Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / CM-301 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Code: CM-301 Course Title: PHYSICAL UNIT OPERATIONS Theoretical+Practice: 3+2 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer HAKAN DULKADİROĞLU (hakandulkadiroglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The main objective of the course is to teach the physically-based treatment processes,

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to define the physical water and wastewater treatment units. PO-1 In mathematics, science and engineering fields related to environmental engineering to have these fields in use for the solution of theoretical and practical knowledge of engineering,
PO-2 Environmental Science and Environmental Technology on the engineering problems to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, for this purpose, select and apply appropriate analytical methods and modeling techniques,
PO-3 The modern techniques and tools necessary for engineering practice to select and use skills, ability to use information technology effectively,
PO-4 An ability to design and conduct experiments, data collection, analyze and interpret
Examination
Laboratory Exam
LO-2 Be able to design the physical treatment units. PO-2 Environmental Science and Environmental Technology on the engineering problems to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, for this purpose, select and apply appropriate analytical methods and modeling techniques,
PO-3 The modern techniques and tools necessary for engineering practice to select and use skills, ability to use information technology effectively,
PO-4 An ability to design and conduct experiments, data collection, analyze and interpret
Examination
Laboratory Exam
LO-3 Be able to summarize the treatment mechanisms of the units. PO-2 Environmental Science and Environmental Technology on the engineering problems to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, for this purpose, select and apply appropriate analytical methods and modeling techniques,
PO-3 The modern techniques and tools necessary for engineering practice to select and use skills, ability to use information technology effectively,
PO-4 An ability to design and conduct experiments, data collection, analyze and interpret
Examination
Laboratory Exam
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Physical treatment units of the basic operations of water and wastewater, flow and concentration, balance, mechanical separation systems, ventilation and gas transfer, precipitation types and principles, flotation, filtration and principles, filters, load loss, granular deposition, flocked deposition, the deposition of the gas transfer coefficient determination, determination of specific oxygen consumption rate, the filter media characterization (sieve analysis-particle density-porosity), specific filtration resistance of the determination, the sludge volume index determination tests and other basic operations.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Grills and grinders Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
2 Grit chambers and equalization tanks Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
3 Reactors;completely mixed batch reactors, completely mixed flow reactors Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
4 CMF reactors in series,pug-flow reactors Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
5 Calculation of settling velocity of discrete particle,Stokes law,settling-velocity analysis curve Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
6 Sedimentation tank design,flocculent settling; the removal efficiency of flocculent settling Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
7 Zone sedimentation,calculations on zone settling graphics,calculation of interface concentrations,sedimentation tanks Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
8 mid-term exam
9 Filtration, filtration mechanisms, head loss in filter Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
10 Rapid sand filters,pressure diagrams, underdrain design,backwashing Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
11 Flotation theories and applications Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
12 flotation systems design Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
13 Aeration and gas transfer;rates of gas transfer Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
14 Aeration and gas transfer systems Description Method, Problem-Solving Method and Experimentation
15 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Çevre Mühendisliğinde Fiziksel ve Kimyasal Temel İşlemler ve Süreçler, Füsun Şengül ve Enver Y. Küçükgül, D.E.Ü. Müh. Fak. Yayınları, İzmir, 1995.
2 Çevre Mühendisliğinde Temel İşlemler ve Temel Prosesler, Cilt 1 – 2, Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Muslu, Su Vakfı Yayınları, 2002.
3 Physicochemical Treatment Processes, L.K. Wang, Y.T. Hung ve N.K. Shammas, Humana Press, New Jersey, 2008.
4 Physical-Chemical Treatment of Water And Wastewater, A.P. Sincero ve G.A. Sincero, CRC Press, 2002.
Required Course instruments and materials
Course notes, internet and books

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam 16 2 10
4.Presentation
5.Report 10 2 10
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 40

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 5 14 70
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 1 10 10
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 2 1 2
Own study for mid-term exam 2 7 14
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 156