| Learning Outcomes |
PO |
MME |
| The students who succeeded in this course: |
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| LO-1 |
Can operate wastewater treatment plants, can define and solve the problems encountered. |
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
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Examination
Term Paper
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| LO-2 |
Describe the general characteristics of wastewater. |
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
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Examination
Term Paper
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PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
| Course Contents |
| Flowrate and characterization of wastewater, thier changings; sampling, measuring and analyses for plant monitoring; WWTP processes and units, their mechanisms; important points in plant operation, maintenance; problems may be encountered and their solution methods. |
| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
Wastewater flowrates and characterization, changings and precautions |
Lecturing |
| 2 |
WWTP instrumentation and otomation |
Lecturing |
| 3 |
Wastewater sampling, measuring and analyses required for plant operation and observation, data evaluation and recording |
Lecturing |
| 4 |
Wastewater sampling, measuring and analyses required for plant operation and observation, data evaluation and recording |
Lecturing |
| 5 |
Primary treatment units: Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in screens and grit chambers |
Lecturing |
| 6 |
Primary treatment units: Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in equalization tanks and ph adjustment |
Lecturing |
| 7 |
Primary treatment units: Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in primary settling tanks |
Lecturing |
| 8 |
mid-term exam |
|
| 9 |
Secondary treatment units: Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in activated sludge tanks |
Lecturing |
| 10 |
Secondary treatment units: Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in final settling tanks |
Lecturing |
| 11 |
Secondary treatment units: Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in sludge recycling |
Lecturing |
| 12 |
Secondary treatment units: Problems encountered in activated sludge systems and their solution |
Lecturing |
| 13 |
Sludge processes: Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in sludge thickening |
Lecturing |
| 14 |
Sludge processes: Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in aerobic sludge stabilization |
Lecturing |
| 15 |
Sludge processes: Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting in anaerobic sludge stabilization and sludge dewatering |
Lecturing |
| 16 |
final exam |
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| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Operation of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants, Vol. 1: Management and Support Systems, Manual of Practise No. 11, Sixth Edt., Water Environment Federation, WEFPress, McGraw-Hill, USA, 2008 |
| 2 |
Atıksu Arıtma Tesisleri İşletme El Kitabı, Editör: Prof. Dr. Dinçer TOPACIK, İBB İSKİ Genel Müdürlüğü, İstanbul, 2000 |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
| Internet and scientific literature |
