Course Outline: Aquacultural Engineering (ENGN 3013)
Instructor: To be announced. Term: Winter Updated: Jan. '06
Support facilities, equipment and systems for aquatic production will be examined. Topics studied will include: selection of component materials and structures suitable for confinement, protection, and growth of aquaculture species; principles of design and selection of equipment for recirculation systems in aqauaculture; and the principles of water flow and handling in open and closed conduits.
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Week |
Lectures: Mon., Wed., Fri. 10:00-10:50 |
Lab: Tues. 11:00-12:30 |
| 1 |
Aquaculture Rearing Systems -- open systems (cage design) |
No Lab |
| 2 |
Aquaculture Rearing Systems -- cage flotation and mooring |
Floatation Design for a Salmon Cage |
| 3 |
Aquaculture Rearing Systems -- semi-closed systems [ponds,
raceways] |
Buoyant Stability of Cage Float Collars |
| 4 |
Aquaculture Rearing Systems -- closed systems [tanks] |
Raceway Design |
| 5 |
Recirculation Systems -- Basic components of aquaculture
recirculation systems |
Design of a Tank Flow Through System |
| 6 |
Recirculation Systems -- suspended solids removal |
Calculation of Suspended Solids Separation Efficiency in a Sedimentation
Tank |
| 7 |
Recirculation Systems -- ion exchange filters, adsorption
filters, foam fractionation |
Selection of Micro-screen Filter for a Recirculation System |
| 8 |
Recirculation Systems -- nitrification and biofilter
kinetics |
No lab: Mid-term exam |
| 9 |
Recirculation Systems -- biofilter design and selection |
Design of a Nitrifying Biofilter for a Recirculation System |
| 10 |
Recirculation Systems -- biofilter sizing and operation |
Sizing of a Fluidized-Bed Biofilter |
| 11 |
Water Flow – closed conduits [design of piping systems] |
Calculation of Overflow Rate for a Fish Tank |
| 12 |
Water Flow -- open conduit flow systems |
Water Flow -- open conduit flow
systems Sizing of Open Channel for Water Supply |
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