Duration
24h Th, 8h Pr, 10h AUTR
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering, professional focus | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Partim « Soil bioremediation » :
Soil contaminations by metallic trace elements: a real case sudy.
Partim "Watewater engineering":
The course is divided into 6 sessions. Four of them include theoretical courses, 1 of them is more interactive and involves a Q&A session and the last one is focused on a lecture gieven by a specialist in wastewater plant design and optimization.
The four theoretical sessions are declined as follow :
Session 1 : introduction and overview about wastewater engineering
Session 2 : basic processes for wastewater treatment
Session 3 : advanced processes for wastewater treatment and valorization
Session 4 : management of microbial communities involved in wastewater treatment
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Partim « Soil bioremediation » : - To know about methodologies for risk assesment linked to contaminated sites ;
- To know the fundamentals of soil remediation solutions ;
- To be able to do a bibliographical synthesis dedicated to identify solutions for soil remediation ;
- To design an appropriate experimental scheme for risk assesment or remediation monitoring
Partim "Watewater engineering":
The main target of the course is to provide the students with a torough knowledge about the design of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) that are actually in use for processing the organic load of wastewater. Through the introduction of basic engineering principles and the presentation of new technologies, the students will also be faced with the actual challenges related to sustainable development and its profound impact on the conception of future WWTPs. Indeed, next-generation WWTPs will be more focused on the valorization of the organic load (i.e. through the utilization of membrane technologies, but also advanced microbial technologies, such as anaerobic communities or photosynthetic microbes).
The course contributes to :
* Select and dimension systems dedicated to water sanitation, site remediation or production of renewable energy ;
* Collect data, implement experiments and interpret results ;
* Design and implement solutions for environmental remediation in the soil-water-plant-atmosphere systems.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Partim « Soil bioremediation » :
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Partim "Watewater engineering":
Basic knowledge in physics chemistry and mathematics, as well as more specific knowledge in microbiology and molecular biology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Presentation of the issues linked to soil remediation by university teachers and professionnals.
- Site visits
- Bibliographic research related to soil contamination and remediation techniques applied in Wallonia
- Design and implementation of an experiment dedicated to the study of specific topics linked to the risk assesment of contaminated sites and soil remediation
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
Partim « soil bioremediation» :
- paper collection-
ADEME, INERIS, ISA-Lille, Mines Saint-Etienne. 2017. Les phytotechnologies appliquées aux sites et sols pollués (nouveaux résultats de recherche et démonstration). 68 pages.
Partim « wastewater engineering» :
Reference book :
IWA book on wastewater treatment 2nd edition, https://www.iwapublishing.com
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Further information:
Partim « Soil bioremediation » :
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Partim "Watewater engineering":
Any session
- In-person
written examination
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Partim "Soil bioremediation":
G. Colinet (gilles.colinet@uliege.be)
Partime "Wastewater engineering":
F. Delvigne (F.Delvigne@uliege.be)