POLLUTION MONITORING AND CONTROL

Paper Code: 
ENV 222
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
20.00
Unit I: 
Air Pollution Monitoring
  • Aims and objectives of air quality monitoring
  • Instruments for sampling gaseous pollutants
  • Sampling of particulates (suspended and respirable) by High Volume Sampler/ Respirable dust sampler
  • Stack sampling Techniques:Planning the study,Selection of sampling location, Representative sample,Size of sampling point, Traverse points, Determination of gas composition, Determination of moisture content and   Determination of temperature and velocity
20.00
Unit II: 
Air Pollution Control
  • Air pollution control from stationary sources
  • Control of air pollution by equipments: Settling chambers, Separators, Cyclones, Filters, Electrostatic precipitators and Scrubbers
  • Control of gaseous Contaminants: Absorption, Adsorption, Combustion, Masking and Counteracting, Control at the Source
  • Preventive Techniques: Shift of the sources, Substitution of raw material and fuels, Process modification
  • Alteration of equipments and good operating practices.

 

15.00
Unit III: 
Water Pollution Monitoring and Control
  • Sources and characteristics of industrial waste water and sewage
  • Treatment of sewage:- Primary, secondary and tertiary(trickling filters and activated sludge process)
  • Fundamentals of biological treatment
  • Types of biological treatment: Aerobic and anaerobic treatment
  •  Role of microbes in sludge digestion and disposal

 

10.00
Unit IV: 
Soil Sampling and Analysis
  • Methods of Soil Sampling
  •  Soil microbes and their functions
  •  Different kinds of fertilizers (N.P,K) and their effect on soil characteristics
  • Soil contamination by metallic pollutants 
10.00
Unit V: 
Noise Pollution Monitoring and Control
  • Measurement of Noise level
  • Prevention and control of Noise Pollution
  • Noise Pollution Analyser, Sound absorption coefficient (ast), sound absorbing materials, reverbration time; Acoustic silencers, mufflers, barriers, vibration and impact isolation

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Agarwal, S.K., Environmental Biotechnology
  • De A.K., Environmental Chemistry, Wiley Eastern Ltd.
  • Rao M N. & Datta, A.K. 1987. Waste Water treatment. Oxford & IBH Publ. Co. Pvt. Ltd.
  • Trivedi R. K. and P.K. Goel, Introduction to air pollution, Techno-Science Publishers,  Sharma B.K., 2001. Environmental Chemistry. Geol Publ. House, Meerut Publication
  • Study Material (Handbooks) of Sikkim Manipal University for Science Health and Technology for the Degree of Post Graduation in Ecology and Environment
Academic Year: 
2015-2016
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