BSEN 4230. Waste Management and Utilization Engineering for BioSystems. (3) LEC. 2 hrs/wk, LAB. 3 hrs/wk. Prerequisites: CHEM 1040, BSEN 3230, BIOL 3200. Theory and design of physical and biological treatment processing systems for biological waste management and utilization. The technologies of lagoons, land application systems, energy production and refeeding. Spring.
Required for students in the Biosystems Engineering curriculum.
Textbook: James A. Merkel, Managing Livestock Wastes, AVI Publishing Co., 1991.
Reference Material: Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 1999. Twentieth Edition. American Public Health Association.
Course Objectives: To learn the important aspects of confined animal production with respect to environmental waste problems and current pollution abatement practices. To gain competence in analysis of waste problems and design of systems to control pollution and provide effective utilization of the waste on-site. To introduce the student to waste transport systems, biological treatment systems and utilization techniques involving land application; use as a feed stuff; and methane production through anaerobic digestion.
Topics Covered:
Introduction - understanding the problem Characteristics of animal waste
Physical Processes -
Collection and transport systems design
Solid-liquid separation
Storage and pumping
Biological Processes
Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Hydrolysis
Electron Transport Chain
Microbiology
Bacterial Metabolism
Pond and Lagoon Design
Land Application Design
Anaerobic Digestion Design
Course contributes to the professional component by serving as one of the engineering science and engineering design courses.
Course contributes to the following program outcomes that are related to the following ABET Outcomes:
Course contributes to the following program outcomes: a) knowledge of math, science, and engineering, c) design a system, component, or process, (e) identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, j) gain knowledge of contemporary issues, and k) techniques, skills and engineering tools for practice.
