CH3018 Waste Water Treatment Syllabus:

CH3018 Waste Water Treatment Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVE:

• To focus on the wastewater transport system and the theory and design technique for the wastewater treatment process.

UNIT I WASTE WATER TREATMENT AN OVERVIEW

Terminology – Regulations – Health and Environment Concerns in waste water management – Constituents in waste water; inorganic, Organic and heavy metal constituents.

UNIT II CHEMICAL UNIT PROCESSES

Role of unit processes in waste water treatment- Principles of Chemical treatment – Coagulation – flocculation– Precipitation–flotation – solidification and stabilization –disinfection

UNIT III BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT

Objectives of biological treatment – significance – Principles of aerobic and anaerobic treatment – kinetics of biological growth – Factors affecting growth – attached and suspended growth – Determination of Kinetic coefficients for organics removal – Biodegradability assessment – selection of process- reactors-batch-continuous type.

UNIT IV TREATMENT METHODS

Activated Sludge process and variations, Sequencing Batch reactors, Membrane Biological Reactors-Trickling Filters- RBC-Moving Bed Reactors- fluidized bed reactors, aerated lagoons, waste stabilization ponds- Design of units – UASB, up flow filters, Fluidized beds MBR, septic tank and disposal

UNIT V ADVANCED WASTE WATER TREATMENT

Technologies used in advanced treatment – Classification of technologies- Removal of Colloids and suspended particles– Membrane Filtration – Ion Exchange – Advanced oxidation process – Zero liquid Discharge. – Software Applications

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOME:

On completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1: Understand the Physical and chemical Characteristics of wastewater and their measurement.
CO2: Understand the various pollutant treatment techniques.
CO3: Understand the concepts using biological treatment methods
CO4: Analyze the reactors used for various treatment techniques
CO5: Understand the membrane based electrochemical process for pollutant treatment.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Waste water Engineering Treatment and Reuse: McGraw Hill, G. Tchobanoglous, FI Biston, 2002.
2. Industrial Waste Water Management Treatment and Disposal by Waste Water McGraw Hill III Edition 2008.
3. S.P. Mahajan, Pollution control in process industries, 27th Ed. Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 2012.
4. 4 .C.S. Rao, Environmental Pollution Control Engineering, New Age International, 2007

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. Casey, T.J., Unit Treatment Processes in Water and Wastewater Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
2. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. Wastewater Engineering – Treatment, Disposal, and Reuse, Fourth Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1995. 14
3. Cheremisinoff, P.N., Handbook of water and wastewater technologies, BH Publications, 2002.
4. Sincero, P.A., and Sincero, A.G., Physical Chemical treatment of water and wastewater, IWA Publications, 2002.
5. Spellman, R.F., Handbook of water and wastewater treatment plant operations, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Publications, 2009.