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ENE-813 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Campus SCEE (IESE)
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Course Code ENE-813
Credit Hours 3+0
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives Course Objectives:
  1. To understand the fundamental principles of water treatment
  2. To learn to design a full scale water treatment plant for potable supplies
Course Outcomes:
  • Modeling, designing and operation of water treatment works for removal of pollutants using conventional as well as modern techniques
Detail Content
  1. Water related diseases,
  2. Population Estimates, demand Calculation, Factors affecting water demand
  3. Flow measurement techniques
  4. Stoichiometry, Chemical Equilibriae and Kinetics,
  5. Reactions, Reactors and Reactor Theory,
  6. Selecting source and appropriate treatment techniques
  7. Coagulation: Theory, Types, Mechanisms, Design, exercises
  8. Flocculation, Theory, Types, Mechanisms, Design, exercises
  9. Sedimentation, Theory, Types, Mechanisms, Design, exercises
  10. Filtration: Theory, Types, Mechanisms, Column Design, exercises
  11. Disinfection: Theory, Types, Mechanisms, Design, exercises
  12. Adsorption: Theory, Types, Mechanisms, Design, exercises
  13. Ion Exchange: Theory, Types, Mechanisms, Design, exercises
  14. Membrane Processes; Types, Theory, design, fouling, exercise
  15. Sludge Management
  16. Off-flavours removal
  17. Removal of Inorganics e.g. Fe, Mn, NO3, As, F, Se etc.
  18. Organic removal.
Text/Ref Books
  1. Water treatment: unit processes by D.W. Hendricks. (2008)
  2. Unit operations and process in Environmental Engineering, by Jon D. Reynolds
  3. Water Treatment Principle and  Design  by  I. M.  Montgomery  Consulting Engineers Wiley Inter-science New York (latest edition)
Time Schedule Fall Semester 2015
Faculty/Resource Person Dr. Sher Jamal Khan
PhD (Asian Institute of Technology) Thailand
Environmental Engineering and Management