Treatment plant instructional modules based on SuperPro Designer® v.2.7

Instruction in traditional unit operations courses in environmental engineering has been performed by stepping through the design and analysis of individual units. Since integration of these unit operations into treatment trains or an entire treatment plant is frequently computationally intensive, the use of professional quality software packages to perform this integration is highly desirable. Based on this need, the use of SuperPro Designer® v.2.7 for instruction is presented. The characteristics of the program in the context of critical attributes necessary when considering professional quality software packages for educational purposes is discussed. Instructional modules developed based on the software package are described