COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5011 BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS 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 DELIA TERESA SPONZA

Offered to

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

Course Objective

TO LEARN THE NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES, TO LEARN THE PHOSPATE REMOVAL MECHANISMS
TO LEARN THE DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR SEPATE AND COMBINED NITRIFICATION, DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES
TO LEARN THE DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR PHOSPATE REMOVAL PROCESSES
TO LEARN THE KINETIC PARAMETERS FOR DESIGN THE NITRIFICATION, DENITRIFICATION AND PHOSPATE REMOVAL PROCESSES

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   IT HAS ENOGH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PREVENTION OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPATE POLLUTION FROM WASTEWATERS ,
2   IT HAS ENOGH INFORMATION RELEVANT TO DESIGN THE NITRIFICATION, DENITRIFICATION AND PHOSPATE REMOVAL PROCESSES, IT USE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION ABOUT BASIC SCIENCES, GENERAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
3   IT USE THE MODERN TECHNIQUES AND THE NECESSARY TOOLS RELEVANT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING TO SOLVE THE DIFFICULTIES WITH EXCESS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN CONTAMINATED WASTEWATERS
4   IT USE THE NECESSARY DATA RELEVANT NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVALS , IT EVALUATES AND INTERPRETS THE DATA WITH NUTRIENT REMOVALS
5   IT DETERMINE THE PROBLEMS RELEVENT TO NUTRIENT REMOVALS, SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AND PRODUCES SOLUTIONS

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 EFFECTS OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHATE FORMS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO THE ECOCYSTEM
2 NITRIFICATION PROCESSeS, DOMINANT NITRIFICATION BACTERIA, FACTOR AFFECTING THE NITRIFICATION (MINIMUM SLUDGE AGE, OXYGEN CONCENTRATION, pH, ALKALINITY)
3 DENITRIFICATION , NITRATE DISIMILATION AND DENITRIFICATION BACTERIA
4 CHARACTERIZATION OF NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES: (SEPARATED FEED-BACK , EXTERNAL CARBON AMENDED AND INTERNAL CARBON UTILIZED PROCESSES)
5 COMBINED FEED BACK PROCESSES: ( PRE-DENITRIFICATION, LUDZACK-ETTINGER AND BARNARD PROCESSES). POST DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES : (WHURMANN AND BARDENFO PROCESSES). SHARON, ANAMMOX AND COMBINED SHARON-ANAMMOX PROCESSES
6 COMPARISON OF COMBINED NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION PROCESSES
7 DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR NITRIFICATION PROCESS ( WASTEWATER CHARACTERIZATION, SLUDGE AGE, ESTIMATION OF AMMONIA AND BOD5 CONCENTRATION IN THE EFFLUENT RATIO OF AMMONIA CONVERTED TO BIOMASS)
8 FACTORS AFFECTING THE DENITRIFICATION PROCESS (DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL AND DENITRIFICATION RATE)
9 DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR FOR VOLUME OF DENITRIFICATION TANK (SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE OF DENITRIFICATION BACTERIAı, NO3-N CONCENTRATION IN THE EFFLUENT AND METHANOL REQUIREMENT
10 MID-TERM EXAM
11 BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL ( ANAEROBIC AND AEROBIC STAGES) , BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL PROCESSES(PHOREDOX, 2 STAGED PHOREDOX, 3 STAGED PHOREDOX, UCT PROCESS AND DEPHANOX PROCESSES)
12 FACTORS AFFECTING THE BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL( VOLUMES OF ANAEROBIC AND AEROBIC TANKS, COD TO TP RATIO, TEMPERATURE)
13 NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL KINETICS
14 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Recomended or Required Reading

POWER POINT PRESENTATION ( LECTURE NOTES) BY PROF. DR. DELIA TERESA SPONZA
MODELLING OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEM , DERIN ORHON, NAZIK ARTAN , 1996
WASTEWATER TREATMENT , METCALF EDDY, 2000

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

MID TERM EXAM, FINAL EXAM, HOME WORK PRESENTATIONS ( APPLICATION)

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 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MID TERM EXAM, FINAL EXAM, HOME WORK PRESENTATIONS

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

PROF. DR. DELIA TERESA SPONZA
DEU, ENG. FAC. ENVIRONMENTAL ENG DEPT. BUCA KAYNAKLAR CAMPUS, 35160 IZMIR

Office Hours

SUNDAY 5,6,7 TH HOURS

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
0
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
0
Midterm 1 3 3
0
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.11
LO.21
LO.311
LO.41
LO.511

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