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College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering

EnvE 630 Course in Graduate Environmental Engineering

Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants
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    Course Description: Modeling of transport phenomena in natural and engineered systems for predicting the fate of contaminants in the air, soil, sediment, and water compartments of the ecosystem.

    Prerequisites: CE 555 and consent of instructor. (3 cr.)

    Course Outline: Fundamental concepts- Equilibrium; Partition coefficients; Henry's Law Constant; Diffusion; Two-film Theory; Fick's Law

    Course Objectives: To present a detailed review of fundamental concepts and theories of mass transfer and to apply them in modeling mass transfer phenomena in engineered and natural systems of environmental concern

    Topics:

  • Applications in engineered systems-
    Mass transfer in biological systems
    Mass transfer in physical systems
    Mass transfer in chemical systems
    Mass transfer in membrane systems
  • Applications in natural systems-
    Mass transfer at water-air interfaces
    Mass transfer at soil-air interfaces
    Mass transfer at sediment-water interfaces