Catalog Description:Engineering design measurements and analysis of chemical systems in environmental to control treatment processes such as softening, coagulation, disinfection, stabilization, and others
Pre-requisite(s):
General Chemistry
Introductory environmental engineering courses (e.g. EGN 3704 or ENV 3001)
Designation:Required
Contribution of course to meeting the Professional Component:
| Math & Science Topic | 0.0 credit hours |
| Engineering Topics | 3.0 credit hours |
| General Education Topics | 0.0 credit hours |
| Class Schedule: | Laboratory Schedule: | ||
| Number of sessions per week | 2 | Number of sessions per week | 2 |
| Duration of each session | 50 mins | Duration of each session | 180 hrs |
Course Objectives:
1. Knowledge of basic aquatic chemistry principles including chemical equilibrium,
acid-base, precipitation and dissolution, oxidation and reduction, and complexation
reaction
2. Design and analysis of various processes involving water treatment
(e.g. water softening, coagulation, breakpoint chlorination, and water stabilization)
3.
Instrumentation and measurements of various water quality parameters (e.g. pH,
Alkalinity, Hardness, Turbidity, Color, Conductivity, LSI, and Chlorine Residuals)
Topics:
· Chemical equilibrium and kinetics
· Acid-base reactions
·
Alkalinity (carbonate systems)
· Precipitation and dissolution reactions
·
Complex formation
· Oxidation and reduction reactions
· Design and
analysis of chemical and physical treatment processes
· Water softening
·
Coagulation
· Breakpoint chlorination
· Water stabilization
·
Membrane process
· Instrumentation and measurements of water quality parameters:
pH, Alkalinity, Hardness, Turbidity, Color, Conductivity, LSI, Chlorine residuals
(free and combined) and others
· Jar testing for coagulation
Textbook(s):
· Water Chemistry, V. L. Snoeyink and D. Jenkins, John Wiley and Sons,
1980
· Chemistry for Environmental Engineering, C. N. Sawyer, P. L. McCarty,
and G. F. Parkin, McGraw Hill, 4th edition, 1994
Reference(s):
· N/A
Relationship of the
course to Program Outcomes:
· This course is used to assess civil and environmental engineering program
outcomes numbers 5 and 6 (by conducting lab experiments, data analysis and reporting).
·
It is also used to apply environmental engineering program outcomes numbers
1 and 3 (stoichiometry, kinetics, and equilibrium).
· This course also
addresses the Criterion a, b, c, e, f, g, j and k from the a-k list of ABET.