ENV 6519

Physical and Chemical Processes in Environmental Engineering

University of South Florida

Spring 2009 semester

Instructor:  J.A. Cunningham (cunning@eng.usf.edu)

 

 

 

Links to Course Handouts and Documents

Note that all course materials are copyrighted and are intended only for the personal use by students registered in the class.

Documents may not be distributed without the written consent of the course instructor.

These files are PDF format unless otherwise stated.

 

∙   Class syllabus for 2009

 

∙   Homework #1, due Thursday, January 15

∙   Homework #2, due Thursday, January 22

∙   Homework #3, due Thursday, January 29

∙   Homework #4, due Thursday, February 5

∙   Homework #5, due Thursday, February 12

∙   Homework #6, due Thursday, February 19

∙   Homework #7, due Thursday, February 26

∙   Homework #8, due Tuesday, March 10

 

∙   Exam, given Thursday, March 12

    Attachment to the exam -- figure

    My solutions to the 2009 exam

 

 

 

Semester Project

This semester, students will work in teams to complete a design project.  Documents related to the design project are given here.

∙   Overall project description and instructions

∙   Water quality analysis for the contaminated water

 

 

 

Class Documents

∙   Here is a list of papers and references that we have used so far this semester.  I can’t post PDF files on this web site because it would be a copyright violation.  You can look up the papers in the library.  I will keep this list updated as the semester proceeds.

Arnold JH, 1930.  Studies in Diffusion, I - Estimation of Diffusivities in Gaseous Systems.  Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 22(10), 1091–1095.

Ashworth RA, Howe GB, Mullins ME, and Rogers TN, 1988.  Air-water partitioning coefficients of organics in dilute aqueous solutions.  Journal of Hazardous Materials, 18(1), 25–36.

Crittenden JC, Hand DW, Arora H, and Lykins BW Jr., 1987.  Design considerations for GAC treatment of organic chemicals.  Journal of the American Water Works Association, 79(1), 74–82.

Crittenden JC, Cortright RD, Rick B, Tang SR, and Perram D, 1988.  Using GAC to remove VOCs from air stripper off-gas.  Journal of the American Water Works Association, 80(5), 73–84.

Glaze WH and Kang JW, 1988.  Advanced oxidation processes for treating groundwater contaminated with TCE and PCE: Laboratory studies.  Journal of the American Water Works Association, 80(5), 57–63.

Gossett JM, 1987.  Measurement of Henry’s Law constants for C1 and C2 chlorinated hydrocarbons.  Environmental Science & Technology, 21(2), 202–208.

Hand DW, Crittenden JC, and Thacker WE, 1984.  Simplified Models for Design of Fixed-Bed Adsorption Systems.  Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE), 110(2), 440–456.

Karimi AA, Redman JA, Glaze WH, and Stolarik GF, 1997.  Evaluation of an AOP for TCE and PCE removal.  Journal of the American Water Works Association, 89(8), 45–53.

Leighton DT Jr. and Calo JM, 1981.  Distribution coefficients of chlorinated hydrocarbons in dilute air-water systems for groundwater contamination applications.  J. Chem. Eng. Data, 26, 382–385.

Sontheimer H, Crittenden JC, Summers RS, 1988.  Activated Carbon for Water Treatment, 2nd edition (in English).  Published in Germany by DVGW-Forschungsstelle, Karlsruhe; distributed in the USA by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) Research Foundation, Denver, CO.

Speth TF and Miltner RJ, 1990.  Technical Note: Adsorption Capacity of GAC for Synthetic Organics.  Journal of the American Water Works Association, 82, 72–75.

 

 

   

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