COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL DISPERSION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 4335 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPERSION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALPER ELÇI

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to provide fundamental knowledge to apply analytical models that represent contaminant transport in water, air and soil by providing general concepts of substance transport processes in the environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain fundamental principles of mass transport processes in the environment
2   To be able to calculate substance mass balance
3   To be able to determine for any kind of contaminant transport problem the appropriate transport equation from a list of equations
4   To be able to calculate spatial and/or temporal concentrations in the environment by using the appropriate mass transport equation
5   To be able to use Excel to solve mass transport problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Contaminant transport in the environment; fundamental concepts of contaminant transport processes
3 Mass balance principle
4 Diffusion process and diffusion equation
5 Solutions of the diffusion equation for various source types
6 Advective-diffusion process
7 Mid-term exam
8 Advective-diffusion process and its solutions for various source types
9 Dispersion process and advective-dispersion equation
10 No-flow boundaries and utilization of imaginary sources
11 Modeling of dispersion in the atmosphere
12 Modeling of contaminant dispersion in open channels and surface water (1)
13 Modeling of contaminant dispersion in open channels and surface water (2)
14 Discharge into various environments and calculation of mixing length

Recomended or Required Reading

Environmental Modeling (1996) by J.L. Schnoor, Wiley-Interscience
Integrated Environmental Modeling (2005) by Ramaswami, Milford and Small, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Performing in-class applications
Giving homeworks and their solutions

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Homeworks are due in one week before class begins. 20 out of 100 points will be
deducted for late submissions of homeworks.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Department of Environmental Engineering, Room A223
Tel: (0232) 301 7112, E-mail: alper.elci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 3 2,5 8
Midterm 1 1,5 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 62

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.2355
LO.355
LO.4355
LO.55

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