Kocaeli University / European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Aykan KARADEMİR
Prof. Dr. Nezihi KÖPRÜBAŞI

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Discuss the routes of transport of man-made chemicals in the environment
2) Assess the factors and processes affecting the fate and transport of chemicals in the environment
3) Apply the knowledge on how to set a model for these transport processes by mass balances and kinetics
4) Experiment in the use of modelling and laboratory investigations into the fate and effects of chemicals in the environment
5) Express the transport of chemicals in the environment including air and water, and applying this approach to the scientific researches

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

		Program Competencies
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Learning Outcomes
	1	Middle	Middle	Middle	Low	Middle	Middle
	2	Low	Low	Low	Low	Middle	Low
	3	Low	Middle	Low	Low	High	Middle
	4	Middle	Low	Low	Low	High	Middle
	5	Middle	Middle	Low	Middle	High	Middle

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Unit Operations and Processes I-II

Course Contents

In this lecture, candidates are provided with in-depth knowledge on modelling concept and its history, control volume and mass balances, advective and dispersive transport, chemical kinetics and partitioning, transport in rivers, lakes and estuaries, sediment transport, BOD and DO models, microbial kinetics, air pollution dispersion modelling, Gaussian dispersion models, deposition processes in the atmosphere and examples of model applications.

Weekly Schedule

1) Introduction to the lecture, modelling and its history
2) Modelling concepts, control volume and mass balances, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, examples with answers
3) Types of transport, advective and dispersive transport, Fick's laws
4) Chemical kinetics, partitioning of chemicals between different environments, determination of partitioning coefficients
5) Chemical transport in rivers, continuous and non-continuous inputs, different modelling techniques
6) Chemical transport in lakes, lake models, effect of seasonal variations on the chemical transport
7) Chemical transport in estuaries, determination of the relative effects of advective and dispersive transport processes
8) Midterm examination / Assessment
9) BOD and DO models, Streeter-Phelps equation
10) BOD and DO models, Streeter-Phelps equation
11) Air pollution dispersion modelling, atmospheric chemistry, emission sources and pollutant types,fate of the pollutants in the atmosphere and the processes pollutants undergone
12) Gaussian dispersion modelling, sample application
13) Deposition processes in the atmosphere, wet and dry deposition
14) Student presentations
15) Student presentations
16) Final examination

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Discussion
3) Demonstration
4) Group Study
5) Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	30%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	70%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required

Course Unit Title	Course Unit Code	Type of Course Unit	Level of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	ECTS Credits
Environmental Chemicals Transport	CEV603	Elective	Doctorate degree	1	Fall	8