Environmental Processes for MSc students

• Calculate concentrations in chemical equilibrium systems with acids and bases, chemical precipitation and complex formation reactions
• Carry out equilibrium calculations in two-phase gas/liquid systems
• Calculate concentrations in systems with sorption and ion exchange
• Explain the content of specifications of water quality and be able to describe the concentrations of important components in water
• Set up mass balances for natural and technical systems and be able to calculate characteristic times
• Conduct calculations – based on mass balances – of transport of water components controlled by advection, diffusion and dispersion, including the transport in porous media
• Interpretation of tracer experiments as a mean for characterizing the hydraulics of environmental systems
• Carry out calculations of reaction kinetics in simple batch reactors
• Calculate concentrations in reactors combining reaction kinetics and mass transport (reactor hydraulics)

Mass balances,chemical equilibria,acids and bases, carbonate chemistry, chemical precipitation, complex formation,phase distributions in two- and three-phase systems (water, solid gas),redox systems,ion exchange,sorption. Flow in porous systems. Soil properties.

A basic course in chemistry (1st year chemistry course) and basic knowledge on Excel

Lectures and exercises.

The course or 12102 is a prerequisite for the majority of the courses in the MSc Environmental Engineering.