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PurdueX: Physico/Chemical Processes of Environmental Engineering by Edx
Students will learn fundamental principles of physico/chemical processes that are commonly used by Environmental Engineers. Emphasis will be on fundamental concepts, so as to prompt their application in a wide range of settings, and to promote creativity.
Course Highlights
- Fundamental transport phenomena (advection, diffusion, dispersion)
- Dynamics of interphase transport processes
- Reaction kinetics
- Fundamental reactor models
- Residence time distribution functions
- Reactor simulation methods
- Gravity-based separations
- Centrifugation
- Physics, chemistry, and process behavior of coagulation/flocculation
- Filtration theory and behavior
- Adsorption equilibria and dynamics
- Ion exchange equilibria and dynamics
- Physical chemistry of halogens
- Chemical disinfection kinetics
- Process behavior of disinfection systems
- Principles of photochemistry and photochemical reactors
- UV disinfection kinetics
- Gas: liquid equilibria
- Gas: liquid transfer dynamics
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
5 Topics
Contemporary Environmental Problems
Categories of Processes
Mass Balances
Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena
Advection Diffusion Dispersion
7 Topics
Interphase Transport
Concepts Involved in Interphase Transport of Heat
Hooke's Law
Gas-Liquid Transfer: Two-Film Model
Gas-Liquid Transfer Dynamics in Semi-Batch Reactor
Reaction Kinetics
Kinetic Expressions I and II
7 Topics
Basic Reactor Models
Batch Reactor
Ideal CFSTR Model
Ideal CFSTR at Steady-State
Conversion in an Ideal CFSTR
Ideal PFR at Steady-State
Ideal PFR
7 Topics
Basic Reactor Models
CFSTR Cascade
PF with Longitudinal Dispersion
Plug Flow
Residence Time Distribution Functions
RTD Concept and Characteristics
Experimental Methods: Pulse Test Step Test
4 Topics
Reactor Simulation Methods
Segregated Flow Model
Numerical Models
Solid Fluid Separation Processes
8 Topics
Gravity-Based Separation
Discrete Particle Settling Turbulent Settling and Laminar Settling
Drag Forces
Ideal Settling Tank Model
Model Characteristics Assumptions
Trajectory Approach
Particle Separation Efficiency
Centrifuges
9 Topics
Coagulation/Flocculation
Particle Surface Chemistry I and II
Colloidal Stability
Colloidal Destabilization Mechanisms
Coagulation with Metal Salts
Jar Testing
Smoluchowski Equation
Collision Frequency Functions
Fluid Shear
5 Topics
Coagulation/ Flocculation; Filtration
Paddle Flocculators and Jar Test Apparatus
Filter Types
Slow and Rapid Sand Filters
Filter Media
2 Topics
Filtration
Window Modeling Flow Through Porous Media Energy Loss Fluidization
3 Topics
Adsorption
Langmuir Isotherm
BET Isotherm
3 Topics
Ion Exchange
Deionization
Disinfection
6 Topics
Disinfection
Halogen Equilibria
Halogen Electrochemistry
Effective Henry's Law Constant
Reactions Between Chlorine and Ammonia
Chlorination and Breakpoint
6 Topics
Disinfection
DBPs
Dechlorination
Chlorine Disinfection Kinetics
Deviations from Chick-Watson
Peracids
2 Topics
Disinfection
Photochemistry
3 Topics
Disinfection
UV Disinfection Kinetics
UV Dose Distribution
5 Topics
Gas: Liquid Transfer
Henry's Law
Air Stripping
Stripping of Volatile Compounds in Bubble Contactors
Gas Stripping
PurdueX: Physico/Chemical Processes of Environmental Engineering
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