PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
CEE 554
Fall 1999
Instructor: Dr. Mirat D. Gurol, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng. Rm. 421D
Phone: 594-0391; Fax: 594-0512; E-Mail: mgurol@mail.sdsu.edu
Office Hours: T 2:00-3:00 P.M; TH 2:00-3:00 P.M.; TH 5:00-7:00 P.M.
Text: Process Dynamics in Environmental Systems, W. Weber and F. DiGiano, Wiley, 1996.
| Week | Date | Topic | Assignment |
| 1 | 1 Aug 31 | Introduction, Material Balance | Ch 1, 2 |
| 1 | 2 Sep 2 | Advective and Dispersive Mass Transport | Ch 3 |
| 2 | 3 Sep 7 | Diffusive Mass Transport | Ch 4 |
| 2 | 4 Sep 9 | Interphase Mass Transfer | Ch 4 |
| 3 | 5 Sep 14 | Mass Transfer Models | Ch 4 |
| 3 | 6 Sep 16 | Applications | Ch 4 |
| 4 | 7 Sep 21 | Thermodynamic Relationships | Ch 5 |
| 4 | 8 Sep 23 | Absorption/Stripping | Ch 6 |
| 5 | 9 Sep 28 | Applications | |
| 5 | 10 Sep 30 | EXAM 1 | |
| 6 | 11 Oct 5 | Adsorption/Desorption | Ch 6 |
| 6 | 12 Oct 7 | Phase Distribution | Ch 6 |
| 7 | 13 Oct 12 | Rate Concepts | Ch 7 |
| 7 | 14 Oct 14 | Rate Data Analysis | Ch 7 |
| 8 | 15 Oct 19 | Complex Reaction Kinetics | Ch 7 |
| 8 | 16 Oct 21 | Homogeneous Catalysis | Ch 7 |
| 9 | 17 Oct 26 | Diffusion in Heterogeneous Systems | Ch 8 |
| 9 | 18 Oct 28 | Diffusion with Reaction | Ch 8 |
| 10 | 19 Nov 2 | Catalytic Surface Reactions | Ch 8 |
| 10 | 20 Nov 4 | EXAM 2 | |
| 11 | 21 Nov 9 | Single Reactor Design | Ch 9 |
| 11 | 22 Nov 11 | Single Reactor Design | Ch 9 |
| 12 | 23 Nov 16 | Multiple Reactors | Ch 9 |
| 12 | 24 Nov 18 | Nonideal Reactors | Ch 9 |
| 13 | 25 Nov 23 | Nonideal Reactors | Ch 9 |
| 14 | 26 Nov 30 | Reactor Engineering for Hetero. Systems | Ch 10 |
| 14 | 27 Dec 2 | Aeration | Ch 10 |
| 14 | 28 Dec 7 | Ozonation | Ch 10 |
| 15 | 29 Dec 9 | Unsteady-State Systems | Ch 11 |
References:
1. Environmental Modeling, J. Schnoor, Wiley, 1996.
2. Surface Water Quality Modeling, S. Chapra, McGraw Hill, 1997.
3. Environmental Transport Processes, B. Logan, Wiley, 1999.
4. Transport Modeling for Environ. Engineers and Scientist, M. Clark, Wiley, 1996.