3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4017210ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under agreement for exchange of courses
Faculty
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Department
Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry
External partners
Université libre de Bruxelles
Educational team
Benoît Haut (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

1. Introduction: histrorical aspects, watercycles, potable water. (2h, ULB)
2. Hydrogeology: waterinfiltration, sources, groundwater, surfacewater. (4h, VUB, O. Battelaan)
3. Chemistry and biochemistry of water: quality norms, desinfectionmethods, biochemical and chemical treatment) (4h, VUB. H. Verelst)
4. Calculation and technology of distributionsystems and sewers. (4h, ULB)
5. Mechanical unit operations in water treatment: flocculaton, filtraton, sedimentation, ozonation. (4h, ULB)
6. Tretment of municipal wastewater. Norms, methods. (2h, ULB)
7. Civil engineering aspects of watertransport systems. (2h, VUB, W. Bauwens)
8. Technology and calculation of collectorunits (2h, VUB. W. Bauwens)
9. Organised plant visits. Drinkwatercaptation: surface and groundwater. Watercollectorsystems, water treatment plant. (12h)

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Cursus kadert in het aanbieden vanwege van bedrijf Vivaqua (Brusselse Maatschappij voor watervoorziening)
Digital course material (Required) : Nota's en transparanten ter beschikking gesteld tijdens de les.
Additional info
Course notes and slides used during class sessions.
Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

Free elective course, related to the external Vivaqua chair. Integrated course concerning water purification and tretment: from source till emission. (12 hours course at VUB, 12 hours course at ULB, 12 hours of plant visits)

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • mondeling examen with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Mondeling examen met schriftelijke voorbereiding (3 tot 4 vragen). Examen gebeurt naar keuze van de student in de respectievelijke taal waarin een bepaald deel is gedoceerd, of volledig in het Nederlands.

Additional info regarding evaluation
Oral exam with written preparation. 3 up to 4 questions. Student can make a choose for the exam language: Dutch or French, or both.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Civil Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Architectural Engineering: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Chemical and Materials Engineering: Profile Process Technology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Chemical and Materials Engineering: PR Profile Materials (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Chemical and Materials Engineering: Profile Materials
Master of Chemical and Materials Engineering: Profile Process Technology
Master of Civil Engineering: Standaard traject (BRUFACE)
Master of Architectural Engineering: default