COURSE UNIT TITLE

: UNIT OPERATIONS FOR WASTE GAS CONTROL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5025 UNIT OPERATIONS FOR WASTE GAS CONTROL ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA ODABAŞI

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (ENGLISH)
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Environmental Engineering (English)
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (ENGLISH)

Course Objective

This introductory course covers an overview of the four unit operations of absorption, adsorption, condensation, and incineration as applied to gas cleaning in the form of control unit design. These basic operations are reviewed with respect to applied design criteria in gas control equipment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the basic characteristics of gaseous air pollutants
2   To learn the basic gaseous pollutant control principles
3   To be able to design the control devices for the treatment of gaseous pollutant emissions
4   To know the gas cooling methods
5   To be able to evaluate the designed control systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to air pollution control engineering
2 Properties of gases and vapors
3 Absorption theory
4 Packed and plate columns
5 Design and performance criteria for absorbers,Design examples
6 Adsorption theory
7 Design and performance criteria for adsorbers, Design examples
8 Mid term exam
9 Condensation
10 Design examples
11 Incineration and types of incinerators
12 Design and performance criteria for incinerators
13 Design examples
14 Design examples

Recomended or Required Reading

Bemites, J. (1993). Process Engineering and Design for Air Pollution Control, Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey.
Buonicore, A. J. and Davis, W. T. (1992). Air Pollution Engineering Manual, Air and Waste Management Association, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
De Nevers, N. (1995). Air Pollution Control Engineering, Mc Graw Hill, New York.
Baumbach, G. (1996). Air Quality Control, Springer, Heidelberg.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in lecture format with class presentations and discussions. All class members are expected to attend both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in discussion sessions. Besides the taught lectures, weekly homework assignments will be prepared by the students. The solutions to the assignment will be given and discussed in the following lecture.

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 *0.45 +ASG *0.10 +FIN *0.45
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE *0.45 +ASG *0.10 +BUT *0.45


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31111
LO.4
LO.5

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