COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SURFACE WATER QUALITY MODELING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5055 SURFACE WATER QUALITY MODELING 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 ALPER ELÇI

Offered to

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

Course Objective

To provide graduate students with a basic theoretical understanding of surface water quality modeling and to introduce an array of commonly used models including QUAL2EU, CE-QUAL-W2, WASP and others.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows fundamentals of environmental modeling
2   Understands basics of water quality modeling
3   Understands the concept of mass balance
4   Interprets the changes in water quality in natural and engineered systems
5   Knows the matematical fundamentals of models and numerical solution procedures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to water quality modeling
2 Fundamentals of reaction kinetics and mass balance
3 Completely mixed systems 1. Basic loading functions and their solutions
4 Completely mixed systems 2. Reactor Systems and solution techniques
5 Incompletely mixed systems 1. Advection and diffusion
6 Incompletely mixed systems 2. Steady and unsteady state numerical solution techniques
7 The concept of model sensitivity, performance, discretization
8 Miterm exam
9 Rivers and streams
10 Lakes and estuaries
11 Dissolved oxygen and nutrients
12 Eutrophication and temperature
13 Computer models
14 Computer models

Recomended or Required Reading

Surface Water Quality Modeling
Steven C. Chapra
Mc Graw-Hill, New York, 1997.
ISBN: 0-07-011364-5

Environmental Modeling. Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air, and Soil
Jerald L. Schnoor
Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1996
ISBN: 0-471-12436-2

Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters
Hugo B. Fischer, E. John List, Robert C. Y. Koh, Jorg Imberger, Norman H. Brooks
Academic Pres, San Diego, 1979
ISBN: 0-12-258150-4

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations, homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 + MTE 2 + ASG/3 * 0.60 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 + MTE 2 + ASG/3 * 0.60 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

4 homeworks will be given.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Homeworks will be turned in before the lecture.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Alper ELÇI
Department of Environmental Engineering
Room No: A-223
Phone: 301 7112
E-mail: alper.elci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 7-8

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 5 14 70
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2,5 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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