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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
OBJECTIVES
OUTCOMES
• By the time of their graduation, the students are expected to be able to :
– identify, formulate, and solve environmental engineering problems using the
techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for environmental
engineering practice
– design systems, processes, and equipment for control and remediation of
water, air, and soil quality environment within realistic constraints of economic
affordability and social acceptability
– assess the potential environmental impacts of development projects and design
mitigation measures
– have basic knowledge about environment protection and operation of pollution
control devices
– design and conduct experiments, as well as interpret data and communicate
effectively
– function in multi-disciplinary teams and understand the ethical and professional
responsibility
– find professional level employment as Environmental Engineers or pursue
higher studies
– have a knowledge of contemporary environmental issues and an ability to
engage in life-long learning
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UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS
ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI 600 025
REGULATIONS - 2013
M.E. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS I TO IV SEMESTERS (FULL TIME)
SEMESTER I
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO. CODE
THEORY
1. EN8101 Design of Physico-Chemical Treatment Systems 3 0 0 3
2. EN8102 Chemistry for Environmental Engineers 3 0 0 3
3. EN8103 Environmental Microbiology 3 0 0 3
4. EN8104 Transport of Water and Wastewater 3 0 0 3
5. MA8161 Statistical Methods for Engineers 3 1 0 4
6. EN8151 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management 3 0 0 3
PRACTICAL
7. EN8111 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8. EN8112 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory 0 0 3 2
TOTAL 18 1 6 23
SEMESTER II
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO. CODE
THEORY
1. EN8201 Design of Biological Treatment Systems 3 0 0 3
2. EN8251 Air Pollution Control Engineering 3 0 0 3
3. EN8252 Industrial Wastewater Pollution- Prevention and
3 0 0 3
Control
4 Elective I 3 0 0 3
5. Elective II 3 0 0 3
6. Elective III 3 0 0 3
PRACTICAL
7. EN8211 Unit Operations and Processes Laboratory 0 0 6 3
TOTAL 18 0 6 21
SEMESTER III
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO CODE
THEORY
1. EM8351 Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment 3 0 0 3
2. Elective IV 3 0 0 3
3. Elective V 3 0 0 3
PRACTICAL
4. EN8311 Industrial Training (4 weeks) - - - 1
5. EN8312 Project Work (Phase I) 0 0 12 6
6. EN8313 Seminar 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 9 0 14 17
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SEMESTER IV
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO CODE
PRACTICAL
1. EN8411 Project Work (Phase II) 0 0 24 12
TOTAL 0 0 24 12
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO. CODE
1 EN8001 Advanced Oxidation Process 3 0 0 3
2 EN8002 Computing Techniques in Environmental
3 0 0 3
Engineering
3 EN8003 Design of Environmental Engineering Structures 3 0 0 3
4 EN8004 Environmental Reaction Engineering 3 0 0 3
5 EN8005 Environmental System Analysis 3 0 0 3
6 EN8006 Resource and Energy recovery from waste 3 0 0 3
7 EM8071 Climate Change and Modeling 3 0 0 3
8 EM8072 Marine Pollution and Control 3 0 0 3
9 EM8073 Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in
3 0 0 3
Environmental Management
10 EN8071 Air Quality Modeling And Mapping 3 0 0 3
11 EN8072 Landfill Engineering and Remediation
3 0 0 3
Technology
12 EN8073 Membrane Separation for Water and
3 0 0 3
Wastewater Treatment
13 EN8074 Rural Water Supply and Onsite Sanitation 3 0 0 3
14 EN8075 Water Quality Modeling 3 0 0 3
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UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS
ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI 600 025
REGULATIONS - 2013
M.E. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CURRICULUM AND SYLLABUS I TO VI SEMESTERS (PART - TIME)
SEMESTER I
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO CODE
THEORY
1 MA8161 Statistical Methods for Engineers 3 1 0 4
2 EN8101 Design of Physico-Chemical Treatment 3 0 0 3
Systems
3 EN8102 Chemistry for Environmental Engineers 3 0 0 3
4 EN8103 Environmental Microbiology 3 0 0 3
5 EN8111 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory 0 0 3 2
TOTAL 12 1 3 15
SEMESTER II
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO CODE
THEORY
1 EN8201 Design of Biological Treatment Systems 3 0 0 3
2 EN8252 Industrial Wastewater Pollution- Prevention and
3 0 0 3
Control
3 Elective I 3 0 0 3
4 EN8211 Unit Operations and Processes Laboratory 0 0 6 3
TOTAL 9 0 6 12
SEMESTER III
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO. CODE
THEORY
1 EN8104 Transport of Water and Wastewater 3 0 0 3
2 EN8151 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management 3 0 0 3
3 Elective II 3 0 0 3
4 EN8112 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory 0 0 3 2
TOTAL 9 0 3 11
SEMESTER IV
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO. CODE
THEORY
1 EN8251 Air Pollution Control Engineering 3 0 0 3
2 Elective III 3 0 0 3
3 Elective IV 3 0 0 3
TOTAL 9 0 0 9
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SEMESTER V
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO. CODE
THEORY
1 EM8351 Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment 3 0 0 3
2 Elective V 3 0 0 3
3 EN8311 Industrial Training (4 weeks) - - - 1
4 EN8312 Project Work (Phase I) 0 0 12 6
5 EN8313 Seminar - - 2 1
TOTAL 6 0 14 14
SEMESTER VI
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO. CODE
PRACTICAL
1 EN8411 Project Work (Phase II) 0 0 24 12
TOTAL 0 0 24 12
SL. COURSE
COURSE TITLE L T P C
NO. CODE
1 EN8001 Advanced Oxidation Process 3 0 0 3
2 EN8002 Computing Techniques in Environmental
3 0 0 3
Engineering
3 EN8003 Design of Environmental Engineering Structures 3 0 0 3
4 EN8004 Environmental Reaction Engineering 3 0 0 3
5 EN8005 Environmental System Analysis 3 0 0 3
6 EN8006 Resource and Energy recovery from waste 3 0 0 3
7 EM8071 Climate Change and Modeling 3 0 0 3
8 EM8072 Marine Pollution and Control 3 0 0 3
9 EM8073 Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in
3 0 0 3
Environmental Management
10 EN8071 Air Quality Modeling And Mapping 3 0 0 3
11 EN8072 Landfill Engineering and Remediation
3 0 0 3
Technology
12 EN8073 Membrane Separation for Water and
3 0 0 3
Wastewater Treatment
13 EN8074 Rural Water Supply and Onsite Sanitation 3 0 0 3
14 EN8075 Water Quality Modeling 3 0 0 3
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EN8101 DESIGN OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS LT PC
3 0 03
OBJECTIVE:
To educate the students on the principles and process designs of various treatment systems for
water and wastewater and students should gain competency in the process employed in design of
treatment systems and the components comprising such systems, leading to the selection of
specific process.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 5
Pollutants in water and wastewater – characteristics, Standards for performance - Significance of
physico-chemical treatment – Selection criteria-types of reactor- reactor selection-batch-continuous
type-kinetics
REFERENCES:
1. Metcalf and Eddy, "Wastewater Engineering, Treatment and Reuse", Tata McGraw Hill, New
Delhi, 2003.
2. Qasim, S.R., Motley, E.M. and Zhu.G. "Water works Engineering – Planning, Design and
Operation", Prentice Hall, New Delhi, 2002.
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3. Lee, C.C. and Shun dar Lin, "Handbook of Environmental Engineering Calculations", Mc Graw
Hill, New York, 1999.
4. F.R. Spellman, "Hand Book of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant operations", CRC Press,
New York (2009).
6. David Hendricks, "Fundamentals of Water Treatment Process", CRC Press New York (2011).
OUTCOMES:
Students will gain competency in solving environmental issues of chemicals based Pollution
Able to determine chemicals need calculations for treatment purpose Ability to identify
contaminating chemicals
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EN8103 ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY LT PC
3 0 03
OBJECTIVES:
The course provides a basic understanding on microbiology relevant to environmental engineering
for candidates with little prior knowledge of the subject.
The morphology, behavior and biochemistry of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, viruses, and algae are
outlined.
The microbiology of wastewater, sewage sludge and solid waste treatment processes is also
provided. Aspects on nutrient removal and the transmission of disease causing organisms are
also covered.
An exposure to toxicology due to industrial products and byproducts are also covered.
UNIT V TOXICOLOGY 10
Ecotoxicology – toxicants and toxicity, Factors influencing toxicity. Effects – acute, chronic, Test
organisms – toxicity testing, Bioconcentration – Bioaccumulation, biomagnification, bioassay,
biomonitoring, bioleaching.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REFERENCES:
1. S.C.Bhatia, "Hand Book of Environmental Microbiology", Part 1 and 2, Atlantic Publisher
2. Gabriel Bitton, Wastewater Microbiology, 2nd Edition ,
3. Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, "Environmental Microbiology", Academic Press.
4. SVS. Rana, "Essentials of Ecology and Environmental Science", 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall of India
Private Limited
5. Stanley E. Manahan, "Environmental Science and Technology", Lewis Publishers.
6. Hurst, C.J. (2002) Manual of "Environmental Microbiology". 2nd Ed. ASM PRESS, Washington,
D.C. ISBN 1-55581 - 199 - X.
7. Frank C. Lu and Sam Kacew, LU‟s Basic Toxicology, Taylor & Francis, London (4th Ed), 2002
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OUTCOMES:
The candidate at the end of the course will have a basic understanding on the basics of
microbiology and their diversity and on the genetic material in the living cell.
The candidate would be able to understand and describe the type of microorganisms in the
environment and the role of microorganisms in the cycling of nutrients in an ecosystem.
The candidate would have understood the role microbial metabolism in a wastewater treatment
plant.
The candidate would know the role of microorganisms in a contaminated water and the diseases
caused.
The candidate has the ability to conduct and test the toxicity due to various natural and synthetic
products in the environment.
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OUTCOMES:
On Completion of the Course the student will
be able to select various pipe materials for water supply main, distribution network and sewer
be able to design water supply main, distribution network and sewer for various field conditions
Troubleshooting in water and sewage transmission be able to use various computer software for
the design of water and sewage network
OBJECTIVE:
To study and understand the concepts of Statistical methods and its applications in Engineering.
To study the effect of estimation theory, testing of hypothesis, correlation and regression,
randomized design, and multivariate analysis.
L: 45 + T : 15 TOTAL : 60 PERIODS
OUTCOME:
On completion of this course the students will be able to solve various problems in the field of
engineering employing probability and statistical methods.
REFERENCES:
1. Gupta.S.C., and Kapoor, V.K., “Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics”, Sultan Chand and
Sons, Eleventh Edition, 2002
2. J.E. Freund, Mathematical Statistical”, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall of India, 2001.
3. Jay L.Devore, “Probability and statistics for Engineering and the Sciences”, 5th Edition, Thomson
and Duxbury, Singapore, 2002
4. Murray.R. SpiegelandLarry J.Stephens, “Schaum‟sou Tlines- Statistics”, Third Edition, Tata
McGraw-Hill, 2000
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5. R.A.Johnson and C.B.Gupta, “Miller & Freund‟s Probability and Statistics for Engineers”, Pearson
Education, Asia, 7th Edition, 2007
6. Richard A.Johnson and Dean W.Wichern, “Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis”, Pearson
Education, Asia, 6th Edition, 2007
REFERENCES:
1. George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A, Vigil, “Integrated Solid Waste
Management, Mc-Graw Hill International edition, New York, 1993.
2. Michael D. LaGrega, Philip L Buckingham, Jeffrey C. E vans and "Environmental Resources
Management, Hazardous waste Management", Mc-Graw Hill International edition, New York,
2001.
3. CPHEEO, “Manual on Municipal Solid waste management, Central Public Health and
Environmental Engineering Organisation , Government of India, New Delhi, 2000.
4. Vesilind P.A., Worrell W and Reinhart, "Solid waste Engineering", Thomson Learning Inc.,
Singapore, 2002.
5 Paul T Williams, "Waste Treatment and Disposal", Wiley, 2005
REFERENCES:
1. APHA, "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater", 21st Ed. Washington,
2005.
2. "Laboratory Manual for the Examination of water, wastewater soil Rump", H.H. and Krist,
H. – Second Edition, VCH, Germany, 1992.
3. "Methods of air sampling & analysis" ,James P.Lodge Jr(Editor) 3rd Edition, Lewis
publishers,Inc,USA,1989.
REFERENCES:
1. Arceivala, S.J., "Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control", TMH, New Delhi, Second Edition,
2000.
2. Manual on “Sewerage and Sewage Treatment” CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban Development,
Government of India, New Delhi, 1999.
3. Metcalf & Eddy, INC, „Wastewater Engineering – Treatment and Reuse, Fourth Edition, Tata Mc
Graw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2003.
4. Qasim, S.R. "Wastewater Treatment Plant, Planning, Design & Operation", Technomic
Publications, New York, 1994.
5. F.R. Spellman, "Hand Book of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant operations", CRC Press,
New York (2009).
6. David Hendricks, "Fundamentals of Water Treatment Process", CRC Press, New York (2011).
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 7
Structure and composition of Atmosphere – Sources and classification of air pollutants - Effects of air
pollutants on human health, vegetation & animals, Materials & Structures – Effects of air Pollutants
on the atmosphere, Soil & Water bodies – Long- term effects on the planet – Global Climate Change,
Ozone Holes – Ambient Air Quality and Emission Standards – Air Pollution Indices – Emission
Inventories – Ambient and Stack Sampling and Analysis of Particulate and Gaseous Pollutants.
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UNIT III CONTROL OF PARTICULATE CONTAMINANTS 11
Factors affecting Selection of Control Equipment – Gas Particle Interaction, – Working principle,
Design and performance equations of Gravity Separators (cyclone),Centrifugal separators Fabric
filters, Particulate Scrubbers, Electrostatic Precipitators – Operational Considerations - Process
Control and Monitoring – Costing of APC equipment – Case studies for stationary and mobile
sources.
UNIT IV CONTROL OF GASEOUS CONTAMINANTS 11
Factors affecting Selection of Control Equipment – Working principle, Design and performance
equations of absorption, Adsorption, condensation, Incineration, Bio scrubbers, Bio filters – Process
control and Monitoring - Operational Considerations - Costing of APC Equipment – Case studies for
stationary and mobile sources.
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UNIT II INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION & WASTE MINIMISATION 8
Prevention vis a vis Control of Industrial Pollution – Benefits and Barriers – Waste management
Hierarchy - Source reduction techniques – Periodic Waste Minimisation Assessments – Evaluation of
Pollution Prevention Options – Cost benefit analysis – Pay-back period – Implementing & Promoting
Pollution Prevention Programs in Industries.
UNIT III INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT 10
Flow and Load Equalisation – Solids Separation – Removal of Fats, Oil & Grease- Neutralisation –
Removal of Inorganic Constituents – Precipitation, Heavy metal removal, Nitrogen & Phosphorous
removal, Ion exchange, Adsorption, Membrane Filtration, Eletrodialysis & Evaporation – Removal of
Organic Constituents – Biological treatment Processes, Chemical Oxidation Processes, Advanced
Oxidation processes – Treatability Studies.
UNIT IV WASTEWATER REUSE AND RESIDUAL MANAGEMENT 9
Individual and Common Effluent Treatment Plants – Joint treatment of industrial and domestic
wastewater - Zero effluent discharge systems - Quality requirements for Wastewater reuse –
Industrial reuse , Present status and issues - Disposal on water and land – Residuals of industrial
wastewater treatment – Quantification and characteristics of Sludge – Thickening, digestion,
conditioning, dewatering and disposal of sludge – Management of RO rejects.
UNIT V CASE STUDIES 10
Industrial manufacturing process description, wastewater characteristics, source reduction options
and waste treatment flow sheet for Textiles – Tanneries – Pulp and paper – metal finishing – Oil
Refining – Pharmaceuticals – Sugar and Distilleries
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
After completion of this course, the students is expected to be able to,
Define the Principles of pollution prevention and mechanism of oxidation processes.
Suggest the suitable technologies for the treatment of wastewater.
Discuss about the wastewater characteristics
Design the treatment systems
REFERENCES:
1. "Industrial wastewater management, treatment & disposal, Water Environment" Federation
Alexandria Virginia, Third Edition, 2008.
2. Lawrance K.Wang, Yung . Tse Hung, Howard H.Lo and Constantine Yapijakis, “ handlook of
Industrial and Hazardous waste Treatment”, Second Edition, 2004.
3. Metcalf & Eddy/ AECOM, "water reuse Issues, Technologies and Applications", The Mc Graw-
Hill companies, 2007.
4. Nelson Leonard Nemerow, “ industrial waste Treatment”, Elsevier, 2007.
5. W.Wesley Eckenfelder, “ Industrial Water Pollution Control”, Second Edition, Mc Graw Hill, 1989.
6. Paul L. Bishop, „Pollution Prevention: - Fundamentals and Practice‟, Mc-Graw Hill International,
Boston, 2000.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION 8
Historical development of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). EIA in Project Cycle. Legal and
Regulatory aspects in India. – Types and limitations of EIA –.EIA process- screening – scoping -
setting – analysis – mitigation. Cross sectoral issues and terms of reference in EIA – Public
Participation in EIA
REFERENCES:
1. Canter, L.W., "Environmental Impact Assessment", McGraw Hill, New York. 1996
2. Lawrence, D.P., "Environmental Impact Assessment – Practical solutions to recurrent problems",
Wiley-Interscience, New Jersey. 2003
3. World Bank –Source book on EIA
4. Cutter, S.L., "Environmental Risk and Hazards", Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1999.
5. Kolluru Rao, Bartell Steven, Pitblado R and Stricoff “Risk Assessment and Management
Handbook”, McGraw Hill Inc., New York,1996.
6. K. V. Raghavan and A A. Khan, "Methodologies in Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment",
Manual by CLRI, 1990.
7. Sam Mannan, Lees' Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Hazard Identification,
Assessment and Control, 4th Edition, Butterworth Heineman, 2012.
REFERENCES:
1. G. Cao, "Nanostructures & Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties &Applications" , Imperial
College Press, 2004.
2. R.M.Rose, L.A.Shepard and J.Wulff, “The Structure and Properties of Materials”, Wiley Eastern
Ltd,
3. Simon Parsons, "Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment", IWA
Publishing, 2004
4. Thomas Oppenländer, "Photochemical Purification of Water and Air: Advanced Oxidation
Processes (AOPs): Principles, Reaction Mechanisms, Reactor Concepts", Wiley-VCH
Publishing, Published by, 2003
OBJECTIVES:
To educate the students to know about computing techniques
Develop the different numerical technique and logic like ANN, Fuzzy
To educate the students on aspects data management
Develop the model Applications for monitoring and management of environment
UNIT I COMPUTING PRINCIPLES 10
Introduction – computing techniques – Algorithms and Flowcharts, numerical methods - Solution to
ordinary and partial differential equation using Finite difference and Method of Characterics- Finite
element method , Numerical integration and differentiation Design of digital models for Environmental
applications
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UNIT II ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 8
Knowledge based Expert system concepts - Principle of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) – Neural
Network Structure – Neural Network Operations – ANN Algorithm - Application of ANN Model to
Environmental field – Genetic Algorithms
UNIT III FUZZY LOGIC 9
Fuzzy sets, fuzzy numbers, fuzzy relations, fuzzy measures, fuzzy logic and the theory of uncertainty
and information; applications of the theory to inference and control, clustering, and image processing -
Network analysis models - WATER CAD, SEWER CAD - EPANET
UNIT IV DATA MANAGEMENT 9
Data base structure - Data acquisition - Data warehouse - Data retrieval-Data format Attribute -
RDBMS - Data analysis - Network data sharing - Statistical Analysis (SYSTAT) - Regression - factor
analysis - histogram - scatter diagram - Goodness of fit
UNIT V SIMULATION SOFTWARE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 9
Surface water quality models -HSPF, QUAL2K, Ground Water Flow models - Visual MODFLOW–
FEFLOW - Atmospheric Dispersion Models - ARMOD, CALPUFF
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
Ability to understand the computing techniques.
Ability to apply the principle of soft computing for solving Environmental problems
Ability to assess the Environmental Impacts using ANN and Fuzzy logic.
Ability to employ modern advanced computing tools in environmental studies
REFERENCE:
1. Aliev R. A, and Aliev Rashad, "Soft Computing and its Applications", World Scientific Publications
Co. Pte. Ltd. Singapore, 2001.
2. Chepra S. C. and Canele R. P., "Numerical Methods for Engineers", McGraw Hill, 1990.
3. Segerlind, L. J., "Applied Finite Element Analysis", John Wiley & Sons, 1984.
4. Abbot, M.A. and Vervey, "Computational Hydraulics", Elsevier Publications, 1996.
5. Kotteguda, N.T., and Renzo Resso, Statistics, "Probability and Reliability for Civil and
Environmental Engineers", McGraw Hill Companies Inc., New York, 1998.
6. J. H. Mathews and K.D. Fink, "Numerical methods using MATLAB", Pearson Education.
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UNIT II DESIGN OF WATER RETAINING STRUCTURES 9
IS Codes for the design of water retaining structures - Design of concrete roofing systems –
Cylindrical, Spherical and Conical shapes using membrane theory - Design of circular, rectangular,
spherical and Intze type of tanks- Design of prestressed concrete cylindrical tank, Settling tanks,
Clariflocculators, Filters
REFERENCES:
1. "Prestressed Concrete" by Krishna Raju, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. 2nd Edition 1988.
2. "Reinforced Concrete" by N.C.Sinha & S.K.Roy - S.Chand and Co. 1985
3. Ramaswamy, G.S., “Design and Construction of Concrete shell roofs", CBS Publishers, India,
1986.
4. Green, J.K. and Perkins, P.H., “Concrete liquid retaining structures", Applied Science Publishers,
1981.
5. Rajagopalan K.,"Storage structures", Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 1989.
6. Krishna Raju N., "Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design", CBS Publishers and Distributors, New
Delhi, 1988.
OBJECTIVES:
An ability to identify and address current and future societal problems related to environment
within a broader framework of sustainable development.
An ability to apply a multi-disciplinary approach to conceive, plan, design, and implement solutions
to problems in the field of environmental reaction engineering.
Understanding the impact of solutions to environmental engineering problems in a global,
scientific, and societal systems context.
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UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9
Reaction engineering principles with applications to environmental systems, general reaction
mechanisms: Principles of Chemical treatment – Coagulation flocculation – Precipitation – flotation
solidification and stabilization– Disinfection, Ion exchange, Electrolytic methods, Solvent extraction –
advanced oxidation /reduction – Recent Trends. Rate relationships: Concepts and applications to
homogenous systems and heterogeneous systems with respective chemical and biological reactions.
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EN8005 ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS LTPC
30 03
OBJECTIVES:
To introduce about ecological modeling, single and multi species modeling on a brief.
To educate about the modeling of CSTR and the kinetics of reaction taking place in it.
Introduce the concepts of river and stream water modeling, water quality parameters modeling.
To educate about the microbial energetic in various reactors systems.
To elaborate the computational techniques for modeling
UNIT I ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM 9
Basic concepts in ecology and ecological modeling, Population Dynamics: Birth and death processes.
Single species growth, Prey-predator models: Lotka-Volterra, Rosenzweig-MacArther, Kolmogorov
models. Multi-species modeling - Structural analysis and stability of complex ecosystems.
UNIT II CONTINUOUS-FLOW REACTOR MODELING 9
CSTR, Plug-Flow, Dispersion. A case study of a tubular reactor with axial dispersion, Parameter
Calibration: Search algorithms for nonlinear dynamical models, Variance of estimated parameters.
Application to Monod and Haldane kinetics.
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UNITI MECHANICAL PROCESSING FOR MATERIAL RECYCLING 10
Resource recovery for a sustainable development- Material and energy flow management and
analysis - Systems and processes for reduction, reuse and recycling -Objectives of Waste
Processing-Source Segregation and Hand Sorting-Waste Storage and Conveyance – Shredding –
Pulping - Size Separation by Screens- Density Separation by Air Classification –magnetic and
electromechanical separation processes- Design Criteria and Equipment selection
UNIT II BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY 10
Mechanisms of Biological Processing – Aerobic Processing of Organic fraction - Composting methods
and processes- factors affecting- Design of Windrow Composting Systems- In Vessel Composting-
Compost Quality Control- Vermiculture: definition, scope and importance - common species for
culture - Environmental requirements - culture methods- Applications of vermiculture- Potentials and
constraints for composting in India-Largescale and decentralized plants.
UNIT III BIO-CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF WASTE TO ENERGY 9
Principles and Design of Anaerobic Digesters – Process characterization and control- The
biochemistry and microbiology of anaerobic treatment - Toxic substances in anaerobic treatment -
Methane generation by Anaerobic Digestion- Anaerobic reactor technologies - Commercial anaerobic
Technologies- Single stage and multistage digesters- Digester design and performance-Gas
collection systems-Methane Generation and Recovery in Landfills – Biofuels from Biomass
UNIT IV THERMO-CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF WASTE TO ENERGY 8
Principles and Design of Energy Recovery Facilities -Types and principles of energy conversion
processes - Incinerator design - Mass Burn and RDF Systems- Composition and calorific value of
fuels and waste, Determination of the stoichiometric air consumption, Calculation of the flue gas
composition - grate firing designs, boiler design, removal of bottom ash, heat recovery- Emission
Controls – flue gas cleaning, de-dusting, flue gas scrubbers, DeNOx processes, dioxins and furans -
Alternative thermal processes: co-incineration, pyrolysis, gasification, plasma arc - Process
characterization and control- waste heat recovery- Bottom ash: Quantity, quality, treatment, utilization,
disposal- Facility design- decentralized mobile plants- Planning and construction of incineration plants
UNIT V CASE STUDIES ON WASTE RECYCLING 8
Recycling technologies for paper, glass, metal, plastic – Used Lead Acid Battery Recycling –End of
Life Vehicle Recycling – Electronic Waste Recycling – Waste Oil Recycling – Solvent Recovery -
Drivers and barriers for material recycling: social, legal and economic factors - Environmental impacts
of waste recycling - Design for the environment: the life cycle approach
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
On Completion of the Course, the Candidate should:
Understand the fundamental principles of existing and emerging technologies for the treatment of
waste and recovery of materials and energy from waste;
Appreciate the increasing importance of waste and resource management in achieving
environmental sustainability.
Be able to analyse and describe the potential of solid waste as a secondary raw material, and the
associated problems and possibilities in a sustainable society.
REFERENCES:
1 Aarne Veslind and Alan E Rimer (1981), “Unit operations in Resource Recovery Engineering “,
Prentice Hall Inc., London
2 Manser A G R, Keeling A A (1996). Practical handbook of processing and recycling on municipal
waste. Pub CRC Lewis London, ISBN 1-56670-164
3 Chiumenti, Chiumenti, Diaz, Savage, Eggerth, and Goldstein , Modern Composting Technologies
JG Press October 2005
4 Charles R Rhyner (1995),Waste Management and Resource Recovery, Lewis Publishers
5 Gary C. Young (2010)Municipal Solid Waste to Energy Conversion Processes: Economic,
Technical, and Renewable Comparisons , John Wiley & Sons
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EM8071 CLIMATE CHANGE AND MODELLING L T P C
3 0 0 3
OBJECTIVE:
To introduce the emerging concepts of climate modeling and projecting future climate change,
understand data analysis and application.
UNIT I Climate Change and Climate Variability 9
Introduction – Atmosphere - weather and Climate - climate parameters (Temperature ,Rainfall,
Humidity, Wind etc) – Equations governing the atmosphere - Numerical Weather Prediction Models -
Introduction to GCMs - Application in Climate Change Projections.
UNIT II IPCC SRES Scenarios 9
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - An Overview - Key Assumptions - Scenario
Family - Storyline (A1, B1, A2, B2).
UNIT III Global Climate Model (GCM) and Regional Climate Model (RCM) 9
Some typical GCMs (HadCM3Q-UK Met Office) - Issues with GCMs - Introduction to RCMs and LAMs
- some typical RCMs like PRECIS, SimCLIM, MAGICC/SCENGENE - Advantages and Disadvantages
of GCMs and RCMs.
UNIT IV Downscaling Global Climate Model - An Overview 9
Need for downscaling - Selection of GCMs for regional climate change studies - Ensemble theory –
Selection of - Ensembles, Model Domain (Spatial domain and temporal domain), Resolution and
climate variables - Lateral boundary conditions - Methods of downscaling (Statistical and Dynamical) -
examples from each and their limitations.
UNIT V Analysis /Post processing 9
a. Model validation - post processing – Introduction to Analysis tools - Ferret, R, Grads, IDL, SPSS,
ArcGIS
b. Climate change Impact - Vulnerability assessment – adaptation strategies.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REFERENCES:
1. IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
2. McGuffie, K. and Henderson-Sellers, A. (2005) “A Climate Modelling Primer, Third Edition, John
Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.
3. Neelin David J, “Climate Change and Climate Modelling”, Cambridge University Press
4. Thomas Stocker, “Introduction to Climate Modelling”, Advances in Geophysical and
Environmanetal Mechanics and Mathematics. Springer Publication.
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UNIT II OCEAN HYDRODYNAMICS 10
Wave Theory, Waves in shallow waters – Refraction, Diffraction and Shoaling, Approximations for
deep and shallow water conditions – Tidal Classification - General circulation of ocean waters -
Ocean currents - Coastal sediment transport - Onshore offshore sediment transport - Beach
formation and coastal processes - Tsunamis, storm surge, El Niño effect.
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UNIT II REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY 9
Classification of Remote Sensing Systems, , Aerial photographs, Photographic systems – Across
track and along track scanning, Multispectral remote sensing, Thermal remote sensing, Microwave
remote sensing – Active and passive sensors, RADAR, LIDAR
UNIT III SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING 10
Satellites and their sensors, satellite orbits, Indian space programme - Research and development -
ISRO satellites, LANDSAT, ERS, SPOT, TERRA and NOOA satellite series, Characteristics of
Remote Sensing data ,Satellite data Products
REFERENCES:
1. Lillesand, T.M. and Kiefer, R.W, "Remote sensing and image interpretation", John Wiley and
sons, New York, 2004.
2. Golfried Konechy, Geoinformation: "Remote sensing, Photogrammetry and Geographical
Information Systems", CRC press, 1st Edition, 2002.
3. Burrough, P.A. and McDonnell, R.A., "Principles of Geographic Information systems" Oxford
University Press, New York, 2001.
4. Lintz, J. and Simonet, "Remote sensing of Environment", Addison Wesley Publishing Company,
New Jersey, 1998.
5. "Pmapler and Applications of Imaging RADAR", Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol.2, ASPR, 2001.
REFERENCES:
1. Zanneti, P. 1990. "Air Pollution Modeling Theories", Computational Methods and Available
Software. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
2. R.W.Boubel, D.L. Fox, D.B. Turner & A.C. Stern, "Fundamentals of Air Pollution" Academic
Press, New York, 1994
3. J.L.Schnoor, "Environmental Modeling Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air and Soil",
John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1996.
4. Arthur C.Stern Air Pollution (3rd Ed.) Volume I – Air Pollutants, their transformation and Transport,
(Ed.), Academic Press, 2006.
5. Deaton and Wine Brake, “Dynamic Modeling of Environmental Systems”, Wiley & Sons, 2002.
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3. David E Daniel and Robert M. Koerner (2007), “Waste Containment Facilities –Guidance for
construction Quality Assurance and Construction Quality Control of Liner and Cover Systems,
American Socirty of Civil Engineers, ASCE Press.
4. Donald L Wise and Debra J Trantolo (1994), “Remediation of Hazardous Waste Contaminated
Soils, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York
5. George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen and Samuel A, Vigil, “Integrated Solid Waste
Management, Mc-Graw Hill International edition, New York, 1993.
6. Hari D Sharma and Krishna R. Reddy (2004), Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation,
Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Techonolgies, John Wiely, New Jersy
7. Oweis, I.S. and Khera, R.P (1998) Geotechnology of Waste Management, 2nd Edition, PWS
Publishing Co., Boston, MA
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REFERENCES:
1. Water Environment Federation (WEF), "Membrane Systems for Wastewater Treatment",
McGraw-Hill, USA, 2005.
2. Symon Jud, MBR Book – "Principles and application of MBR in water and wastewater treatment",
Elservier, 2006.
3. K. Yamamoto and Urase T, "Membrane Technology in Environmental management", special
issue, Water Science and technology, Vol.41, IWA Publishing, 2000.
4. Jorgen Wagner, "Membrane Filtration handbook, Practical Tips and Hints, 2nd Edition, Revision2,
Osmonics Inc., 2001.
5. Baker, R.W., "Membrane technology and applications", 2nd., John Wiley 2004
6 Noble, R.D. and Stern, S.A., "Membrane Separations Technology: Principles and Applications",
Elservier,Netherlands,1995.
7. Stephenson, T., Brindle, K., Judd, S., Jefferson, B."Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater
Treatment", IWA Publishing, London , 2000
REFERENCES:
1. Steven C.Chapra, "Surface Water Quality Modelling", The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., New
Delhi, 1997.
2. J.L.Schnoor, "Environmental Modeling Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air and Soil",
John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1996.
3. Deaton and Wine Brake, “Dynamic Modeling of Environmental Systems”, Wiley & Sons, 2002.
4. Hipel, K.W and A.I. McLeod. 1994. "Time Series Modelling of Water Resources and
Environmental Systems". Elsevier Science.
5. Thomann, R.V. and J.A. Mueller. 1987 ."Principles of Surface Water Quality Modelling and
Control", Harper and Row.
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