COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT - I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5017 INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT - I 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 NURDAN BÜYÜKKAMACI

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Environmental Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

Objectives of the course are to discuss industrial pollution sources and treatment technologies for each industry, to provide a basic description and understanding of the main technologies and processes for industrial wastewater treatment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the general properties of industrial wastewaters
2   Explain the aims of industrial wastewater treatment
3   Identify and explain the main treatment processes for industrial wastewaters
4   Develop alternative treatment plant flow schemes for different types of industrial wastewaters
5   Compare and discuss alternative applicable techniques

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Characteristics of industrial wastewaters
2 Industrial Wastewater Management Alternatives
3 Pre-treatment of industrial wastewaters
4 Chemical Oxidation
5 Heavy Metals Removal
6 Phenol Treatment
7 First midterm exam
8 Oil and Grease Removal
9 Removal of Dissolved Solids
10 Nutrient removal
11 Volatile organic compounds (VOC)
12 Cyanide Removal
13 Presentations of assignments
14 IPPC directives, Best available techniques

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Patterson, W.J.: "Industrial Wastewater Treatment Technology , Second Edition, Butterworths, Boston, USA, 1985.

2) Eckenfelder, W.W.: "Industrial Water Pollution Control", Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1989.

3) Jorgensen, E.S., Industrial Wastewater Management, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam- Oxford-New York, 1979.

4) NATO ASI Series: Vol. 191., New Developments in Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Edited by A.Türkman and O.Uslu, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1991.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lectures, design examples, scientific discussion, assignment and 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 *0.35 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE *0.35 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assignments will be presented in the class.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Nurdan Büyükkamacı, Tel: 3017106, e-mail: nurdan.buyukkamaci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Prof.Dr. Nurdan Büyükkamacı: Wednesday 1-2-3-4

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.11
LO.211
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51