COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ACTIVATED SLUDGE BIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 4084 ACTIVATED SLUDGE BIOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DELIA TERESA SPONZA

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

IDENTIFICATION OF FLOC AND FLAMENTOUS BACTERIA AND THE OTHER ALL ORGANISMS FOND IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENT PLANT ( PROTOZOAN, YEAST, FUNGI, ALGAE, CRUSTACEAN AND ROTIFER)
RELADETERMINE OF THE RELATHIONSHPS BETWEEN THESE ORGANISMS
DETERMINE THE QUALTY OF THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE
ANABOLISM, METABOLISM AND CATABOLISM OF ORGANISMS FOUND IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE
INVESTIGATION OPF SUBSTRATE UUTAKE OF BACTERIA
ACTIVE AND PASIVE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS FOR SUBSTRATE UPTAKE
PROBLES IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE ( FLOATING SLUDGE, DENITRIFICATION IN SECOSDARY SETTLING TAND
MEASURES TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR SOLVE THE

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   PREVENTION and control ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, management of the sustaınable resıurces ,
2   used the informatıon between environmental sciences, technology, gene engineering and basic sciences
3   determines the problems in activated slusge treatment plant and solve the problems
4   produce the data from the experimental studies and design the data
5   assess and interprete the data

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Bıologıcal TREATMENT PLANTS( SUSPENDED GROWTH, BIOFILM AND FLIDIZED BED )IN AEROBIC ANAEROBIC AND ANOXIC REACTOR SYSTEMS )
2 MAIN MECHANISMS IN THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESSES, PASSING OF WASTEWATER FROM THE PRIMARY SETTLING TANK TO THE AERATION TANK, SLUDGE AGE, HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME, FOOD TO MASS RATIOS AND SLUDGE VOLUE INDEX VALUES
3 UPTAKEN OF ORGANIC SUBSTANCES BY THE MICROORGANISM IN THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTOR , MAIN EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES, SUBSTRATE UPTAKE MECHANISMS ( ACTIVE AND PASIVE TRANSPORTS)
4 WASTEWATER CHARACTERIZATION , C/N/9 RATIOS FOR OPTIMUM GROWTHS, BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT MECHANISMS
5 REMOVAL OF CARBONACEOUS AND NITROGENOUS COMPOUNDS IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE, NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES
6 ACTIVATED SLUDGE LAB FOR DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE
7 MID TERM EXAM
8 PROBLEMS IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESSES ( FLOATING SLUDGE,BULKING SLUDGE, FOAM SLUDGE, PROBLEMS IN THE SECONDARY SETTLING TANK( ANAEROBIC SLUDGE AND DENITRIFIED SLUDGE)
9 MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN THE ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESSES ( ADDITION OF SOME CHEMICALS SUCH AS SODIUM HYPOLORIDE), OZONATION AND SELECTOR
10 PINK POINT FLOC PRODUCTION IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE, FLOC FORMING AND AND FILAMENTOUS BACTERIA, TYPES OF FLOCS AND FLAMENTOUS BACTERIA
11 APPLICATION OF MONOD KINETIC TO THE BACTERIA IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE( DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE, HALF SATURATION CONSTANT ANG GROWTH YIELDS
12 PHOSPORUS REMOVAL AT HIGH SLUDGE AGES

Recomended or Required Reading

LABORATORY

HOMEWORK

MID-TERM EXAM

FINAL EXAM

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 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

LABORATORY

HOMEWORK

MID-TERM EXAM

FINAL EXAM

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

PROF. DR. DELIA TERESA SPONZA
DEU, ENG. FACULTY, ENVIRONMENTAL ENG. DEPT. BUCA KAYNAKLAR CAMPUS, IZMIR
MODIL PHONE: 05356932709

Office Hours

SUNDEY 1,2,3 AND 4 TH HOURS

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 1,67 8
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 6 18
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 61

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.34
LO.45
LO.55

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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