CH3019 Solid Waste Management Syllabus:
CH3019 Solid Waste Management Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVE:
• To make the students conversant with the types, sources, generation, storage, collection, transport, processing and disposal of municipal solid waste.
UNIT I SOURCES AND CHARACTERISTICS
Sources and types of municipal solid wastes- Public health and environmental impacts of improper disposal of solid wastes- sampling and characterization of wastes – factors affecting waste generation rate and characteristics – Elements of integrated solid waste management – Requirements and salient features of Solid waste management rules (2016) –- Role of public and NGO‟s- Public Private participation – Elements of Municipal Solid Waste Management Plan.
UNIT II SOURCE REDUCTION, WASTE STORAGE AND RECYCLING
Waste Management Hierarchy – Reduction, Reuse and Recycling – source reduction of waste – On-site storage methods – Effect of storage, materials used for containers – segregation of solid wastes – Public health and economic aspects of open storage – case studies under Indian conditions – Recycling of Plastics and Construction/Demolition wastes.
UNIT III COLLECTION AND TRANSFER OF WASTES
Methods of Residential and commercial waste collection – Collection vehicles – Manpower – Collection routes – Analysis of waste collection systems; Transfer stations –location, operation and maintenance; options under Indian conditions – Field problems- solving.
UNIT IV PROCESSING OF WASTES
Objectives of waste processing – Physical Processing techniques and Equipment; Resource recovery from solid waste composting and bio meth nation; Thermal processing options – case studies under Indian conditions.
UNIT V WASTE DISPOSAL
Land disposal of solid waste- Sanitary landfills – site selection, design and operation of sanitary landfills – Landfill liners – Management of leachate and landfill gas- Landfill bioreactor – Dumpsite Rehabilitation
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1: State solid waste characteristics and its sources.
CO2: Identify and analyze different methods of treatment of solid waste.
CO3: Illustrate Industrial practices in solid waste management.
CO4: Discuss the significance of recycling reuse and reclamation of solid wastes.
CO5: Assess the relationships between environmental guidelines, human activities and quality of impacted soil, water and air.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. William A. Worrell, P. AarneVesilind (2012) Solid Waste Engineering, Cengage Learning, 2012.
2. John Pitchel (2014), Waste Management Practices-Municipal, Hazardous and industrial – CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, New York.
3. Tchobanoglous, G., Theisen, H. M., and Eliassen, R. “Solid. Wastes: Engineering Principles and Management Issues”. McGraw Hill, New York, 1993.
4. Vesilind, P.A. and Rimer, A.E., “Unit Operations in Resource Recovery Engineering”, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1981
REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Government of India, “Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management”, CPHEEO, Ministry of UrbanDevelopment, New Delhi, 2000.
2. Manser A.G.R. and Keeling A.A.,” Practical Handbook of Processing and Recycling of Municipal solid Wastes”, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, 1996.