COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WATER DESALINATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5064 WATER DESALINATION 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DENIZ DÖLGEN

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
Environmental Engineering (English)

Course Objective

The main objective of the course is to provide detailed information on treatment of brackish and seawater (i.e. desalination) for potable water supply.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the methods used in desalination
2   To learn the principal components of desalination plants
3   To have knowledge on environmental impacts of desalination projects
4   To have knowledge on desalination plants in worldwide
5   To improve research, investigation, interpretation and presentation skills

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 An Overview: Overview of Desalination Technologies
2 Source Water Quality : Seawater & Brackish water
3 Desalination Plant Components: Water Intake
4 Desalination Plant Components: Pretreatment - Post-treatment
5 Membrane Desalination: Methods - Reverse Osmosis and Electrodialysis
6 Membrane Desalination: Membrane Elements
7 Thermal Desalination Methods
8 Desalination Plant Discharge Management: Desalination Plant Discharge Characterization: Quantity & Quality
9 Desalination Plant Discharge Management: Discharge Methods
10 Mid-term exam
11 Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures: Source water intake; Reject streams and Mitigating the impact of desalination on the environment
12 Energy Use in Desalination
13 Presentation & Discussion
14 Presentation & Discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Nikolay Voutchkov, Desalination Engineering Planning and Design, McGraw-Hill, 2013.
Supplementary Book(s): Materials:
El-Dessouky, H.T., Ettouney, H.M. Fundamentals of Salt Water Desalination, Elsevier, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations and discussions, homework

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 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1, 2 and 4 will be measured by midterm and final exams, LO4-5 will be measured by homework (presentation and assignments).

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

-

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

deniz.dolgen@deu.edu.tr;
0 232 3017139

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 12 3 36
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 1 36 36
Preparing presentations 1 42 42
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 157

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.13
LO.23
LO.33
LO.43
LO.54