Course Syllabus
Course:
ENVE 681 Environmental
Engineering Design
Wednesday
Instructor:
Dr. Michael Robinson, P.E.
205C Gullickson Hall (
robinsonm@marshall.edu phone 304.696.6049 fax 304.696.5454
Text:
Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering, 2nd ed.
Tom D. Reynolds and Paul A. Richards, PWS Publishing
References:
Water Quality and Treatment by AWWA, McGraw Hill
Handbook of Public Water Systems by Culp,
Wesner and Culp, Van Nostrand Reinhold
Wastewater Engineering Treatment/Disposal/Reuse by Metcalf
and Eddy, Inc., McGraw Hill
Industrial Water Pollution Control by Wesley
Eckenfelder, Jr., McGraw Hill
Water Environment Research (research journal of the
Water Environment Federation)
Course Description:
Design of chemical, physical, and biological operations and processes involved
in water and wastewater treatment. Upon completion of this course the student
will
1) Know the characteristics of water and wastewater that influence the
design of treatment facilities
2) Know the physical, chemical, and biological processes involved
in treatment of water and wastewater
3) Be able to select appropriate treatment processes for specific water
and wastewater characteristics
4) Be
able to design the major unit operations in water and wastewater treatment
plants
Course Prerequisites:
Undergraduate degree in engineering or physical science.
Course Website:
A course website will be available at http://webpages.marshall.edu/~robinsonm.
Students will be notified when material is available on the website.
Grade Policy:
Class grade is based on two exams (mid-term and final), out-of-class
assignments, and in-class participation.
Grade is calculated using the following
percentages: Exams
– 70 % ( 35 %
each exam)
Out-of-class assignments – 25 %
In-class participation – 5 %
A:
90 or greater
B:
80 to 89 %
C:
70 to 79 %
D:
60 to 69 %
Class assignments, examinations, and participation:
Students must read all assigned material before class and be prepared to
participate in class discussions. Certain material assigned as required reading
may not be covered in the lecture. Students are encouraged to review the
current literature and bring relevant material to class for discussion.
Homework must be completed in a professional manner and
submitted within the assigned deadline (at the beginning of class). A 10 %
penalty will be subtracted from all homework submitted late. Homework will not
be accepted after solutions sets are posted. Late homework will accepted for
full credit only with prior approval of instructor and valid justification.
Students are encouraged to interact with each other to better understand the
homework problems, however, each student must submit their own work.
Homework problems may be solved using mathematical software
(MathCAD, MATLAB, Excel) but sufficient notation (comments and equations) must
be provided to permit evaluation of the work.
Exams will be a combination on in-class and take-home
questions. Students are to work completely independent of other students on
take-home exams. Exams missed due to a scheduled absence will be rescheduled.
Exams missed due to an unscheduled absence will be rescheduled at the option of
the instructor.
Attendance Policy:
Attendance is required and strongly recommended, as each student is responsible
for all material discussed in class. Please notify instructor in advance, if
possible, of any known class absences. Students are encouraged to bring
textbook to all classes as figures, diagrams and example problems in the text
will be referenced frequently during lectures.
Academic Dishonesty:
Issues of academic dishonesty will be handled as specified in the Graduate
Catalog.
Video link Procedures:
The lecture will originate from alternate sites every week.
If during the lecture the video link between the two campuses is lost the
lecture will be stopped for 20 minutes. If after 20 minutes the connection is
not reestablished I will continue the lecture and provide a videotape of the
lecture to the students at the remote site. Students at the remote site may
leave after the 20 minutes. If the connection is lost within the last 30
minutes of class I will end the class at that time.
Course Calendar/Schedule:
Course schedule is tentative and subject to change depending upon the progress
and interests of the class.
|
Class |
Topics |
Assignments |
|
1 |
Introduction Chemical Concepts Biological Concepts |
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Water Environment
Federation website |
|
2 |
Mass Balances, Flow Models
and Reactors Water Quantities |
Chapter 3 Chapter 4 |
|
3 |
Water Quality Wastewater Quantities and
Quality |
Chapter 4 Chapter 5 |
|
4 |
Water and Wastewater
Treatment Plants Screening, Coagulation and
Coagulants, Rapid Mixing |
Chapter 6 pages 128, 134 - 137, 166 -
179, 180 - 193 |
|
5 |
Flocculation Sedimentation |
pages 194 - 204, 210 - 214,
219 - 239 pages 239 - 247 |
|
6 |
Sedimentation |
pages 247-264 |
|
7 |
Filtration Adsorption |
pages 284 - 306, 307 - 322 pages 350- 363 |
|
8 |
Oxygen Transfer and Mixing Disinfection |
pages 498 - 509 pages 740 - 754 |
|
9 |
Disinfection Biological Principles |
pages 32 - 35 |
|
10 |
Activated Sludge |
Chapter 15 |
|
11 |
Activated Sludge Biological Nutrient Removal |
pages 337 - 347 pages 730 - 732 |
|
12 |
Biological Nutrient Removal |
Handouts |
|
13 |
Fixed Film Processes Anaerobic Digestion |
pages 523 - 552 pages 573 - 595 |
|
14 |
Aerobic Digestion Solids Handling |
pages 610 - 624 pages 629 - 661 |
|
15 |
Make-up Lecture |
|