ENE804 - Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering


Syllabus

 Fall Semetser 2007

Time 10:20 AM to 11:40 AM Mondays and Wednesdays

Location: C103 Engineering Research Complex

 

TOPIC

READINGS

DATE

1 Energetics and Stoichiometry of Biological Reactions
Energetics of Growth
Stoichiometry of Growth
Maintenance
Chapter 2, Handout 8/ 27, 29, 9/5
  University closed   9/3
2 Wastewater Characteristics
Chemical and Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Handout 9/ 10*
3 Kinetics of Suspended-Growth Biological Processes
Cell-Growth Rates
Substrate-Utilization Rates
Kinetic Coefficients
System Control Parameters
Reactors without Recycle: Chemostat and Lagoons
Reactors with Recycle
Chapter 3 & 5 9/ 12, 17, 19*

Note: 9/20 is the deadline to drop this course w/ tuition refund.

4 Activated Sludge Process
Stoichiometry and Kinetics
Process Configurations
Loading Criteria
Microbiology and Bulking
Clarifier Design
Chapter 6 9/24, 26, 10/1
  Summary and Review of Sections 1 to 4   10/3

EXAM ONE  on Sections 1 to 4

10/8

Note: 10/16 is the middle of semester: It is the deadline to drop this course without refund.

5 Kinetics of Attached-Growth Biological Processes
Immobilized/Attached-Growth/Fixed-Film Reactors
Basic Kinetic Relationships
Steady-State Biofilm Model
Biofilm Detachment
Simplified Design Method
Non-steady State Biofilms
Chapter 4 10/10, 15
6 Aerobic Fixed-Film Processes
Trickling Filters
Rotating Biological Contactors
Activated Biofilter
Aerated Fixed and Fluidized Beds
Chapter 8 10/ 17*
7 Nitrification and Denitrification
Stoichiometry and Kinetics
Suspended-Growth Processes
Fixed-Film Processes
Chapters 9-10 10/22
8 Activated Sludge Models Handout 10/ 24*, 29
9 Biological Phosphorus Removal Chapter 11 10/31, 11/5*
  Summary and Review of Sections 5 to 9 Handout 11/7

EXAM TWO on Sections 5 to 9

11/ 12

10 Methanogenesis
Anaerobic Process Ecology
Kinetics and Stoichiometry
pH Control
Toxicity and Inhibition
Chapter 13
Handout
11/ 14, 19, 21
11 Biotransformation of Hazardous Compounds
Key Issues
Contaminants, Cometabolism
Biostimulation and Bioaugmentation
Chapter 14-15 11/26, 28
12 Solids Processing
Process Types and Design Methods
Handout 12/3
  Last Class: Your choice / Final Review Handout 12/5

FINAL EXAM   Comprehensive 10 AM to 12 Noon

12/13

Syed A. Hashsham

Associate Professor
Email: hashsham@egr.msu.edu
Webpage
Phone: (517) 355 8241