Prof. Dr. Frank Kolb

Water Technology

Process engineering

Sustainable water use systems

Climate-adapted water concepts

2022

• Baseline study for localities by means of rainfall-runoff modelling and estimation of the consequences of climate change
• Hydraulic optimisation potential in a drinking water pumping station
• Binding of divalent metals from industrial wastewater to ion exchangers
• Strategy for the assessment of groundwater abstraction in agricultural irrigation under increasing drought conditions

2021

• Development and hydraulic review of a water supply area
• Backfilling of excavations with special consideration of backfilling properties in relation to arsenic and hydraulic flow
• Arsenic removal using the example of a small water supply area
• Soil erosion protection measures by the project "boden:ständig" in Middle Franconia, among others

2020

• Basics of flood protection using the example of the municipality of Höttingen
• Practical concept development for fish ladders for 2nd order water bodies
• Can a significant improvement in the ecological status of the River Aar be achieved by implementing phosphate precipitation in the Niederneisen wastewater treatment plant?
• Development and optimisation of a standardised methodology for the planning of rehabilitation and renewal measures in pipeline construction using the example of Fernwasserversorgung Franken, et al.

2019

• Purification of dairy wastewater as direct or indirect discharge - An ecological and economic comparison
• Verification of the transferability of semi-technical filtration tests to the planning of a large-scale water treatment plant
• Digitalisation and Water 4.0: Analysis of the current situation, requirements and measures using the example of the Sulzfeld supply area of Fernwasserversorgung Franken.
• Process-engineering optimisation of the retention of AFS-fine in a precipitation water treatment plant, et al.

2018

• Modelling of soil water balance and plant growth using the example of vineyard areas
• Pollution of raw water in a rural region
• Two-stage fermentation of a biosubstrate in comparison with measured sewage sludge values
• Optimisation of a slow filtration system for raw water treatment, etc.

2017

• Evaporation capacity of water as a function of surface vegetation
• Thermodynamic analysis of a two-stage digestion process
• Investigations on anaerobic industrial sludge stabilisation in stirred small-scale digesters
• Energetic and water content optimisation of a well gallery, et al.

Kolb, F. R., Weishaupt, D, (2020): Nutrients from digestate for greenhouse production, in: Wasserwirtschaft Wassertechnik (WWT), Heft 9, 69th Jg, Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 2020, pp. 20-23.

Kolb, F. R., (2019): Water 4.0 - Quo vadis?, HTI Drinking Water Day 2019, Markt Schwaben.

Kolb, F. R., (2018): Adaptation of activated sludge plants - Between tender and operation, in: Tagungsband 8. Frankfurter Abwassersymposium, TAH, Frankfurt am Main 2018.

Kolb, F. R., (2017): Trinkwasser - Lebens- und Löschmittel, Konfliktlösung mittels gesplitteter Trinkwasserverteilungsnetze?!, HTI-Trinkwassertag 2017, Markt Schwaben

Kolb, F. R., (2016): Trinkwasserverteilung - Quo vadis?, HTI Drinking Water Day 2016, Markt Schwaben, pp. 8-12.

Kolb, F. R., Patzwahl, W., Beyer, A., (2015): Mitigation of climate change through land use concepts, in: Wasserwirtschaft Wassertechnik (WWT), Heft 11-12, HUSS Medien GmbH, Verlag Bauwesen, Berlin 2015, Page 8-12.

Christ, O., Kolb, F. R. (2015): Der Studiengang Water Technology in Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, in: Wasserwirtschaft Wassertechnik (WWT), Heft 3, HUSS Medien GmbH, Verlag Bauwesen, Berlin 2015, pp. 55-58.

Kolb, F. R. (2015): Bestandserhalt in der Wasserspeicherung, in: Wasserwirtschaft Wassertechnik (WWT), Heft 2, HUSS Medien GmbH, Verlag Bauwesen, Berlin 2015, pp. 33-35.

Kolb, F. R. (2013): Hydrothermale Carbonisierung von Klärschlamm, in: Wasserwirtschaft Wassertechnik (WWT), Heft 10, HUSS Medien GmbH, Verlag Bauwesen, Berlin 2013, Page 8-12.

Kolb, F. R., Bachmann, Ch. (2012): Leistungsspektrum von Vergärungsanlagen am Beispiel der Raumbelastung, in: energie½wasser-praxis, Heft 12, 2012, Hrsg.: DVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches e.V., Page 90-95.

Kolb, F. R. and Hunze, M. (2011): Prerequisites for targeted biological phosphorus elimination and optimised precipitant mixing in wastewater treatment, in: Precipitation and flocculation - Process optimisation and cost reduction in wastewater treatment, June 2011, ed.: Technische Akademie Hannover and Ingenieurbüro Dr.-Ing. Frank R. Kolb, self-published, Hannover 2011, pp. 5-22.

Kolb, F. R. (2010): Homogenisation of sewage sludge for operational optimisation of anaerobic sludge stabilisation, in: Beeinflussung der biologischen Leistungsfähigkeit von Abwasserreinigungs- und Biogasanlagen durch Mischen und Rühren, June 2010, ed.: Technische Akademie Hannover und Ingenieurbüro Dr.-Ing. Frank R. Kolb, self-published, Hannover 2010, pp. 75-90.

Kolb, F. R., Gilberg, C., (2009): Co-digestion as an energy source, in: WWT, Wasserwirtschaft Wassertechnik, October 2009, HUSS Medien GmbH, Verlag Bauwesen, Berlin 2009, page 8-12

Kolb, F. R., (2009): Homogenisation of raw sludge for operational optimisation of digestion, in: Zwanzigste Magdeburger Abwassertage, 24-25 September 2009, Hach Lange GmbH Eigenverlag, Düsseldorf 2009, pp. 73-84.

Kolb, F. R. (2009): Homogenisation of raw sludge for operational optimisation of anaerobic sludge stabilisation, in: 6th Klärschlammtage, Tagungsunterlagen DWA, 12-14 May 2009, Eigenverlag der Deutschen Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V., Fulda 2009, pp. 1-13.

• Self-regulating irrigation system for agricultural crops based on novel capillary wicks
• Adsorption experiments with landfill leachate
• Nutrient recovery from liquid digestate - Plant available nutrient potentials
• Adsorption tests with landfill leachate for PFC elimination
• Climate module for pocket parks - Surface substrate for a pocket park module
• Conversion of waste to recyclable materials from turquoise hydrogen production