CME366 Equipment for Pollution Control Syllabus:
CME366 Equipment for Pollution Control Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1 To study the pollution control regulation and standards, water and wastewater.
2 To study the equipment for various water pollution.
3 To study the equipment for air pollution control.
4 To study the equipment for solid waste processing
5 To study the pollution monitoring equipment
UNIT – I POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
Pollutants in water and wastewater – sources and impacts- Characteristics and impacts of solid and hazardous wastes – Indian Constitution and Environmental Protection Legislations – Environmental Standards under different Environmental legislations – Water Act (1974), Air Act (1981), Environmental Protection Act (1986) and major Notifications, Municipal solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules -Bio Medical Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules – Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling Rules),Environment Impact Assessment Notifications – Unit operations and unit processes in Pollution Control- – Selection criteria for Pollution Control Equipment.
UNIT – II EQUIPMENT FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Operational principles and Design criteria of Flash mixers, Flocculators, Clarifiers, Sand Filters, Adsorption Columns, Aerators, Air blowers, Distillation units, Centrifugal and Reciprocating Pumps, Chemical dosing systems, Motors, Pipes, valves and Fittings.- Filed visit to a wastewater treatment plant
UNIT – III EQUIPMENT FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
Operational principles and Design criteria of Cyclone separators, gravity settlers, Wet Scrubbers, Air strippers, Bag Filters, Electrostatic precipitators, Biofilters – Filed visit to an industry with air pollution control systems
UNIT – IV EQUIPMENT FOR SOLID WASTE PROCESSING
Operational principles and Design criteria of Dewatering equipment – centrifuge, Vaccum Filter, Filter Press- Size Reduction equipment – shredders, grinders – Trommel and Disc Screens – Air Classifiers – bailing and briquetting – incinerators –Pyrolysis – field visit to a solid waste processing facility
UNIT – V POLLUTION MONITORING EQUIPMENT
Equipment’s for sampling of water, solids and air- Sample preservation Equipment – incubators – Cold Storage systems- equipment for analysis of water and air samples- Ambient air and flue gas sampling and monitoring equipment
TOTAL :45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
1. Explain the different types of pollution, their sources and effects.
2. Discuss the pollution control regulations and standards
3. Design equipment for pollution control
4. Discuss different methods of pollution control from various sources in air, water and soil
5. Discuss the Conduct performance assessment of pollution control equipment.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A, Vigil, “Integrated Solid Waste Management, Mc-Graw Hill India, First edition, 2015.
2. Rao. C.S (2006)., “Environmental Pollution and Control Engineering”, 2nd Edition, Revised, Wiley Eastern Limited, India.
REFERENCES:
1. Shyam Diwan and Armin Rosencranz, Enviromental Law and Policy in India, Oxford, 2001
2. Metcalf & Eddy, INC, „Wastewater Engineering – Treatment and Reuse, Fourth Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2014.
3. Noel de Nevers, “Air Pollution Control Engg”, Mc Graw Hill, New York, 2016.
4. CPCB (2021), “Pollution Control Acts, Rules and Notifications issued thereunder, PCL Series- Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi
5. CPHEEO, “Manual on Municipal Solid waste management,Vol I, II and III, Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation , Government of India, New Delhi, 2016.