Suchergebnis: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2021
Umweltingenieurwissenschaften Master | ||||||
Vertiefungen | ||||||
Vertiefung Siedlungswasserwirtschaft | ||||||
Obligatorische Module | ||||||
Ecological Systems Design | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
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102-0348-00L | Prospective Environmental Assessments Prerequisite for this lecture is basic knowledge of environmental assessment tools, such as material flow analysis, risk assessment and life cycle assessment. Students without previous knowledge in these areas need to read according textbooks prior to or at the beginning of the lecture. | O | 3 KP | 2G | A. Frömelt, N. Heeren, A. Spörri | |
Kurzbeschreibung | This lecture deals with prospective assessments of emerging technologies as well as with the assessment of long-term environmental impact caused by today's activities. | |||||
Lernziel | - Understanding prospective environmental assessments, including scenario analysis techniques, prospective emission models, dynamic MFA and LCA. - Ability to properly plan and conduct prospective environmental assessment studies, for example on emerging technologies or on technical processes that cause long-term environmental impacts. - Being aware of the uncertainties involved in prospective studies. - Getting to know measures to prevent long-term emissions or impact in case studies - Knowing the arguments in favor and against a temporally differentiated weighting of environmental impacts (discounting) | |||||
Inhalt | - Scenario analysis - Dynamic material flow analysis - Temporal differentiation in LCA - Systems dynamics tools - Assessment of future and present environmental impact - Case studies | |||||
Skript | Lecture slides and further documents will be made available on Moodle. | |||||
Process Engineering in Urban Water Management | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0217-01L | Process Engineering Ib Prerequisite: 102-0217-00L Process Engineering Ia (given in HS). | O | 3 KP | 2G | E. Morgenroth | |
Kurzbeschreibung | The purpose of this course is to build on the fundamental understanding of biological processes and wastewater treatment applications that were studied in Process Engineering Ia. Case studies that are jointly discussed in class and student led projects allow you to advance the understanding and critical analysis of biological treatment processes. | |||||
Lernziel | Students should be able to evaluate existing wastewater treatment plants and future designs using basic process understanding, mathematical modeling tools, and knowledge obtained from the current literature. The students shall be capable to apply and recognize the limits of the kinetic models which have been developed to simulate these systems. | |||||
Inhalt | Advanced modeling of activated sludge systems Nitrification, denitrification, and biological P elimination Enrichment in mixed culture systems using, e.g., selectors Biofilm kinetics and application to full scale plants Critical review of treatment processes | |||||
Skript | Copies of overheads will be made available. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Prerequisite: 102-0217-00 Process Engineering Ia (held in HS). | |||||
102-0218-00L | Process Engineering II (Physical-Chemical Processes) | O | 6 KP | 4G | K. M. Udert | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Beschreibung und Entwurf physikalisch-chemischer und biologischer Verfahren und Verfahrenskombinationen zur Trinkwasseraufbereitung und Abwasserreinigung | |||||
Lernziel | Verständnis für kritische Wasserqualitätsparameter in Trinkwasserressourcen und Abwasser und Kenntnis der verfahrenstechnischen Möglichkeiten zu deren Elimination. Mit Schwerpunkt auf physikalisch-chemischen Verfahren soll das Prozessverständnis geschult werden und Berechnungsgrundlagen für den Entwurf von Behandlungsverfahren und Verfahrensketten erarbeitet werden. | |||||
Inhalt | Folgende Verfahren und Verfahrenskombinationen werden detailliert behandelt: Gasaustausch Partikelcharakterisierung Sedimentation Flockung Filtration Membranprozesse Fällungsprozesse Chemische Oxidation und Desinfektion Ionenaustausch Aktivkohleadsorption Prozesskombinationen Abwasser Prozesskombinationen Trinkwasser | |||||
Literatur | M&E: Tchobanoglous, G., Stensel, H.D., Tsuchihashi, R. and Burton, F.L., 2013. Wastewater engineering: treatment and resource recovery. 5th edition. Volume 1 & 2. New York, McGraw-Hill. MWH: Crittenden, J.C., Trussel, R.R., Hand, D.W., Howe, K., Tchobanoglous, G., 2012. MWH's water treatment principles and design, 3rd edition. ed. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Voraussetzung: Besuch der Vorlesung Process Engineering Ia | |||||
Systems Analysis in Urban Water Management Das Modul wird im Herbstsemester angeboten. | ||||||
Water Infrastructure Planning and Stormwater Management | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0248-00L | Infrastructure Systems in Urban Water Management Prerequisites: 102-0214-02L Urban Water Management I and 102-0215-00L Urban Water Management II. | O | 3 KP | 2G | J. P. Leitão Correia , M. Maurer, A. Scheidegger | |
Kurzbeschreibung | An increasing demand for infrastructure management skills can be observed in the environmental engineering practice. This course gives an introductory overview of infrastructure management skills needed for urban water infrastructures, with a specific focus on performance, risk and engineering economics analyses. | |||||
Lernziel | After successfully finishing the course, the participants will have the following skills and knowledge: - Know the key principles of infrastructure management - Know the basics of performance and risk assessment - Can perform basic engineering economic analysis - Know how to quantify the future rehabilitation needs | |||||
Inhalt | The nationwide coverage of water distribution and wastewater treatment is one of the major public works achievements in Switzerland and other countries. Annually and per person, 135,000 L of drinking water is produced and distributed and over 535,000 L of stormwater and wastewater is drained. These impressive services are done with a pipe network with a length of almost 200,000 km and a total replacement value of 30,000 CHF per capita. Water services in Switzerland are moving from a phase of new constructions into one of maintenance and optimization. The aim today must be to ensure that existing infrastructure is professionally maintained, to reduce costs, and to ensure the implementation of modern, improved technologies and approaches. These challenging tasks call for sound expertise and professional management. This course gives an introduction into basic principles of water infrastructure management. The focus is primarily on Switzerland, but most methods and conclusions are valid for many other countries. | |||||
Skript | The script 'Engineering Economics for Public Water Utilities' can be downloaded from the moodle course page. | |||||
Vertiefung Umwelttechnologien | ||||||
Obligatorische Module | ||||||
Air Quality Control | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0368-00L | Air Quality and Aerosol Mechanics Prerequisite: Strongly recommended: 102-0635-01L Luftreinhaltung (Air Pollution Control) or similar lectures | O | 3 KP | 2G | J. Wang | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Air quality has direct effect on public health and life quality. Both gaseous and particulate pollutants affect the air quality. Aerosols, solid or liquid particles suspended in the air, play important roles in atmospheric sciences and air pollution. This course covers aerosol mechanical, optical and electrical properties, and measurement and control technologies. | |||||
Lernziel | The students understand the effects of airborne particulate and gaseous pollutants on air quality. The students gain fundamental knowledge on mechanics governing mechanical, optical and electrical properties of aerosols. Aerosol behaviors including diffusion, coagulation, condensation, charging and evaporation are discussed. The students understand basic principles to generate, sample, measure and control airborne particles. The students learn state-of-the-art instruments for air-borne particles from micrometer to nanometer size range. | |||||
Inhalt | Properties of Gases. Uniform Particle Motion. Particle Size Statistics. Straight-Line Acceleration and Curvilinear Particle Motion. Brownian Motion and Diffusion. Filtration. Aerosol Deposition in Respiratory System Sampling and Measurement of Concentration. Coagulation. Condensation and Evaporation. Electrical Properties. Optical Properties. Microscopic Measurement of Particle Size. Production of Test Aerosols. | |||||
Skript | The following text book is strongly recommended Hinds, W.C. Aerosol Technology: Properties, Behavior, and Measurement of Airborne Particles, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Edition - February 1999. | |||||
Literatur | Hinds, W.C. Aerosol Technology: Properties, Behavior, and Measurement of Airborne Particles, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Edition - February 1999. Friedlander, S.K. Smoke, Dust, and Haze: Fundamentals of Aerosol Dynamics, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, March 2000. Seinfeld, J.H. and Pandis, S.N. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, from Air Pollution to Climate Change, 2nd edition, 2006. Journal of Aerosol Science Aerosol Science and Technology Environmental Science and Technology Atmospheric Environment Environmental Health Perspectives Science of the Total Environment Journal of Nanoparticle Research | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | strongly recommended: 102-0635-01L Luftreinhaltung (Air Pollution Control) or similar | |||||
102-0347-00L | Air Quality and Health Impact | O | 3 KP | 2G | H. W. Schleibinger, J. Wang, Y. Yue | |
Kurzbeschreibung | The air quality of both indoor and outdoor environments impacts the human health. Air pollution has been correlated to excess mortality and led to numerous air quality standards. This lecture covers indoor air pollutants, design of building air handling system, fundamentals of human respiratory system, toxicity and health impact of air pollutants, and personal protection. | |||||
Lernziel | The students learn to access the volatile emission spectrum from building material; detect, evaluate and refurbish mould damage; assess the benefits and potential risks of HVAC systems in terms of indoor air quality. The student will also understand the fundamentals of human respiratory system and causes of adverse health impact; analyze the mechanisms of different toxic effects; and select proper protection equipment against air pollutants. | |||||
Inhalt | - Indoor air contaminants - Mould growth, detection, and refurbishment - Health effects of indoor air contaminants - Sick building syndrome and building related illness - Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality - Design of air handling systems and their impact on IAQ - Analytical methods for determining IAQ - Fundamentals of human respiratory system - Particles induced diseases - Asbestosis and silicosis - Health impact caused by ozone, NOx and other pollutants - Toxicity of (engineered) nanomaterials - Personal protection equipment - Air pollutants: particle matter, gases and bioaerosols | |||||
Literatur | Lists of suitable books and papers will be provided in the lecture. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | strongly recommended: 102-0635-01L Luftreinhaltung (Air Pollution Control) or similar | |||||
Process Engineering in Urban Water Management | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0217-01L | Process Engineering Ib Prerequisite: 102-0217-00L Process Engineering Ia (given in HS). | O | 3 KP | 2G | E. Morgenroth | |
Kurzbeschreibung | The purpose of this course is to build on the fundamental understanding of biological processes and wastewater treatment applications that were studied in Process Engineering Ia. Case studies that are jointly discussed in class and student led projects allow you to advance the understanding and critical analysis of biological treatment processes. | |||||
Lernziel | Students should be able to evaluate existing wastewater treatment plants and future designs using basic process understanding, mathematical modeling tools, and knowledge obtained from the current literature. The students shall be capable to apply and recognize the limits of the kinetic models which have been developed to simulate these systems. | |||||
Inhalt | Advanced modeling of activated sludge systems Nitrification, denitrification, and biological P elimination Enrichment in mixed culture systems using, e.g., selectors Biofilm kinetics and application to full scale plants Critical review of treatment processes | |||||
Skript | Copies of overheads will be made available. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Prerequisite: 102-0217-00 Process Engineering Ia (held in HS). | |||||
102-0218-00L | Process Engineering II (Physical-Chemical Processes) | O | 6 KP | 4G | K. M. Udert | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Beschreibung und Entwurf physikalisch-chemischer und biologischer Verfahren und Verfahrenskombinationen zur Trinkwasseraufbereitung und Abwasserreinigung | |||||
Lernziel | Verständnis für kritische Wasserqualitätsparameter in Trinkwasserressourcen und Abwasser und Kenntnis der verfahrenstechnischen Möglichkeiten zu deren Elimination. Mit Schwerpunkt auf physikalisch-chemischen Verfahren soll das Prozessverständnis geschult werden und Berechnungsgrundlagen für den Entwurf von Behandlungsverfahren und Verfahrensketten erarbeitet werden. | |||||
Inhalt | Folgende Verfahren und Verfahrenskombinationen werden detailliert behandelt: Gasaustausch Partikelcharakterisierung Sedimentation Flockung Filtration Membranprozesse Fällungsprozesse Chemische Oxidation und Desinfektion Ionenaustausch Aktivkohleadsorption Prozesskombinationen Abwasser Prozesskombinationen Trinkwasser | |||||
Literatur | M&E: Tchobanoglous, G., Stensel, H.D., Tsuchihashi, R. and Burton, F.L., 2013. Wastewater engineering: treatment and resource recovery. 5th edition. Volume 1 & 2. New York, McGraw-Hill. MWH: Crittenden, J.C., Trussel, R.R., Hand, D.W., Howe, K., Tchobanoglous, G., 2012. MWH's water treatment principles and design, 3rd edition. ed. Wiley, Hoboken, N.J. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Voraussetzung: Besuch der Vorlesung Process Engineering Ia | |||||
Systems Analysis in Urban Water Management Das Modul wird im Herbstsemester angeboten. | ||||||
Waste Management | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0338-01L | Waste Management and Circular Economy | O | 3 KP | 2G | M. Haupt, U. Baier | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Understanding the fundamental concepts of advanced waste management and circular economy and, in more detail, on biological processes for waste treatment. Application of concepts on various waste streams, including household and industrial waste streams. Insights into environmental aspects of different waste treatment technologies and waste economy. | |||||
Lernziel | The purpose of this course is to study the fundamental concepts of waste management in Switzerland and globally and learn about new concepts such as Circular Economy. In-depth knowledge on biological processes for waste treatments should be acquired and applied in case studies. Based on this course, you should be able to understand national waste management strategies and related treatment technologies. Treatment plants and valorization concepts for biomass and organic waste should be understood. Furthermore, future designs of waste treatment processes can be evaluated using basic process understanding and knowledge obtained from the current literature. | |||||
Inhalt | National waste management Waste as a resource Circular Economy Assessment tools for waste management strategies Plastic recycling Thermal waste treatment Emerging technologies Organic Wastes in Switzerland Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Composting process technologies Organic Waste Hygiene Product Quality & Use Waste Economy and environmental aspects | |||||
Skript | Handouts Exercises based on literature | |||||
Literatur | Deublein, D. and Steinhauser, A. (2011): Biogas from Waste and Renewable Resources: An Introduction. 2nd Edition, Wiley VCH, Weinheim. --> One of the leading books on the subject of anaerobic digestion and biogas, covering all aspects from biochemical and microbial basics to planning and running of biogas plants as well as different technology concepts and biogas upgrade & utilization. We will be using selected chapters only in this course. Lohri, C.R., S. Diener, I. Zabaleta, A. Mertenat, and C. Zurbrügg. 2017. Treatment technologies for urban solid biowaste to create value products: a review with focus on low- and middle-income settings. Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology 16(1): 81–130. Haupt, M., C. Vadenbo, and S. Hellweg. 2017. Do We Have the Right Performance Indicators for the Circular Economy?: Insight into the Swiss Waste Management System. Journal of Industrial Ecology 21(3): 615–627. Schweizerische Qualitätsrichtlinie 2010 der Branche für Kompost und Gärgut: Link More information about biowaste treatment in Switzerland (www.cvis.ch) and Europe (www.compostnetwork.info and www.ecn-qas.eu) | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | There will be complementary exercises going along with some of the lectures, which focus on real life aspects of waste management. Some of the exercises will be solved during lessons whereas others will have to be dealt with as homework. To pass the course and to achieve credits it is required to pass the examination successfully (Mark 4 or higher). The written examination covers all topics of the course and is based on handouts and on selected literature | |||||
Vertiefung Ressourcenmanagement | ||||||
Obligatorische Module | ||||||
Ecological Systems Design | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0348-00L | Prospective Environmental Assessments Prerequisite for this lecture is basic knowledge of environmental assessment tools, such as material flow analysis, risk assessment and life cycle assessment. Students without previous knowledge in these areas need to read according textbooks prior to or at the beginning of the lecture. | O | 3 KP | 2G | A. Frömelt, N. Heeren, A. Spörri | |
Kurzbeschreibung | This lecture deals with prospective assessments of emerging technologies as well as with the assessment of long-term environmental impact caused by today's activities. | |||||
Lernziel | - Understanding prospective environmental assessments, including scenario analysis techniques, prospective emission models, dynamic MFA and LCA. - Ability to properly plan and conduct prospective environmental assessment studies, for example on emerging technologies or on technical processes that cause long-term environmental impacts. - Being aware of the uncertainties involved in prospective studies. - Getting to know measures to prevent long-term emissions or impact in case studies - Knowing the arguments in favor and against a temporally differentiated weighting of environmental impacts (discounting) | |||||
Inhalt | - Scenario analysis - Dynamic material flow analysis - Temporal differentiation in LCA - Systems dynamics tools - Assessment of future and present environmental impact - Case studies | |||||
Skript | Lecture slides and further documents will be made available on Moodle. | |||||
Groundwater | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0448-00L | Groundwater II | O | 6 KP | 4G | M. Willmann, J. Jimenez-Martinez | |
Kurzbeschreibung | The course is based on the course 'Groundwater I' and is a prerequisite for a deeper understanding of groundwater flow and contaminant transport problems with a strong emphasis on numerical modeling. | |||||
Lernziel | The course should enable students to understand advanced concepts of groundwater flow and transport and to apply groundwater flow and transport modelling. the student should be able to a) formulate practical flow and contaminant transport problems. b) solve steady-state and transient flow and transport problems in 2 and 3 spatial dimensions using numerical codes based on the finite difference method and the finite element methods. c) solve simple inverse flow problems for parameter estimation given measurements. d) assess simple multiphase flow problems. e) assess spatial variability of parameters and use of stochastic techniques in this task. f) assess simple coupled reactive transport problems. | |||||
Inhalt | Introduction and basic flow and contaminant transport equation. Numerical solution of the 3D flow equation using the finite difference method. Numerical solution to the flow equation using the finite element equation Numerical solution to the transport equation using the finite difference method. Alternative methods for transport modeling like method of characteristics and the random walk method. Two-phase flow and Unsaturated flow problems. Spatial variability of parameters and its geostatistical representation -geostatistics and stochastic modelling. Reactive transport modelling. | |||||
Skript | Handouts | |||||
Literatur | - Anderson, M. and W. Woessner, Applied Groundwater Modeling, Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 448 p., 2002 - J. Bear and A. Cheng, Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport, Springer, 2010 - Appelo, C.A.J. and D. Postma, Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution, Second Edition, Taylor & Francis, 2005 - Rubin, Y., Applied Stochastic Hydrology, Oxford University Press, 2003 - Chiang und Kinzelbach, 3-D Groundwater Modeling with PMWIN. Springer, 2001. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Each afternoon will be divided into 2 h of lectures and 2h of exercises. Two thirds of the exercises of the course are organized as a computer workshop to get hands-on experience with groundwater modelling. | |||||
701-1240-00L | Modelling Environmental Pollutants | O | 3 KP | 2G | M. Scheringer, C. Bogdal | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Modeling the emissions, transport, partitioning and transformation/degradation of chemical contaminants in air, water and soil. | |||||
Lernziel | This course is intended for students who are interested in the environmental fate and transport of volatile and semi-volatile organic chemicals and exposure to pollutants in environmental media including air, water, soil and biota. The course focuses on the theory and application of mass-balance models of environmental pollutants. These models are quantitative tools for describing, understanding, and predicting the way pollutants interact with the environment. Important topics include thermodynamic and kinetic descriptions of chemical behavior in environmental systems; mechanisms of chemical degradation in air and other media; novel approaches to modeling chemical fate in a variety of environments, including lakes and rivers, generic regions, and at the global scale, and application of mass balance modeling principles to describe bioaccumulation of pollutants by fish and mammals. | |||||
Inhalt | Application of mass balance principles to chemicals in a system of coupled environmental media. Measurement and estimation of physico-chemical properties that determine the environmental behavior of chemicals. Thermodynamic and kinetic controls on the behavior of pollutants. Modeling environmental persistence, bioaccumulation and long-range transport potential of chemicals, including a review of available empirical data on various degradation processes. Current issues in multimedia contaminant fate modeling and a case study of the student's choice. | |||||
Skript | Material to support the lectures will be distributed during the course. | |||||
Literatur | There is no required text. The following texts are useful for background reading and additional information. D. Mackay. Multimedia Environmental Models: The Fugacity Approach, 2nd Ed. 2001. CRC Press. R. P. Schwarzenbach, P. M. Gschwend, D. M. Imboden. Environmental Organic Chemistry. 2nd Ed. 2003, John Wiley & Sons. M. Scheringer. Persistence and spatial range of environmental chemicals: New ethical and scientific concepts for risk assessment. 2002. Wiley-VCH. | |||||
Waste Management | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0338-01L | Waste Management and Circular Economy | O | 3 KP | 2G | M. Haupt, U. Baier | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Understanding the fundamental concepts of advanced waste management and circular economy and, in more detail, on biological processes for waste treatment. Application of concepts on various waste streams, including household and industrial waste streams. Insights into environmental aspects of different waste treatment technologies and waste economy. | |||||
Lernziel | The purpose of this course is to study the fundamental concepts of waste management in Switzerland and globally and learn about new concepts such as Circular Economy. In-depth knowledge on biological processes for waste treatments should be acquired and applied in case studies. Based on this course, you should be able to understand national waste management strategies and related treatment technologies. Treatment plants and valorization concepts for biomass and organic waste should be understood. Furthermore, future designs of waste treatment processes can be evaluated using basic process understanding and knowledge obtained from the current literature. | |||||
Inhalt | National waste management Waste as a resource Circular Economy Assessment tools for waste management strategies Plastic recycling Thermal waste treatment Emerging technologies Organic Wastes in Switzerland Anaerobic Digestion & Biogas Composting process technologies Organic Waste Hygiene Product Quality & Use Waste Economy and environmental aspects | |||||
Skript | Handouts Exercises based on literature | |||||
Literatur | Deublein, D. and Steinhauser, A. (2011): Biogas from Waste and Renewable Resources: An Introduction. 2nd Edition, Wiley VCH, Weinheim. --> One of the leading books on the subject of anaerobic digestion and biogas, covering all aspects from biochemical and microbial basics to planning and running of biogas plants as well as different technology concepts and biogas upgrade & utilization. We will be using selected chapters only in this course. Lohri, C.R., S. Diener, I. Zabaleta, A. Mertenat, and C. Zurbrügg. 2017. Treatment technologies for urban solid biowaste to create value products: a review with focus on low- and middle-income settings. Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology 16(1): 81–130. Haupt, M., C. Vadenbo, and S. Hellweg. 2017. Do We Have the Right Performance Indicators for the Circular Economy?: Insight into the Swiss Waste Management System. Journal of Industrial Ecology 21(3): 615–627. Schweizerische Qualitätsrichtlinie 2010 der Branche für Kompost und Gärgut: Link More information about biowaste treatment in Switzerland (www.cvis.ch) and Europe (www.compostnetwork.info and www.ecn-qas.eu) | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | There will be complementary exercises going along with some of the lectures, which focus on real life aspects of waste management. Some of the exercises will be solved during lessons whereas others will have to be dealt with as homework. To pass the course and to achieve credits it is required to pass the examination successfully (Mark 4 or higher). The written examination covers all topics of the course and is based on handouts and on selected literature | |||||
Water Resources Management | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0488-00L | Water Resources Management | O | 3 KP | 2G | A. Castelletti | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Modern engineering approach to problems of sustainable water resources, planning and management of water allocation requires the understanding of modelling techniques that allow to account for comprehensive water uses (thereby including ecological needs) and stakeholders needs, long-term analysis and optimization. The course presents the most relevant approaches to address these problems. | |||||
Lernziel | The course provides the essential knowledge and tools of water resources planning and management. Core of the course are the concepts of data analysis, simulation, optimization and reliability assessment in relation to water projects and sustainable water resources management. | |||||
Inhalt | The course is organized in four parts. Part 1 is a general introduction to the purposes and aims of sustainable water resources management, problem understanding and tools identification. Part 2 recalls Time Series Analysis and Linear Stochastic Models. An introduction to Nonlinear Time Series Analysis and related techniques will then be made in order to broaden the vision of how determinism and stochasticity might sign hydrological and geophysical variables. Part 3 deals with the optimal allocation of water resources and introduces to several tools traditionally used in WRM, such as linear and dynamic programming. Special attention will be devoted to optimization (deterministic and stochastic) and compared to simulation techniques as design methods for allocation of water resources in complex and competitive systems, with focus on sustainability and stakeholders needs. Part 4 will introduce to basic indexes used in economical and reliability analyses, and will focus on multicriteria analysis methods as a tool to assess the reliability of water systems in relation to design alternatives. | |||||
Skript | A copy of the lecture handouts will be available on the webpage of the course. Complementary documentation in the form of scientific and technical articles, as well as excerpts from books will be also made available. | |||||
Literatur | A number of book chapters and paper articles will be listed and suggested to read. They will also be part of discussion during the oral examination. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Suggested relevant courses: Hydrologie I (or a similar content course) and Wasserhaushalt (Teil "Wasserwirtschaft", 4. Sem. UmweltIng., or a similar content course) for those students not belonging to Environmental Engineering. | |||||
Vertiefung Wasserwirtschaft | ||||||
Obligatorische Module | ||||||
Flow and Transport | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
101-0269-00L | River Morphodynamic Modelling | O | 3 KP | 2G | D. F. Vetsch, D. Vanzo | |
Kurzbeschreibung | The course teaches the basics of morphodynamic modelling, relevant for civil and environmental engineers. The governing equations for sediment transport in open channels and corresponding numerical solution strategies are introduced. The theoretical parts are discussed by examples. | |||||
Lernziel | The goal of the course is twofold. First, the students develop a throughout understanding of the basics of river morphodynamic processes. Second, they get familiar with numerical tools for the simulations in one- and two-dimensions of morphodynamics. | |||||
Inhalt | - fundamentals of river morphodynamics (Exner equation, bed-load, suspended-load) - aggradation and degradation processes - river bars - non-uniform sediment morphodynamics: the Hirano model - short and long term response of gravel bed rivers to change in sediment supply | |||||
Skript | Lecture notes, slides shown in the lecture and software can be downloaded | |||||
Literatur | Citations will be given in lecture. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Exercises are based on the simulation software BASEMENT (www.basement.ethz.ch), the open-source GIS Qgis (www.qgis.org) and code examples written in MATLAB and Python. The applications comprise one- and two-dimensional approaches for the modelling of flow and sediment transport. Requirements: Numerical Hydraulics, River Engineering, MATLAB and/or Python programming skills would be an advantage. | |||||
Groundwater | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0448-00L | Groundwater II | O | 6 KP | 4G | M. Willmann, J. Jimenez-Martinez | |
Kurzbeschreibung | The course is based on the course 'Groundwater I' and is a prerequisite for a deeper understanding of groundwater flow and contaminant transport problems with a strong emphasis on numerical modeling. | |||||
Lernziel | The course should enable students to understand advanced concepts of groundwater flow and transport and to apply groundwater flow and transport modelling. the student should be able to a) formulate practical flow and contaminant transport problems. b) solve steady-state and transient flow and transport problems in 2 and 3 spatial dimensions using numerical codes based on the finite difference method and the finite element methods. c) solve simple inverse flow problems for parameter estimation given measurements. d) assess simple multiphase flow problems. e) assess spatial variability of parameters and use of stochastic techniques in this task. f) assess simple coupled reactive transport problems. | |||||
Inhalt | Introduction and basic flow and contaminant transport equation. Numerical solution of the 3D flow equation using the finite difference method. Numerical solution to the flow equation using the finite element equation Numerical solution to the transport equation using the finite difference method. Alternative methods for transport modeling like method of characteristics and the random walk method. Two-phase flow and Unsaturated flow problems. Spatial variability of parameters and its geostatistical representation -geostatistics and stochastic modelling. Reactive transport modelling. | |||||
Skript | Handouts | |||||
Literatur | - Anderson, M. and W. Woessner, Applied Groundwater Modeling, Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 448 p., 2002 - J. Bear and A. Cheng, Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport, Springer, 2010 - Appelo, C.A.J. and D. Postma, Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution, Second Edition, Taylor & Francis, 2005 - Rubin, Y., Applied Stochastic Hydrology, Oxford University Press, 2003 - Chiang und Kinzelbach, 3-D Groundwater Modeling with PMWIN. Springer, 2001. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Each afternoon will be divided into 2 h of lectures and 2h of exercises. Two thirds of the exercises of the course are organized as a computer workshop to get hands-on experience with groundwater modelling. | |||||
701-1240-00L | Modelling Environmental Pollutants | O | 3 KP | 2G | M. Scheringer, C. Bogdal | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Modeling the emissions, transport, partitioning and transformation/degradation of chemical contaminants in air, water and soil. | |||||
Lernziel | This course is intended for students who are interested in the environmental fate and transport of volatile and semi-volatile organic chemicals and exposure to pollutants in environmental media including air, water, soil and biota. The course focuses on the theory and application of mass-balance models of environmental pollutants. These models are quantitative tools for describing, understanding, and predicting the way pollutants interact with the environment. Important topics include thermodynamic and kinetic descriptions of chemical behavior in environmental systems; mechanisms of chemical degradation in air and other media; novel approaches to modeling chemical fate in a variety of environments, including lakes and rivers, generic regions, and at the global scale, and application of mass balance modeling principles to describe bioaccumulation of pollutants by fish and mammals. | |||||
Inhalt | Application of mass balance principles to chemicals in a system of coupled environmental media. Measurement and estimation of physico-chemical properties that determine the environmental behavior of chemicals. Thermodynamic and kinetic controls on the behavior of pollutants. Modeling environmental persistence, bioaccumulation and long-range transport potential of chemicals, including a review of available empirical data on various degradation processes. Current issues in multimedia contaminant fate modeling and a case study of the student's choice. | |||||
Skript | Material to support the lectures will be distributed during the course. | |||||
Literatur | There is no required text. The following texts are useful for background reading and additional information. D. Mackay. Multimedia Environmental Models: The Fugacity Approach, 2nd Ed. 2001. CRC Press. R. P. Schwarzenbach, P. M. Gschwend, D. M. Imboden. Environmental Organic Chemistry. 2nd Ed. 2003, John Wiley & Sons. M. Scheringer. Persistence and spatial range of environmental chemicals: New ethical and scientific concepts for risk assessment. 2002. Wiley-VCH. | |||||
Landscape | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0617-01L | Methodologies for Image Processing of Remote Sensing Data | O | 3 KP | 2G | I. Hajnsek, O. Frey, S. Li | |
Kurzbeschreibung | The aim of this course is to get an overview of several methodologies/algorithms for analysis of different sensor specific information products. It is focused at students that like to deepen their knowledge and understanding of remote sensing for environmental applications. | |||||
Lernziel | The course is divided into two main parts, starting with a brief introduction to remote sensing imaging (4 lectures), and is followed by an introduction to different methodologies (8 lectures) for the quantitative estimation of bio-/geo-physical parameters. The main idea is to deepen the knowledge in remote sensing tools in order to be able to understand the information products, with respect to quality and accuracy. | |||||
Inhalt | Each lecture will be composed of two parts: Theory: During the first hour, we go trough the main concepts needed to understand the specific algorithm. Practice: During the second hour, the student will test/develop the actual algorithm over some real datasets using Matlab. The student will not be asked to write all the code from scratch (especially during the first lectures), but we will provide some script with missing parts or pseudo-code. However, in the later lectures the student is supposed to build up some working libraries. | |||||
Skript | Handouts for each topic will be provided. | |||||
Literatur | Suggested readings: T. M. Lillesand, R.W. Kiefer, J.W. Chipman, Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, John Wiley & Sons Verlag, 2008 J. R. Jensen, Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective, Prentice Hall Series in Geograpic Information Science, 2000 | |||||
Water Resources Management | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
102-0488-00L | Water Resources Management | O | 3 KP | 2G | A. Castelletti | |
Kurzbeschreibung | Modern engineering approach to problems of sustainable water resources, planning and management of water allocation requires the understanding of modelling techniques that allow to account for comprehensive water uses (thereby including ecological needs) and stakeholders needs, long-term analysis and optimization. The course presents the most relevant approaches to address these problems. | |||||
Lernziel | The course provides the essential knowledge and tools of water resources planning and management. Core of the course are the concepts of data analysis, simulation, optimization and reliability assessment in relation to water projects and sustainable water resources management. | |||||
Inhalt | The course is organized in four parts. Part 1 is a general introduction to the purposes and aims of sustainable water resources management, problem understanding and tools identification. Part 2 recalls Time Series Analysis and Linear Stochastic Models. An introduction to Nonlinear Time Series Analysis and related techniques will then be made in order to broaden the vision of how determinism and stochasticity might sign hydrological and geophysical variables. Part 3 deals with the optimal allocation of water resources and introduces to several tools traditionally used in WRM, such as linear and dynamic programming. Special attention will be devoted to optimization (deterministic and stochastic) and compared to simulation techniques as design methods for allocation of water resources in complex and competitive systems, with focus on sustainability and stakeholders needs. Part 4 will introduce to basic indexes used in economical and reliability analyses, and will focus on multicriteria analysis methods as a tool to assess the reliability of water systems in relation to design alternatives. | |||||
Skript | A copy of the lecture handouts will be available on the webpage of the course. Complementary documentation in the form of scientific and technical articles, as well as excerpts from books will be also made available. | |||||
Literatur | A number of book chapters and paper articles will be listed and suggested to read. They will also be part of discussion during the oral examination. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Suggested relevant courses: Hydrologie I (or a similar content course) and Wasserhaushalt (Teil "Wasserwirtschaft", 4. Sem. UmweltIng., or a similar content course) for those students not belonging to Environmental Engineering. | |||||
Vertiefung Fluss- und Wasserbau | ||||||
Obligatorische Module | ||||||
Flow and Transport | ||||||
Nummer | Titel | Typ | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
101-0269-00L | River Morphodynamic Modelling | O | 3 KP | 2G | D. F. Vetsch, D. Vanzo | |
Kurzbeschreibung | The course teaches the basics of morphodynamic modelling, relevant for civil and environmental engineers. The governing equations for sediment transport in open channels and corresponding numerical solution strategies are introduced. The theoretical parts are discussed by examples. | |||||
Lernziel | The goal of the course is twofold. First, the students develop a throughout understanding of the basics of river morphodynamic processes. Second, they get familiar with numerical tools for the simulations in one- and two-dimensions of morphodynamics. | |||||
Inhalt | - fundamentals of river morphodynamics (Exner equation, bed-load, suspended-load) - aggradation and degradation processes - river bars - non-uniform sediment morphodynamics: the Hirano model - short and long term response of gravel bed rivers to change in sediment supply | |||||
Skript | Lecture notes, slides shown in the lecture and software can be downloaded | |||||
Literatur | Citations will be given in lecture. | |||||
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Exercises are based on the simulation software BASEMENT (www.basement.ethz.ch), the open-source GIS Qgis (www.qgis.org) and code examples written in MATLAB and Python. The applications comprise one- and two-dimensional approaches for the modelling of flow and sediment transport. Requirements: Numerical Hydraulics, River Engineering, MATLAB and/or Python programming skills would be an advantage. |
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