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Course Name	Turkish	Çevre Biyoteknolojisinin Esasları II
	English	Fundamentals of Env.Biotechn.
Course Code	ENB 504E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Seval Sözen Seval Sözen
Course Objectives		The main objectives of the course are; 1. to develop skills for the application of the wastewater treatment principles in engineering practices with understanding the stoichiometry and kinetics of microbial growth 2. to develop skills for the conceptual design of the biological wastewater and sludge treatment processes.
Course Description		Suspended Growth Aerobic Activated Sludge Processes: Kinetics and stoichiometric characteristics, modifications, fundamental design parameters and principles of modelling; Biological Nutrient Removal: Biological Nitrogen Removal: Kinetics and stoichiometric characteristics and principles of modeling, process modifications for biological nitrogen removal/emerging techniques; Biological Nitrogen Removal: Kinetics and stoichiometric characteristics and principles of modeling, Anaerobic Treatment Processes, Aerobic Biofilm Processes
Course Outcomes		M.Sc. students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge, skill and competency responsibility in the following areas: i. Fundamentals of biological treatment in suspended growth activated sludge processes; kinetic and stoichiometric characteristics, system modifications (step feeding, step aeration, contact stabilization, extended aeration, etc.), basis for modeling of Activated Sludge System Processes, model components, process rate expressions, stoichiometric relations ii. Fundamental microbiological approaches and basis for biological Nitrogen removal, Nitrogen Cycle, Aerobic and anoxic microbiological conditions and detailed microbiological steps in nitrogen removal processes, principles of nitrification and denitrification, basis for design of biological nitrogen removal systems, recent and emerging applications of biological nitrogen removal focusing on energy and sustainability, iii. Fundamental microbiological approaches and basis for biological phosphorus removal, Steps of the phosphorus removal mechanism under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, process kinetics and stoichimetry, steady state modeling for mixed cultures and simple system design iv. Fundamental process approaches in anaerobic treatment processes, process kinetics and stoichiometry, principles of design and different applications v. Fundamental process approaches in aerobic biofilm processes, process kinetics and stoichiometry, principles of design and different applications
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Textbook		1.Orhon, D. and Artan, N. (1984). Modelling of Activated Sludge Systems. Technomic Publ.Co.Inc., Lancester, PA. 2.Speece, R.E. (1996). Anaerobic Biotechnology, , Archae Press, Tennessee. 3.Rittman, B.E. and McCarty, P.L. (2001). Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., NY. 4. Henze, M., van Loosdrecht, M. C. M., Ekama G.A. and Brdjanovic, D.(2008). Biological Wastewater Treatment- Principles, Modelling and Design, IWA Publishing. 5.Grady, C.P.L, Daigger, G., Love, N.G. and Filipe, C.D.M. (2011). Biological Wastewater Treatment. 3rd edition, IWA Publishing.
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