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CEE 549, Winter 2011
Physical/Chemical Water Treatment Processes

Instructor: Professor Mark Benjamin
335 More Hall

543-7645 (v); 685-9185 (f)
markbenj@u.washington.edu

Office Hours: T 11:30-12:20 (More 219), F 9:30-10:20

Class Time and Location:
MWF 8:30-9:20 221 More Hall, T 9:30-10:20 225 More Hall

http://faculty.washington.edu/markbenj/CEE549/index.html

Text: Lawler and Benjamin, Water Quality Engineering: Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes (in progress).

Week

Dates

Topic

Text Assignment

1

1/3-7

Particulate contaminants in water: Overview and measurement; particle stability and coagulation

Ch.11 (skip section on mixing, pp.49-53)

2

1/10-14

Flocculation: Smoluchowski eqn.; mechanisms and models for long- and short-range transport

Ch.12 and Ch.11, pp.49-53; don't worry about details in section on turbulence in Ch.12

3

1/17-21

Sedimentation and flotation

Ch.13, pp.1-65, 65-88 (not details), 111-139

4

1/24-28

Filtration

Ch.14

5

1/31-2/4

Filtration, Intro to membrane processes

 

6

2/7-11

 Midterm exam; review of some publications on particle treatment processes

Ch.15, pp.1-34

7

2/14-18

 Membrane processes Ch.15, pp.34-65

8

2/21-25

 Membrane processes Ch.15, pp.65-79

9

2/28-3/4

 Membrane processes Ch.15, pp.80-107

10

3/7-11

 Membrane processes Ch.15, pp.120-136

11

3/15

 Final Exam  

 

Last Updated:
03/11/2011

Contact the instructor at: markbenj@u.washington.edu