Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / ÇM 542 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: ÇM 542 Course Title: PRE-TREATMENT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
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
This course will gain knowledge about the structure of biological waste sludge, disintegration of sewage sludge and sludge treatment.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to define the characteristic of waste sludge. PO-1 PO-1 Have an advanced level of knowledge about the recent and best practices in Environmental Engineering, deepen and expand their knowledge on the expert level, conduct and assess the analyses by employing statistical methods
PO-3 PO-3 Make use of the knowledge they have in order to find a solution to problems by analyzing, comparing and questioning them and can carry out original research in the related field on their own
PO-8 PO-8 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Environmental Engineering and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means
Presentation
LO-2 Be able to define basic mechanisms of sludge disintegration methods. PO-1 PO-1 Have an advanced level of knowledge about the recent and best practices in Environmental Engineering, deepen and expand their knowledge on the expert level, conduct and assess the analyses by employing statistical methods
PO-5 PO-5 Evaluate the knowledge and skills in a critical way in every activity regarding the field, thereby guiding their learning
PO-8 PO-8 Transfer in a systematical way the latest developments in Environmental Engineering and their field of study reinforcing with qualitative and quantitative data to the groups either concerned with the field or not by verbal, visual and written means
Presentation
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Physical and chemical properties of sewage sludge, sludge disintegration methods and their effects, sludge treatment.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Characteristic of sewage sludge. Description Method
2 Characteristic of sewage sludge. Description Method
3 Sludge disintegration methods. Description Method
4 Sludge disintegration methods. Description Method
5 Sludge disintegration methods. Description Method
6 Sludge disintegration methods. Description Method
7 Sludge disintegration methods. Description Method
8 mid-term exam
9 Sludge treatment Description Method
10 Sludge treatment Description Method
11 Scientific articles. Description Method
12 Homework presentation Description Method
13 Homework presentation Description Method
14 Homework presentation Description Method
15 An overview Description Method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Atıksu Arıtma Çamurlarının İşlenmesi ve Bertarafı, Türkiye Belediyeler Birliği, 2015.
Required Course instruments and materials
There is no any experimental equipment.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report 16 2 100
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 10 30
       e) Term paper/Project 3 10 30
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; 186