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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / ÇM 540 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: ÇM 540 Course Title: BIOTECHNOLOGY OF ANAEROBIC TREATMENT 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 HAKAN DULKADİROĞLU (hakandulkadiroglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The purpose of this course to gain knowledge and skills on mechanisms of anaerobic wastewater treatment and different reactors types.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Be able to define the mechanism of anaerobic treatment. 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-6 PO-6 Are able to make use of computer software as well as communication and information technology required by the field of Environmental Engineering at an advanced level
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 desing the anaerobic wastewater treatment unit. 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
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic parameters, wastewaters which can be treated anaerobically, the basic treatment mechanisms, biotechnology of anaerobic treatment and reactor types.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Characteristics of Waste Water. Description Method
2 Introduction to Anaerobic Digestion. Description Method
3 Biotechnology of Anaerobic Digestion. Description Method
4 Biotechnology of Anaerobic Digestion. Description Method
5 Biotechnology of Anaerobic Digestion. Description Method
6 Mass Balance for Different Reactor Types. Description Method
7 Mass Balance for Different Reactor Types. Description Method
8 mid-term exam
9 Homework presentation 1 Discussion Method
10 Homework presentation 1 Discussion Method
11 Design of anaerobic Units Description Method, Problem Solving Method
12 Design of anaerobic Units Description Method, Problem Solving Method
13 Homework presentation2 Discussion Method
14 Homework presentation 2 Discussion Method
15 An Overview Description Method,
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Wastewater Engineering, Treatment and Reuse, Metcalf & Eddy. Mc Graw Hill Yayınları.
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