Environmental Engineering Laboratories IV

Code:

EA0045

Acronym:

LEA IV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Design, Development, Implementation and Operation
OFICIAL	Environmental Technologies
OFICIAL	Engineering Sciences
OFICIAL	Interp/Personal professional attitudes and capac.

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	http://moodle.fe.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	53	Syllabus since 2006/07	4	-	5	56	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Knowledge and application – The consolidation of the knowledge acquired on test methodologies of monitoring and treatability of contaminated soil and wastewater. Water quality assessment in supply networks.
Analysis and design – Develop the ability to apply knowledge gained in previous laboratory disciplines, to decide the choice of methods and/or combination of methods, in unconventional essays on contaminated soil and wastewater.
Application – Develop the ability to select and use laboratory techniques, equipment and tools appropriate to the study of treatability of contaminated soil and wastewater and water quality assessment in supply networks.
Transferable skills – ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively between peers in social and business context.

Program

Module I: Tests at Geo-environmental laboratory:
- Determination of organic carbon and organic matter in soils;
- Leaching tests of waste treatment of metal ores;
- Determination of liquid generation of acid;
- Determination of a contaminated soil respirometry;
- Determination of degradation kinetics of TPHs in soils.


Module 2:
- Characterization of raw water: pH, alkalinity, ammoniacal nitrogen, BOD. COD, conductivity, turbidity, suspended and dissolved solids;
- Coagulation/flocculation using a jar-test;
- Gravity filtration in a graded sand bed;
- Aggressivity correction test;


Module 3:
Modeling water quality in supply systems.

Mandatory literature

American Public Health Association 500; Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater
Sawyer and McCarty; Chemistry for Enviornmental Engineering, 1978. ISBN: 0-07-054971-0
Sérgio Teixeira Coelho, Dália Loureiro, Helena Alegre; Modelação e Análise de Sistemas de Abastecimento de Água, IRAR e LNEC, 2006

Teaching methods and learning activities

All the modules last four weeks.

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Environmental technology
Natural sciences > Environmental science

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
	Trabalho escrito	65,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	18
	Total:	18,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Grade will be based on the laboratory work (75% of the final grade) and on a project (25% of the final grade).
Students have to reach a minimum grade of 8 out of 20 in the project.