COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN OF SOLID WASTE TREATMENT PLANTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 4025 DESIGN OF SOLID WASTE TREATMENT PLANTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖRKEM AKINCI

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

Can complete solid waste sampling; can select solid waste disposal site selection; have fundamental information and knowledge about collection/transfer/transport of solid waste; composting, landfilling, incineration, and pyrolysis of solid waste; can complete the necessary design at an intermediate level, can calculate the investment and operational cost of the related facilities, can compare the systems and their modifications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Can define the general and specific properties of the wastes, can list the facility types used for waste management, can define their design parameters
2   Can explain the reasons for the design features, can comment on the changes in design parameters, can solve problems related with facility design
3   Ca use the wate properties and design parameters, can decide on the proper technology and site selection, can design the components of disposal facilities
4   Can compare different technologies and can critisize recommended technology
5   Can design the facilities in an intermediate level, can propose about the current technologies to improve or modificate them
6   Can recommend a system, can defense this system, can compare it with the others, can explain the features used in the design

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Solid waste properties and major waste technologies
2 The fundementals of collection/transfer/transport of waste, cost, site selection criteria
3 Design features and properties of sanitary landfill areas, project components, site management
4 Landfill design
5 Composting Facility design parameters, falility management, problems meet
6 Composting Facility design
7 Midterm exam
8 Digester types and design parameters, initial cost and operational costs, comparison of costs with facility incomes
9 The design parameters of incinerators and pyrolysis facilities, problems meet, homework delegation
10 Homework -study and control
11 Homework -design
12 Homework- design
13 Student presentations
14 Student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

After instructing the fundementals of the phenomenon, the general criteria on waste technologies are introduced. Each of the conventional technologies are strongly discussed and their boundaries are recognized. The design of the facilities for different wastes are required from the student, and they are expected to work as groups. The results of the studies are also presented and discussed in the class.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The design homework has a 25% share in their final grades. The class participation is strongly expected. The midterm and final exams are also designed to evaluate if the course outcomes are fulfilled.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gorkem AKINCI

Office Hours

2 hours before or after the lecture

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 3 3 9
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 77

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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