COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SLUDGE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞE FILIBELI

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is teaching the basic principles of sludge treatment , source and properties of sludge, sludge treatment methods, calculating the amount of sludge produced at different stage of the treatment processes and legislation on sludge management.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining of physical, chemical, biological properties and the amount of sludges
2   Clasification of sludges according to their sources
3   Determining and application of sludge treatment units depending on their properties
4   Discussion of sludge treatment processes depending on their properties and sources
5   The ability of designing of sludge treatment processes
6   Assesment and discussion of appropriate methods to disposal and reuse of sludges

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, sources and properties of sludges: physical, chemical and biological properties
2 Methods applied for the processing and disposal / beneficial use of treatment plant sludge
3 Calculation of sludge amounts : primary sludge, biological sludge and chemical sludge amounts
4 Transportation and pumping of sludges
5 Sludge stabilization : Chemical and biological stabilization methods
6 Sludge Thickening Units : Gravity thickener and flotation thickener
7 Sludge Dewatering : Natural and mechanical dewatering
8 Sludge Conditioning Processes
9 Thermal Processing of Sludges
10 Treatment and disposal of industrial sludges
11 Final disposal methods and beneficial usage of sludge
12 Composting and landfilling of sludges
13 Legislation on sludge management
14 Pre-treatment mthods for reducing the amount of sludge and improving its properties

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Vesilind, P.,A. (1979) : Treatment and Disposal of Wastewater Sludges; Ann Arbor Science, Michigan.
2. Spinosa, L., Vesilind, P.A. (2001); Sludge into Biosolids-Processing, Disposal and Utilization, IWA Publishing, UK.
3. Hing,C.L., Zeng, D.,V., Tata, P., Kuchenrither, R., Malina J.F.Jr., Sawyer, B. (1998) : Municipal Sewage Sludge Management: Areference Text on Proessing, Utilization and Disposal, Water Quality Management Library, Volume 4, a Technomic Publication, Pennsylvania, USA.
4. Metcalf & Eddy (2014) : Wastewater Engineering : Treatment, Disposal, Reuse, McGraw Hill Comp.
5. Soli J. Arceivala (1998) : Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control, McGraw Hill International Editions.
6. Filibeli A. (2017): Arıtma Çamurlarının Işlenmesi, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi
Yayınları No : 255, 8. Baskı.
7. "Katı Atık Yönetimi ve Teknolojileri , Çeviri Editörleri: Ahmet Demir, Lütfi Akça , Bölüm 9.4, 9.5 ve 9.6-Ayşe Filibeli, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, ISBN 978-605-320-699-6, Eylül 2017.
8. Su ve Atıksu Mühendisliği-Tasarım Esasları ve Uygulamaları , Mackenzie L. Davis, Çeviri Editörü. Ismail Toröz, Bölüm 27-Ayşe Filibeli ve Azize Ayol, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, ISBN 978-605-320-058-1, Mart 2015.
9. Filibeli, A., Ayol, A. Sludge/Biosolid Management in Turkey From Point View of Practical Applications by Local Authorities and Legal Aspects of Turkish Environmental Policy on Sludge/Biosolid Treatment and Handling, Global Biosolids Atlas, UNEP, 2008.
10. Ayol, A, Filibeli, A. Wastewater Sludge-A Global Overwiev of the Current Status and Future Prospects: Second Edition, Editor: Ludovico Spinosa, ISBN. 978 184 339 3887, IWA Publishing, March 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation and scientific discussion, quiz

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.35+PRC *0.15+FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE*0.35+PRC *0.15+RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment of student progress regarding the course objectives will be made through continuous private communications during the semester with students and through midterm examination. Cumulative assessment will be addressed through standard course evaluations at the end of the semester.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Ayşe Filibeli
Department of Environmental Engineering
Office # A323,
Phone:232-3017117
e-mail: ayse.filibeli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 3-4, Wednesday 7-8

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 4 0,5 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 58

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.154
LO.254
LO.3543
LO.4543
LO.55543
LO.65

CONTACT INFORMATION
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