Environmental Engineering Laboratories IV

Code:

EA0045

Acronym:

LEA IV

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Technological Sciences

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical and Biological 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	46	Syllabus since 2006/07	4	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Knowledge and application – The consolidation of the knowledge acquired on test methodologies of monitoring and treatability of wastewater and gas streams. Water quality assessment in supply networks.
Analysis and design – Develop the ability to apply knowledge gained in previous laboratory courses, to decide the choice of methods and/or combination of methods, in unconventional essays on wastewater gas streams.
Application – Develop the ability to select and use laboratory techniques, equipment and tools appropriate to the study of treatability of contaminated gas streams 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.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course unit students will be able to:
- knowledge in methodologies for monitoring environmental quality in the domain of wastewater and gas streams and be capable of using them in the design of problem solutions and in the forecast and prediction of those problems, including potential counterproductive effects;
- personal and professional skills and attributes, namely experimentation and knowledge discovery, system thinking, personal skills and professional skills and attitudes;
- interpersonal skills: teamwork and communication
Conceiving, designing, implementing and operating systems in the enterprise and societal context.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Module 1: Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Biological treatment of a simulated effluent in an activated sludge reactor and in a trickling filter;
- treatment by coagulation/flocculation of a simulated coloured effluent in a pilot plant and in the WWTP;
- removal of organic pollutants in water by photocatalytic oxidation using simulated sunlight irradiation;
- Solar/UV photocatalysis for decontamination of VOCs polluted air streams;
Module 2: - Characterization of raw water: pH, alkalinity, ammoniacal nitrogen, BOD. COD, conductivity, turbidity, suspended and dissolved solids;
- Coagulation/flocculation using a jar-test;
- DAF tests
- Gravity filtration in a graded sand bed;
- Breakpoint chlorination tests;
Module 3: Modeling water quality in supply systems.

Mandatory literature

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
American Public Health Association 500; Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presencial
Execution of scheduled assignments. Brief presentations of the adequate procedures.

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
reports	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese		100,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	123
	Frequência das aulas	39
	Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

- Students must attend all the laboratory classes, including the ones that are protected by the article 4, line) a and b).
- Students have at do all the lab assignments and reach a minimum grade of 10 in each module.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade (NF) is calculated by:
NF =1/3 Module 1 + 1/3 Module 2 + 1/3 Module 3

Module 1 grade = 0.35 (grade of a complete report done by each group ) + 3*0.15 (grade of 3 short reports done by each group) + 0.2 ( grade of the continuous assessment)
Module 2 grade = 0.8 (average grade of 5 individual reports) + 0.2 ( grade of the continuous assessment)
Module 3 = average grade of the 2 reports

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

n.a.

Classification improvement

To improve the final grade is mandatory to frequent the course in the subsequent occurrence.

Observations

Students have to be assessed on all the components and reach the minimum grades established.