Environmental Processes

• Calculate concentrations in chemical equilibrium systems with acids and bases, chemical precipitation and complex formation reactions
• Carry out equilibrium phase distribution calculations
• 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
• Carry out laboratory experiments and interpret the data in relation to basic reactor parameters
• Carry out calculations of reaction kinetics in simple batch reactors
• Calculate concentrations in reactors combining reaction kinetics and mass transport (reactor hydraulics)
• Communicate aims, theory, methods, results, discissions and conclusions in a technical report
• Carry out an engineering analysis of the concentrations of compounds in a relatively complex system consisting of processes in nature (surface water and groundwater) and in a waterworks

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. Reactor hydraulics, process kinetics, flow in porous systems. Emphasis is put on learning the theoretical principles through practice-oriented activities: project work and lab. exercises. In addition, emphasis is put on communication of results in the form of well-structured reports.

12000, A basic course in chemistry (1st year chemistry course)

Lectures, calculation, exercises, 2 laboratory exercises and project work in groups.

The course is a prerequisite for the majority of the courses in the BSc and MSc Environmental Engineering. As a consequence, it should be taken early during the studies.