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Introduction to environmental engineering

Also listed as: מבוא להנדסת סביבה

The entry course for the environmental-engineering direction: water treatment, air quality, contaminant transport and the regulation that governs all three.

Semester
Semester A
Weekly hours
4h
Counts as
Department electives
Interest areas
Environment and energy

Comes after

No listed prerequisite.

Opens up

  • Pollutant transport
  • MSc in environmental engineering

What it covers

Topics

  • Mass and energy balances for environmental systems
  • Water quality and treatment: coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection
  • Biological treatment and BOD kinetics
  • Air pollution: sources, Gaussian plume dispersion, control technology
  • Solid and hazardous waste
  • Environmental chemistry and risk assessment
  • Sustainability, climate and the regulatory framework

Results worth carrying out

  • Gaussian plume, ground-level centreline

    C(x,0,0)=Qπσyσzuexp ⁣(H22σz2)C(x,0,0) = \frac{Q}{\pi\,\sigma_y\sigma_z\,u}\exp\!\left(-\frac{H^2}{2\sigma_z^2}\right)
  • First-order BOD decay

    Lt=L0ektL_t = L_0\,e^{-kt}
  • Stirred-reactor mass balance

    VdCdt=Q(CinC)+rVV\frac{dC}{dt} = Q\left(C_{in} - C\right) + rV

Figures worth knowing

  • Plume-dispersion diagrams
  • Treatment-train flowcharts

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