COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES AND APPLICATION AREAS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5063 ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES AND APPLICATION AREAS 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 NEVAL BAYCAN

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
Environmental Engineering (English)

Course Objective

The objectives of the course is to discuss the properties, applications, advantages and disadvantages of advanced oxidation processes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To understand the purpose and need for advanced oxidation processes
2   2. To compare the application areas of advanced oxidation processes
3   3. To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of advanced oxidation processes
4   4. To define the important parameters of the design and operation of advanced oxidation processes,
5   5. 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 1. Introduction, General Information about Advanced Oxidation Processes
2 2. Interaction of UV/VIS Radiation with Matter; Physical Constants and Standard Values used in Photochemistry
3 3. UV Radiant Sources and their Characteristics
4 4. Ionizing Radiation Processes; electron beam, gamma and ultrasonic irradiation
5 5. Effect of Design Criteria on Process Performance
6 6. Dark and light-catalyzed Advanced Oxidation Processes; reaction pathways and kinetics
7 7. Process control by Toxicity Assessment
8 8. Midterm Exam
9 9. Comparison of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Systems for Process Efficiency
10 10. Photochemical Processes for Water Treatment
11 11. Other Advanced Oxidation Processes: Supercritical Water Oxidation, Catalytic Wet Peroxide Oxidation Processes
12 12. Application Examples of Advanced Oxidation Processes: Micro pollutants Removals, Microplastics Removal, Sludge Disintegration, Odour Control
13 13. Assignment Presentation
14 14. Assignment Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Photochemical Purification of Water and Air, Thomas Oppenlander, Wiley-VCH, 2003, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment, Emerging Green Chemical Technology, Suresh Ameta, Rakshit Ameta, 2018, Elsevier.
Photocatalysts in Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment, Elvis Fosso-Kankeu, Sadanand Pandey, Suprakas Sinha Ray, 2020, Scrivener Publishing LLC Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment: An Innovative Approach, Maulin P Shah, Sweta Parimita Bera, Günay Yildiz Tore, 2022, CRC Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations and discussions, assignment presentation.

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 * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm (25%) + Presentation (25%) + Final Exam (50%)

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

neval.baycan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 11 2 22
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.155
LO.2555
LO.355
LO.454
LO.55