Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste ...

Chair of Hydrochemistry and Hydrobiology
Final Reports of the Chair
Courses for WASTE
• Module: Chemistry and Biology for Environmental
Engineers with the lecture Organic Chemistry
• Module: Industrial Waste Water with the lecture-
Water Analysis and Analytical Quality Control (lecture
and practical laboratory work)
• Module: Sanitary Engineering - Practical Class
• Module: Umweltanalytik-Wasser und Boden
(lecture hold in German)
Courses for WAREM
• Module: Chemistry and Biology for Environmental
Engineers with the lecture Organic Chemistry
• Module: Industrial Waste Water with the lecture-
Water Analysis and Analytical Quality Control (lecture
and practical laboratory work)
• Module: Sanitary Engineering - Practical Class
• Chemische Grundlagen des Gewässerschutzes;
Chemical Fundamentals of Water Resource Protection
• Umweltanalytik II mit Praktikum¸Environmental
Analysis (lecture and practical laboratory work)
Development and Standardization of a test method
for biodegradability of polymers under anoxic
conditions by pressure measurement
The objective of this project was to develop a method
for the evaluation of the biodegradability of polymers
under anoxic (denitrifying) conditions in an aqueous
medium. Thereupon a proposal can be submitted to
the appropriate committees on European and international
level to introduce a new international testing
standard. The existing standards only concern to the
determination of aerobic or anaerobic, but not to the
anoxic biodegradability of polymers. The new approach
will close this gap. The new test method will permit for
instance the examination if a reuse of a waste polymer
as carbon source for the denitrification of a waste water
treatment plant is possible.
International
In co-operation with the Universidade Federal do Paraná,
Curitiba (Brasil) and the Brazilian industry association
SENAI, a postgraduate master program in Environmental
Engineering EDUBRAS (Educação Brasil)
was launched supported by DAAD. Within the scope
of this program the lectures Environmental Chemistry,
Environmental Analysis, Chemistry of Water and
Waste Water and Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment
of Pollutants are offered by Prof. Jörg Metzger from
March 2008 on. This master program conclude after
four semester with a master of science degree.
Within the activities of proficiency testing in analytical
chemistry (AQS Baden-Württemberg) the institute has
co-operations with the following organisations:
• Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig,
Germany
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
• Southern African Development Community Cooperation
in Measurement Traceability, Pretoria,
South Africa
Fig: Determination of the biodegradability under anoxic
conditions
Financing institution:
German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
Project partner:
Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN)
Duration:
04/2008 - 12/2008
Contact:
Dr. Angela Boley
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