Catalog Description:Project course on design of a municipal solid waste landfill
Pre-requisite(s):
ENV 4341
Designation:One of Four Required Capstone EnvE Design Courses
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 | 1 | Number of sessions per week | 1 |
| Duration of each session | 2 hrs | Duration of each session | 2 hrs |
Course Objectives
· Provide a design experience to study students in the solid waste engineering
discipline
Topics:
· Estimate landfill capacity
· Forecast population
·
Estimate per capita waste production
· Select site
· Read site drawings
·
Evaluate siting criteria
· Design cell
· Select landfill density
·
Select landfill height
· Select landfill slopes
· Design leachate
collection system
· Use HELP to estimate leachate flows
· Interpret
head on liner equations
· Select elements in leachate collection systems
·
Design gas management system
· Characterize waste
· Use E-plus
·
Select elements
· Calculate gas flows, pressure in pip systems
· Leachate management
· Select elements
· Size elements
·
Design storm water management
· Become familiar with regulations
·
Select elements
· Size elements
· Design landfill closure
·
Select cap elements
· Design monitoring plan
· Economic analysis
of closure
Textbook(s):
· N/A
Reference(s):
· N/A
Relationship of the
course to Program Outcomes:
· Graduates will solve problems that address engineering economics issues
such as life-cycle analysis and the selection of alternatives.
· Graduates
will solve problems involving topics from chemistry such as stoichiometry, kinetics,
equilibrium and gases.
· Graduates will be exposed to the role of an engineer
involving ethics, professionalism, engineering practice and registration.
·
Graduates will demonstrate the ability to conduct experiments, collect information,
and analyze and interpret data.
· Graduates will demonstrate an ability
to communicate their ideas effectively through written and oral reports.
·
Graduates will demonstrate that they have worked in teams to solve engineering
problems.
· Graduates will be able to complete a comprehensive environmental
engineering design project incorporating the use of design and regulatory standards,
and realistic constraints that could include contemporary issues such as economics,
globalization, societal impact and safety.· Graduates will be exposed
to real-world problems and solutions.