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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ÇEV 4042 NUTRIENT REMOVAL BY BIOLOGICAL METHODS 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

TO LEARN NITRIFICATION, DENITRIFICATION AND PHOSPHATE REMOVAL MECHANISMS TO LEARN THE DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR NITRIFICATION, DENITRIFICATION AND PHOSPHOUR REMOVALS TO LEARN ALL THE DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR ALL WASTEWATERS CONTAINING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   IT HAS EHOUGH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PREVENTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND MANAGEMENT AND SUSTUINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATURAL SOURCES 2   IT USE THE INFORMATIONS ON BASIC SCIENCES, THE GENERAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 3   IT USE THE NOVEL TECHNIQUES AND THE TOOLS IN ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AREAS 4   IT EVALUATE AND INTERPRE THE DATA 5   IT DETERMINE THE PROBLEMS AND PRODUCE ANALYTICAL SUGGESTIONS 6   TO DESIGN THE REMOVAL OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN BIOLAGICAL AND ALL TREATMENT PROCESSES 7   TO DESIGN AND CALCULATE THE MAXIMUM NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVALS WITH OPTIMUM OPRATIONAL CONDITIONS IN BIOLOGICAL AND ALL TREATMENT PROCESSES IN EXAMS, PROJECTS AND HOMEWORKS

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 NITROGEN AND PHODPHORUS FROMS IN WASTEWATER, INVESTIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF NITROGEN AND POSPHORUS 2 NITRIFICATION AND NITRIFICATION PROCESSES, NITRIFICATION MICROORGANISMS, FACTORS AFFECTING THE NITRIFICATION IN THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT PROCESSES ( SLUDGE AGE, AMMONIA CONCENTRATION, DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATION AND ALKALYNITY) 3 NITRATE DISSIMILATION, DENITRIFICATION PROCESS AND IDENTIFICATION OF DENITRIFICATION BACTERIA 4 CLASSIFICATION OF NITRIFICATION PROCESSES, COMBINED NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION PROCESSSES( SEPARATED FEED BACK PROCESSES, CARBON ADDED AND NON- ADDED PROCESSES 5 COMBINED FEED BACK PROCESSES: PRE-DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES( LUDZACK ETTINGER AND BERNARD PROCESSES), POST DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES: WHURMANN, BARDENFO PROCESSES) , SHARON-ANAMMOX AND COMBINED SHARON-ANAMMOX PROCESSES 6 COMPARISON OF COMBINED NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES 7 DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR NITRIFICATION: WASTEWATER CHARACTERIZATION,SLUDGE AGE, EFFLUENT BOD5 AND AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS, AMMONIA RATION CONVERDE TO BIOMASS 8 FACTORS AFFECTING THE DENITRIFICATION PROCESS ( DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL AND DENITRIFICATION RATE 9 mıd term exam 10 BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL ( ANAEROBIC AND AEROBIC PROCESSES) BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL PROCESSES( PHOREDOX, TREE STAGED BARDENFO, FIVE STAGED BARDENFO, UCT PROCESS, DEPHANOX PROCESS 11 FACTOR AFFECTING THE BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL ( VOLUMES OF AEROBIC AND AEROBIC REACTORS, COD TO TOTAL PHOSPHORUS RATIO, VARIATION OF DENITRIFICATION TO THE TEMPARATURE9 NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL KINETICS 12 KINETICS OF DENITRIFICATION 13 NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS PROSESES DESIGN 14 fınal EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

WASTEWATER TREATMENT , METCALF EDDY USA, 2000 MODELLING OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM DERIN ORHON, NAZIK ARTAN, 1996

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

FINAL EXAM, MID-TERM EXAM, LAB

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

HOME WORK, 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

Office Hours

MONDEY 3,4TH HOURS

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 2 24 Preparation for quiz etc. 1 1 1 Preparation for final exam 1 1 1 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 6 2 12 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 42

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 4 LO.2 4 LO.3 3 LO.4 3 LO.5 4 LO.6 5 5 LO.7 5 5