Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

Information Of Programmes

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / CM-403 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Code: CM-403 Course Title: WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN AND PROJECT Theoretical+Practice: 3+2 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites CHEMICAL UNIT OPERATIONS, BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES,
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SERKAN ŞAHİNKAYA (serkansahinkaya@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim is to teach the design of the wastewater treatment processes.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to choose and design available wastewater treatment units in desinging of the treatment plant. 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
Term Paper
LO-2 Be able to design the processes for wastewater treatment 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
PO-5 Modeling programs related to environmental engineering and information technology skills to use,
PO-6 Individual and team work, ability to take responsibility,
Examination
Term Paper
LO-3 Be able to define the legislation pertinent on wastewater treatment and disposal. 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
PO-5 Modeling programs related to environmental engineering and information technology skills to use,
PO-6 Individual and team work, ability to take responsibility,
Examination
Term Paper
LO-4 Be able to solve the common operating plant problems. 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-4 An ability to design and conduct experiments, data collection, analyze and interpret
Examination
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The basic principles of project management, design, engineering, environmental sustainability, engineering ethics and economics, productivity, taking into account the principles of environmental health and safety overview of wastewater treatment technologies, wastewater flowrates, pumping stations and pump design, selection, design of mechanical treatment units: grills, sand traps , pre-sedimentation tanks, the design principles of biological treatment units, activated sludge systems, trickling filter systems, design principles, trickling filters, low-speed, high-speed, trickling filters, biyodisk systems design, oxidation ditch design in the field of wastewater treatment, stabilization ponds design, mechanical aerated lagoons , fill-empty batch reactor systems design: a sequential batch reactors, nitrification - denitrification systems design, water treatment plant hydraulic profiling.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Wastewater engineering: An Overview Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
2 Characterization of domestic wastewater Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
3 Estimation of flowrate and population Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
4 Screens and pumps Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
5 Grit Removal Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
6 Primary Sedimantation Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
7 Introduction to Activated Sludge Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
8 mid-term exam
9 Activated Sludge Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
10 Activated Sludge Problems Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
11 Final Sedimentation Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
12 Biofilms Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
13 Disinfection Processes Lecture Method and Problem Solving Method.
14 Treatment plant hydraulics Lecture Method, Question - Answer and Problem Solving Method.
15 Problems Lecture Method, Question - Answer and Problem Solving Method.
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Şahinkaya, S (2024). Atıksu Arıtma Tesislerinin Tasarımı Ders Notları.
2 Samsunlu, S. (2010). Atıksu Arıtma Yapılarının Projelendirilmesi, Birsen Yayınevi.
3 Davis, M.L. (2015). Su ve Atıksu Mühendisliği, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
4 Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., Tchobanoglous, G., Burton, F., Stensel, H.D. (2002). Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse. McGraw Hill.
5 Öztürk, İ. (2016). Atıksu Arıtma Tesislerinin İşletilmesi El Kitabı. Türkiye Belediyeler Birliği.
Required Course instruments and materials
Computer, Projector, Projection Screen, Blackboard, Articles, Textbooks/Auxiliary 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
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

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 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 1 10 10
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 2 10 20
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 0
mid-term exam 0
Own study for final exam 0
final exam 0
0
0
Total work load; 156