COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MARINE OUTFALLS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 4719 MARINE OUTFALLS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DENIZ DÖLGEN

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The course objective is to teach the design principles of marine outfall systems and to inform the students about the wastewater disposal into the marine environment without causing any harmful effect for human health.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the marine environment characteristics
2   To explain the dilution mechanisms
3   To compute the dilutions in marine environment
4   To calculate the forces on discharge pipe (pipeline)
5   To design the concrete weights ensuring the pipe stability

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Wastewater characteristics that are important for marine discharges
2 Characteristics of the marine environment
3 T90, Currents and Waves
4 Intended uses of the receiving environment-Related legislation
5 Near Field Dilution (First Dilution) mechanisms and its determination
6 Midterm exam
7 Far Field Dilution (Second Dilution) mechanisms and its determination
8 Determination of the length of discharge pipe
9 Pipe stability calculations
10 Ensuring the pipe stabilization . Concrete weights
11 Sample questions and solutions
12 Construction methods and pipes used in marine discharge systems
13 Midterm exam
14 Land structures

Recomended or Required Reading

Marine Outfall Systems: Planning, Design and Construction, R.A. Grace, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1978.
Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters, H.B. Fischer,R.C.Y. Koh, N.H. Brooks, Academic Press, 1979.

Atıksu Ön Arıtma ve Deniz Deşarjı Sistemleri, Izzet Öztürk, ITÜ Yayınları,, Istanbul,
1996

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations supported by visual presentations (slides, photographs, materials, etc) will be achieved, numerical problems will be solved; discussion platform will be done to make clear the subject.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Discussions, questions in the midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to courses will be considered in the assessment (grading).

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: deniz.dolgen@deu.edu.tr
e-mail: necdet.alpaslan@deu.edu.tr

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 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 2 5 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.123
LO.22324
LO.33244
LO.4324
LO.545

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