SME
College · Engineering
Environmental Engineering
4 topics
Civil
Before this course
Topics
Water treatment
Main lesson
CT for disinfection
Use this for “Free chlorine at 1.2 mg/L is held for a t₁₀ of 25 min. What is CT, and does it meet a required CT of 24 mg·min/L?”
Order of a conventional treatment plant
Use this for “Put filtration, coagulation, sedimentation, disinfection and flocculation in the order river water meets them.”
Wastewater treatment
Main lesson
BOD from a dilution test
Use this for “6 mL of wastewater in a 300 mL bottle drops the DO from 8.8 to 4.3 mg/L in 5 days. What is the BOD₅?”
F/M ratio and detention time of an aeration tank
Use this for “10,000 m³/d at 200 mg/L BOD enters a 3000 m³ tank held at 2500 mg/L MLVSS. What are F/M and the HRT?”
The order of a treatment plant
Use this for “Put aeration, grit removal, disinfection, the primary clarifier and bar screens in plant order.”
Air pollution
Solid waste
Main lesson
Heating value of mixed waste
Use this for “Waste is 40% paper at 16 MJ/kg, 15% plastic at 33 MJ/kg, 25% food waste at 5 MJ/kg and 20% inert. Find its heating value.”
The waste management hierarchy
Use this for “Rank landfilling, recycling, energy recovery and source reduction from most to least preferred.”
Course test
See what you know: 10 questions on this course
New questions each time. Pass to mark it complete.