ERE 440/643 WATER POLLUTION ENGINEERING

Fall 2008

 

 

Instructor:      Dr. Wendong Tao

                        422 Baker; X4928; wtao@esf.edu

                        Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday 2:00-4:30 pm, or by appointment

 

Teaching Assistant:  Hui Lin    

hlin17@syr.edu  

410 Baker 

 

Lectures:        Tue & Thu 11:00 – 12:20 @434 Baker

Labs:               108 Baker

 

Textbook:       Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. 2003. Wastewater Engineering – Treatment and Reuse, 4th edition. McGraw-Hill.

 

 

Course Description

 

Three hours of lecture/lab/field trip per week.

Introduction to the physical, chemical and biological parameters of wastewater treatment processes and to the principles of the unit operations and processes involved. Study of the design parameters and design procedures of wastewater treatment systems.

 

 

Course Objectives

 

After completing this course, the students will be able to:

  1. recognize the importance of water pollution engineering in achieving societal goals for both public and environmental health;
  2. characterize wastewater in terms of flowrate and constituents;
  3. write mass balance statements for several reactor configurations;
  4. apply kinetics expressions to mass balance analysis, solve for effluent concentrations under steady state, and apply to process analysis and selection;
  5. prepare a preliminary design for unit processes and operations, e.g., solid-liquid separation and aerated lagoon; and
  6. be familiar with the common treatment processes and systems.

 

Professional Component Subject Area

 

___Mathematics

___Basic science

_×_Engineering science

_×_Engineering design

___General education

 

 

Course Outline

 

Topics

Textbook

Introduction to wastewater management

1-22,

154-170, 1634-1636

Wastewater flow analysis

154-181,

197-205, 1636-1639

Review of applied chemistry and characterization of wastewater quality

28-118

Labs: Solids analysis and BOD test

 

Overview of wastewater treatment processes

313-319, 344-350, 419-422, 430-435, 493-500, 547-554, 661-666, 840-843, 854-859, 1162-1169

Flow diagram and Field trip

10-22

Gravity separation

361-373, 384-410, 833-840

Mass balance analysis and reactor design

216-230,

257-277

Biological treatment

563-595, 611-635, 840-854

Presentations; Exam review

 

 

 

Course Grading

 

ERE440 (Undergrad)

ERE643 (Grad)
  1. Assignments/Lab reports
  2. Quizzes
  3. Design exercises
  4. Final Exam

6%×7

10%×2

9%×2

20%
  1. Assignments/Lab reports
  2. Quizzes
  3. Design exercises
  4. Presentation/Project report

 

6%×7

10%×2

9%×2

20%

Total

100%

Total

100%

 

Late policy: The due dates for assignments and design exercises will be announced in class. You will lose 10% of marks for one-day delay, 25% for two-day delay, and 50% for three-day delay, and 100% thereafter.

 

There will be a field trip to a local wastewater treatment plant. Date to be announced.