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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ÇEV 4045 WATER QUALITY MODELS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALPER ELÇI

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to determine surface and ground water quality using mathematical models.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain general principles and theories on contaminant transport processes in aquatic environments 2   To be able to apply simple analytical water quality models to different discharge scenarios 3   To be able to list water quality models that are used in practice 4   To be able to run the QUAL2E water quality model 5   To be able to calculate substance mass balance 6   To be able to determine for any kind of contaminant transport problem the appropriate transport equation from a list of equations 7   To be able to use Excel for water quality modeling studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction and fundamental concepts; principles of modeling 2 Mass balance principle 3 Water quality and processes affecting water quality; chemical, thermal and radioactive contamination 4 Monitoring, quantifying and interpreting water quality data 5 Mass transport in aquatic environment: advection, diffusion and dispersion - 1 6 Mass transport in aquatic environment: advection, diffusion and dispersion - 2 7 Reaction kinetics, fate of contaminants and its modeling 8 Mid-term exam 9 River and stream water quality models 10 Lake and estuary water quality models 11 Groundwater quality models 12 Introduction of water quality software 13 Application examples of the QUAL2E model - 1 14 Application examples of the QUAL2E model - 2

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Yüzeysel Su Kalitesi Modelleme, S.Chapra, 2015, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Recommended textooks: Hydrodynamics and Water Quality, Z.-G. Ji, 2008, Wiley & Sons Environmental Modeling, J.L. Schnoor, 1996, Wiley & Sons Surface Water Quality Modeling, S. Chapra, 2008, Waveland Press Inc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Performing in-class applications Giving homeworks and their solutions Assigning teamwork on water quality models used in practice

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*0.35+ASG *0.15+FIN * 0.50 5 RST RESIT 6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.35+ASG *0.15+RST * 0.50 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 0,4 5 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5,53 6 Preparation for final exam 1 6,43 6 Preparing assignments 3 2,47 7 Reading 1 8,5 9 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 PO.18 PO.19 PO.20 LO.1 5 LO.2 5 5 5 LO.3 5 4 LO.4 5 5 5 LO.5 4 5 5 4 LO.6 5 5 5 LO.7 5 5 5