COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 6006 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERKAN EKER

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to provide information about the basic physical and chemical treatment methods used in water and wastewater treatment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To have knowledge about physical and chemical characteristics of water and wastewater.
2   To have knowledge about the fundementals of water treatment methods used in environmental engineering.
3   Learn about the physical unit processes used in water and wastewater treatement.
4   Learn about the chemical unit operations used in environmental engineering.
5   To learn the design criteria and gain ability for designing physical and chemicat treatment systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Components of water and wastewater Introduction of physical and chemical components of physical (solids, turbidity, color, temperature, conductivity, density) and chemical (pH, chlorides, alkalinity, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, gases, heavy metals) wastewater characteristics.
2 Introduction to water quality requirements for domestic and industrial use
3 Basic physical unit operations Screening (coarse screens, fine screens, microscreens), Flow Equalization (design consdiderations), flocculation
4 Basic physical unit operations Floatation (DAF systems), Filtration (filter considerations), Aeration (types of aeration systems including dişffused-air aeration, mechanical aerators)
5 Basic physical unit operations Sedimentation (design considerations)
6 Basic chemical unit processes Coagulation and chemical precipitation (use of polyelectrolytes, chemical precipitation for phosphorus removal, heavy metals and dissolved inorganic substances)
7 Basic chemical unit processes Chemical neutralization (pH adjustment, scaling control, stabilization)
8 Midterm Exam
9 Advanced chemical unit processes Adsorbtion (types of adsorbents, activated carbon adsorbtion kinetics, Langmiur and Freunlich isoterms)
10 Advanced chemical unit processes Ion exchange (Ion exchange materials, chemistry, and applications)
11 Advanced chemical unit processes Membrane filtration (process terminology, membrane configuraions, membrane applications)
12 Advanced chemical unit processes Disinfection processes (disinfection with chlorine, disinfection with ozone, UV disinfection)
13 Assignment presentations Individual presentations of the students
14 Assignment presentations Individual presentations of the students

Recomended or Required Reading

Metcalf and Eddy (2004): Wastewater Engineering, Treatment and Reuse. Mc. Graw Hill International Edition (4th Edition).
Sincero A.P. and Sincero G.A. (2002): Physical & Chemical Treatment of Water and Wastewater. IWA Publishing.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations and discussions, solving example problems, personal presentations and homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
3 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG1 +ASG 2/2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG 1 +ASG2/2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Attendence and participation in lectures and individual presentations in the lectures will be considered at the end of the semester.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendence to lectures and full compliment of the assignments are obligated.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Görkem AKINCI
Department of EWnvironmental Engineering
Phone:0232-3017131
E-mail: gorkem.akinci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday:09.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Reading 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 161

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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