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TVM4171

Wastewater Treatment

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Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Oral examination

About

About the course

Course content

The course is designed to give a broad theoretical and practical foundation within wastewater treatment. This also includes sludge treatment. An overview of typical wastewater characteristics, how this may affect relevant treatment processes, will be given, in addition to treatment and effluent requirements. The course will cover the theoretical foundation, and practical configurations, design and operation of relevant wastewater treatment processes, including physical-, chemical- and biological processes. It will also focuse on how to combine different treatment processes to meet present and future effluent requirements. Sludge handling and treatment will also be covered.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The students should have knowledge about theory and practical design and operation of treatment plants for wastewater. They should also have knowledge about wastewater effluent requirements, and how these can be met. The sudents should have in-depth process knowledge, how to design and optimise relevant processes, and how to configure processes in a treatment plant. The student should also have knowledge about sludge treatment requirements and the relevant sludge treatment processes to apply.

Skills

The students should have good process knowledge and be able to design wastewater treatment plants for Norwegian and international conditions. This includes obtaining and applying appropriate design values, and making appropriate assumptions when needed.

General competence

The student should have an in-depth knowledge on the relevant processes, and have a good understanding on how to combine and configure the different processes in a treatment plant.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, seminars, study groups and self studies. Compulsory exercises. The lectures and exercises are in English.

Compulsory assignments

  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

Oral exam

Mandatory exercises (approved/not approved)

Course materials

Various text books, lecture notes and other publications.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
TVM4126 5.3 sp Autumn 2016
TVM4145 2.2 sp Autumn 2016
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Water Supply and Wastewater Systems
  • Water and Wastewater Engineering
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Oral examination
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2025

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100 Date 2025-05-19 Time 09:00

Re-sit examination - Summer 2025

Oral examination
Weighting 100/100