EN3404 Municipal Solid Waste Management Syllabus:

EN3404 Municipal Solid Waste Management Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• To make the students conversant with different aspects of the types, sources, generation, storage, collection, transport, processing and disposal of municipal solid waste.

UNIT I SOURCES AND TYPES

Sources and types of municipal solid wastes-waste generation rates-factors affecting generation, characteristics-methods of sampling and characterization; Effects of improper disposal of solid wastes-Public health and environmental effects. Elements of solid waste management –Social and Financial aspects – Municipal solid waste (M&H) rules – integrated management-Public awareness; Role of NGO‟s.

UNIT II ON-SITE STORAGE AND PROCESSING

On-site storage methods – Effect of storage, materials used for containers – segregation of solid wastes – Public health and economic aspects of open storage – waste segregation and storage – case studies under Indian conditions – source reduction of waste – Reduction, Reuse and Recycling.

UNIT III COLLECTION AND TRANSFER

Methods of Residential and commercial waste collection – Collection vehicles – Manpower– Collection routes – Analysis of collection systems; Transfer stations – Selection of location, operation & maintenance; options under Indian conditions – Field problems- solving.

UNIT IV OFF-SITE PROCESSING

Objectives of waste processing – Physical Processing techniques and Equipment; Resource recovery from solid waste composting and bio-methanation; Thermal processing options – case studies under Indian conditions.

UNIT V 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:

The students completing the course will have
CO1 understand the nature and characteristics of municipal solid wastes and the regulatory requirements regarding municipal solid waste management
CO2 explains the segregation of solid waste and the onsite storage methods
CO3 explains the various transfer methods and to know the site condition for the transfer station
CO4 select appropriate methods for processing and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, taking into account the impact of the solutions in a sustainability context
CO5 knowledge about selection of appropriate disposal methods and its handling in an efficient manner

TEXTBOOKS:

1. Tchobanoglous. G., Theisen, H. M., and Eliassen, R. Solid. Wastes: Engineering Principles and Management Issues. New York: McGraw Hill, 1977.
2. Vesilind, P.A. and Rimer, A.E., “Unit Operations in Resource Recovery Engineering”, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1981
3. Paul T Willams, “Waste Treatment and Disposal”, John Wiley and Sons, 2005

REFERENCES:

1. Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management, CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, New Delhi, 2016.
2. Bhide A.D. and Sundaresan, B.B. Solid Waste Management Collection, Processing and Disposal, 2001
3. Manser A.G.R. and Keeling A.A, “Practical Handbook of Processing and Recycling of Municipal solid Wastes”, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, 1996
4. George Tchobanoglous and FrankKreith, Handbook of “Solid waste Management”, McGraw Hill, New York, 2002