Degree/Certificate: Master of science (M. sc.)
Course begins: October 2006
Application Deadline: For DAAD-scholarships December 1st 2005, self-paying students June 30th 2006
Course duration: 24 months
Course language: English
Participants: max. 25
Course fees: 7372 € /year

Course focus:
The programme is a multidisciplinary approach to the planning andmanagement as well as to the process engineering aspects of publicutilities for gas, water and waste treatment and disposal withparticular reference to developing countries. The courses havecomponents in natural sciences, advanced and appropriate technology,socio-economics and management; its objective is to encourage studentsto integrate regional requirements while taking into account thelong-range preservation of the environment. The programme comprisesfour six-month terms (semester): The first term has its focus onfundamentals of process engineering and on the economics related toutility facilities. In the second and third term, courses emphasize thepractical aspects and allow for some specialization in the desiredfield of study. During the 4th semester, the students are required towrite a thesis (research project) in order to develop and demonstratetheir ability to analyse systems and to work on an appropriate approachto a given problem. A study unit consists of lectures, seminars,tutorials and/or guided applications, course work and study tours. Inaddition to the mandatory syllabus, four optional courses are offered,among which two must be selected for specialization in selected areas.

Curriculum:
1. Basic experimental work: Titrimetric, electrometric andspectrometric studies; calibration, flow rate measurements of gaseousand liquid fuels; velocity, pressure and temperature measurements
2. Phenomena of storage, transport and conversion I: Conservation ofmass, energy and momentum; Coupling chemical and thermal analyses ofreacting systems
3. Phenomena of storage, transport and conversion II: Transport ofmass, energy and momentum in turbulent flows; origin and features ofturbulence, diffusivity of turbulence, from turbulent diffusion tomixing on molecular scale, analyzing of turbulent flows, examples ofturbulent flows
4. Introduction to utilities and waste: A short overview for fossil andrenewable fuels, combustion technology, waste technology, waterchemistry and water technology
5. Utility facilities I (Operation): Gas distribution and transmission; Gas quality; Odorisation;
6. Utility facilities II (Management and economics): Organisation ofpublic utilities; Management tools; Staff; Economics; Gas purchase
7. Utility Facilitities III (Design): Gas manufacturing; Pipelines; Specific Plants
8. Laboratory work in fuels, combustion, waste and water
9. Design Project: Team work which enables the students to apply the acquired knowledge on a practical problem.
10. Optional Courses in Chemistry and Technology of Fossil andRenewable Fuels, Combustion Technology, Waste Technology, WaterChemistry and Water Technology.
11. Master Thesis (Research Project) in order to develop anddemonstrate their ability to analyse systems and to work on anappropriate approach to a given problem
12. During the first 3 semesters, a mandatory intensive course in German language is offered.

For more information:
http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ii47/utilwaste/