CE 7220 (CE7226 DIS-ED) Water and Wastewater Operations I:
Principles and Modeling (Syllabus)
Fall Semester 2001
Instructor: Dongye (Don) Zhao, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Department of Civil Engineering
209 Harbert Engineering Center
Phone: 334-844 6277
Fax: 334-844 6290
E-mail: dzhao@eng.auburn.edu
Course objectives:
· to develop fundamental skills to analyze and quantitatively describe natural and engineered processes in environmental engineering
· to learn theories and principles of environmental reactions, system equilibrium, reaction kinetics, mass transfer, and reactor analysis
· to convert conceptual models into mathematical models
· to solve simple mathematical models and use results to practical process design, analysis, and predictions
· to analyze and interpret experimental data to elucidate fundamental phenomena
Prerequisite: basic knowledge of water chemistry, water and wastewater treatment,
calculus, and ordinary differential equations.
Primary Textbooks:
Walter J. Weber, Jr., Environmental Systems and Processes: Principles, Modeling, and Design, John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Jerald L. Schnoor, Environmental Modeling: Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air, and Soil, John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
Compiled Class-notes
Supplementary Texts:
Mark M. Clark, Transport Modeling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists, John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
Kalliat T. Valsaraj, Elements of Environmental Engineering: Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Lewis Publishers, 2000.
Octave Levenspiel, Chemical Reaction Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 1972.
Course Hours:
Course Credits: 3
Office Hours:
Grading: Homework: 20%
Mid-term
Exam
Mid-term
Exam
Final Exam: 40%
Course Policy:
Homework is due by
University, college, and/or department policies will be applied for missed exams.
Course Schedule
(Tentative):
|
Class No. |
Day |
Date |
Topic |
|
1 |
M |
August 20 |
Introduction-Reaction Kinetics |
|
2 |
W |
22 |
Elementary Rxn. Rate |
|
3 |
F |
24 |
Determination of Rxn. Rate |
|
4 |
M |
27 |
Determination of Rxn. Rate |
|
5 |
W |
29 |
Labor Day (No Class) |
|
6 |
F |
31 |
Michaelis-Menton enzyme kinetics |
|
7 |
M |
September 3 |
Substrate activated and inhibited rxn |
|
8 |
W |
5 |
Monod kinetic model |
|
9 |
F |
7 |
BOD reduction kinetics |
|
10 |
M |
10 |
Effect of temperature on rxn rate |
|
11 |
W |
12 |
Effect of catalysts
on rxn rate |
|
12 |
F |
14 |
Catalysis by
hydrogen ions |
|
13 |
M |
17 |
Effect of ionic
strength on rate |
|
14 |
W |
19 |
Consecutive rxn
kinetics |
|
15 |
F |
21 |
Parallel,
autocatalytic, reversible rxns |
|
16 |
M |
24 |
Mid-Term Exam 1 |
|
17 |
W |
26 |
Mass Transfer: Diffusion & Dispersion |
|
18 |
F |
28 |
Flux, Fick’s first law |
|
19 |
M |
October 1 |
Fick’s second law |
|
20 |
W |
3 |
Rate limiting steps |
|
21 |
F |
5 |
Diffusion controlled processes |
|
22 |
M |
8 |
Sorption and
diffusion |
|
23 |
W |
10 |
Interfacial mass
transfer: gas-liquid |
|
24 |
F |
12 |
Transport by advection and dispersion |
|
25 |
M |
15 |
Oxygen transfer in reactors |
|
26 |
W |
17 |
Mass transfer coefficient |
|
27 |
F |
19 |
Reactor analysis and modeling |
|
28 |
M |
22 |
Mass balances |
|
29 |
W |
24 |
Types of reactors |
|
30 |
F |
26 |
Ideal CSFRs and PFRs |
|
31 |
M |
29 |
CSFRs at unsteady state |
|
32 |
W |
31 |
CSFRs in series |
|
33 |
F |
November 2 |
Graphical solution CSFR in series |
|
34 |
M |
5 |
Reactor with recycle |
|
35 |
W |
7 |
Hybrid reactor systems |
|
36 |
F |
9 |
Hybrid reactor systems |
|
37 |
M |
12 |
No class |
|
38 |
W |
14 |
No class |
|
39 |
F |
16 |
Mid-term Exam 2 |
|
40 |
M |
19 |
Thanksgiving (No class) |
|
41 |
W |
21 |
Thanksgiving (No class) |
|
42 |
F |
23 |
Thanksgiving (No class) |
|
43 |
M |
26 |
Nonideal systems |
|
44 |
W |
28 |
Nonideal systems |
|
45 |
F |
30 |
Nonideal systems |
|
46 |
M |
December 3 |
Interfacial process equilibrium |
|
47 |
W |
5 |
Equilibrium models |
|
48 |
F |
7 |
Model applications |
|
49 |
M |
10 |
Final exam (too be determined) |