COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE OUTFALLS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 4719 MARINE OUTFALLS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DENIZ DÖLGEN

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The course objective is to teach the design principles of marine outfall systems and to inform the students about the wastewater disposal into the marine environment without causing any harmful effect for human health.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the marine environment characteristics
2   To explain the dilution mechanisms
3   To compute the dilutions and determine the discharge point in marine environment
4   To calculate the forces on discharge pipe (pipeline)
5   To design the concrete weights ensuring the pipe stability

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Wastewater characteristics that are important for marine discharges
2 Characteristics of the marine environment
3 T90, Currents and Waves
4 Intended uses of the receiving environment-Related legislation
5 Near Field Dilution (First Dilution) mechanisms and its determination
6 Far Field Dilution (Second Dilution and bacteria die-off, T90) mechanisms and its determination
7 Sample questions and solutions
8 Determination of pipeline alignment and discharge point
9 Pipe stability: Determination of incoming forces
10 Pipe stability: Dimensioning of concrete weights
11 Sample questions and solutions
12 Sample questions and solutions
13 Construction methods and pipe materials used in marine outfalls
14 Land structures

Recomended or Required Reading

Marine Outfall Systems: Planning, Design and Construction, R.A. Grace, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1978.
Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters, H.B. Fischer,R.C.Y. Koh, N.H. Brooks, Academic Press, 1979.

Atıksu Ön Arıtma ve Deniz Deşarjı Sistemleri, Izzet Öztürk, ITÜ Yayınları,, Istanbul,
1996

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations supported by visual presentations (slides, photographs, materials, etc) will be achieved, numerical problems will be solved; discussion platform will be done to make clear the subject.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Discussions, questions in the midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to courses will be considered in the assessment (grading).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: deniz.dolgen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

It will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
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.14
LO.234
LO.334
LO.434
LO.534

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