ENVL
410 - Hazardous Waste Management and Design.
Spring 2002
Fundamentals
of hazardous waste management and treatment design. Includes review of current hazardous waste regulations,
groundwater and air contaminant fate and transport concepts, and risk
assessment. Primary focus on the
design of treatment processes including air stripping of volatile compounds,
soil vapor extraction, adsorption, bioremediation of contained aquifers and
soils, and incineration. Emerging
treatment technologies will also be presented. Spring.
(Cr. 3) Prerequisite: ENGS
204 Textbook:
Hazardous Waste Management, 2nd Ed., LaGrega et. al., 2001,
McGraw-Hill
Goal:
Learn the fundamentals of hazardous waste management and treatment from a design
perspective. Includes hazardous
waste regulations, risk assessments, physical, chemical, and biological
treatment alternatives, and design projects.
The course will focus on national and international hazardous waste
concerns, and will involve the use of analytical tools and concepts taught in
previous courses, including: fate and transport concepts, environmental
chemistry, reaction kinetics, and physio-chemical and biological treatment
processes.
1 . Gain an understanding of the
basic regulatory framework that governs hazardous waste management.
2 - Learn how environmental science
and engineering concepts apply to hazardous waste treatment processes.
3 - Learn to apply basic engineering
and design principles to hazardous waste treatment processes.
4 - Learn the basic design methods
and criteria for an air stripper, ion exchange,
bioremediation and thermal treatment technologies.
5 - Apply general risk analysis in
the context of waste management and quantitative risk assessment.
6 - Develop an understanding and
appreciation for the numerous engineering, scientific, and regulatory
teps involved in site assessment,
treatment selection, design and application for a variety of hazardous waste
problems.
7 - Develop and understanding and
appreciation for the socio-economic, ethical, and public health concerns related
to hazardous waste management.
8 - Further develop and a practice your literary research and technical writing skills.
1.
Environmental engineering principles
2.
Environmental Chemistry
3.
Environmental Microbiology
Topics:
Fate
and Transport review (Q1)..... (3 hours)
Current
management practices Audits, Pollution prevention, etc................
(3 hours)
Physical
Chemical Treatment - Henry's Law, Fick's Law, Isotherms, Etc.
(4 hours)
Physical/Chemical
Air Stripping (Design 1) (Q2) (4 hours)
Physical/Chemical
Adsorption and Precipitation.... (4 hours)
Biological
Methods (Q3).. (3 hours)
Biological
Methods Reactor Design and Analysis (Design 2)..........
(3 hours)
Bioremediation
- Ex Situ and In Situ ..... (6
hours)
Stabilization
and Solidification(Q4)............. (2
hours)
Thermal
Methods (Design 3)........ (2 hours)
Land
Disposal (Q5)....... (1 hour)
Site
Assessment and Treatment Selection (Design 4)........ (3
hours)
Site
assessment and treatment selection (Q6).. (2 hours)
Final
Exam ....... (2 hours)
Excel
/ Word / MathCad
Laboratory
Experience:
Course accompanied by lab course ENVL 204
Relationship
to Environmental Engineering Program:
This course is required for students in the Env. Engr. Program. It teaches them the basic process (microbial, chemical and physical) of water and wastewater treatments, and allows them to apply much of the engineering science, math, and process engineering they learned in their Sophomore and Junior years.
(1)
Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (ABET a)
(4)
Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (ABET-e)
(6)
Knowledge and understanding of basic water and wastewater treatment processes
and their application.
Assessment
Tools:
Exams, Homework
Professional
Component Contribution:
Environmental
Engineering
....1
Credits (33%)
Engineering
Design................................................................
2 Credits (67%)
Prepared
by the Course Coordinator:
Dr.
Robert Sharp, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering
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February
2002