Environmental Engineering

ENVE2011Introduction to Environmental Engineering4 ch (3C 2L) (W)
Mass and energy balance for reacting and non-reacting environmental engineering systems under steady state and unsteady state conditions. Fundamentals of momentum, heat and mass transfer as applied in air and water pollution. Thermodynamic and phase equilibria considerations. Contaminant partitioning and transport in air, surface water and groundwater. Chemical reaction kinetics. Application of ideal continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and plug flow reactor (PFR) concepts in environmental engineering. Residence time distribution (RTD) and reactor non-idealities. Introduction to life cycle analysis. Students will participate in a design project.

Prerequisite: CHEM 1872 and CHEM 1877.

Co-requisite: MATH 2513.