Course Description
Engineering science and design related to environmental modeling, solid waste management, and hazardous waste management. Concepts of risk assessment will also be introduced.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional questions on tests and homework. Higher performance expectations on design problems (increased depth and detail).
Athena Title
Env Engr Remediation Design
Prerequisite
(ENGR 3140 or ENGR 3140E or MCHE 3140) and (BCHE 3520 or ENGR 3520) and (MIBO 3000-3000L or MIBO 3500 or MIBO 3500E) and (BCMB 3100 or BCMB 3100E or BCMB 3100H)
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to: 1. Understand, calculate, measure and use parameters affecting transport of chemical contaminants 2. Understand, calculate and measure chemical contaminant concentration 3. Understand and use chemical kinetics 4. Understand how to measure and analyze rate data 5. Understand how to size and design chemical reactors 6. Understand and use biodegradation kinetics 7. Understand how to size and design bioremediation reactors 8. Understand Residence Time 9. Distribution or RTD and how to conduct a tracer study 10. Understand how to use RTD in modeling non-ideal reactors 11. Understand and use equations for contaminant transport in porous media 12. Understand and use a contaminant transport and bioremediation model 13. Understand how to conduct site characterization for remediation 14. Understand how to integrate engineering sciences, kinetics and reactor design principals to design remediation processes
Topical Outline
1. Thermodynamics: Chemical parameters affecting transport and biodegradation 2. Chemical Kinetics 3. Modeling 4. Hazardous Waste Treatment Processes 5. Bioremediation 6. In Situ Contamination 7. Air Pollution Control 8. Solid Waste