-most of the assignments are completed acceptably
-the exam shows that the student is familiar with the concepts discussed during the course and can apply them in most situations
-is fluent in the basic concepts and phenomena related to the subjects discussed during the course
-can solve model exercise and new exercises correctly
-can perform laboratory measurements and experiments independently
-the reporting of the laboratory results shows that the student attempts to apply the theoretical knowledge in explaining the results
-student is clearly motivated and interested in the subjects discussed

Arviointikriteerit - kiitettävä (5) (Ei käytössä, kts Opintojakson Arviointikriteerit ylempänä)

Student participated in the laboratory exercises and the exam. Overall the achieved competence is wide. This means that:
-the assignments were done excellently
-student is fluent in the basic concepts and phenomena related to the subjects discussed during the course
-can solve model exercise and new exercises correctly, shows creativity in solving tasks
- can perform simple laboratory measurements and experiments independently
-the reporting of the laboratory results shows that the student can apply the theoretical knowledge in explaining the results
-student is clearly motivated and interested in the subjects discussed, eventually brings up new professional subjects