Pollution Monitoring and Control

Paper Code: 
ENV 222
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Focus on the various methods of monitoring and equipments and techniques used in control of Environmental pollutants
  2. Develop skills for executing Environmental monitoring programmes for pollution prevention and remediation

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

ENV 222

Pollution monitoring and control

Upon completion of this course, students will

CO43: Design monitoring programmes for various pollutants which would help in planning a monitoring and analysis of pollutants

CO44:   Develop sustainable methods of pollution control at using basic principles of various pollution control equipments

CO45: Design pollution prevention and remediation techniques as per the requirement of the establishment/Industry

CO46: Formulate plan for monitoring of various environmental pollutants which would help in Environmental impact assessment

CO47: Investigate the problems due to various industrial processes and related emissions 

CO48: Select suitable cost effective and environmentally sustainable methods for pollution prevention at source by applying the concept of process modification

Approach in teaching:

Guided and shared readings, Discussions, Demonstration, Use of informative videos, discussion of case studies

Learning activities for the students:

Analysis and suggestions of case studies, Power point presentations for result analysis of research papers

Case Study discussion. Assignment. Quiz, Class test, Semester End Examination

 

 

 

15.00
Unit I: 
Air Pollution Monitoring
  • Aims and objectives of air quality monitoring
  • Techniques for sampling gaseous pollutants
  • Sampling of particulates (suspended and respirable) by High Volume Sampler/ Respirable dust sampler
  • Stack Sampling Technique

 

15.00
Unit II: 
Air Pollution Control
  • 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
  • Attached and Suspended growth system: trickling filters, activated sludge process, MBBR, RBC
  • Concept of CETP

 

15.00
Unit IV: 
Soil Sampling and Analysis
  • Soil Profile
  • Chemical and Mineralogical properties of soil
  • 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

 

15.00
Unit V: 
Noise Pollution Monitoring and Control
  • Measurement of Noise level
  • Prevention and control of Noise Pollution
  • Noise Pollution Analyser, Sound absorption coefficient, sound absorbing materials, reverberation time; Acoustic silencers, mufflers, barriers, vibration and impact isolation

 

Essential Readings: 

ESSENTIAL READINGS

  • Baird, C. and Cann, M.( 2008). Environmental Chemistry. W.H. Freeman and Company.
  • Bhatia, S.C. (2007). Textbook of Air Pollution and Its Control. Atlantic Pub., New Delhi.
  • Clarke, A. G. (2008). Industrial Air Pollution Monitoring, Gaseous and Particulate Emissions, Springer
  • Gurnham, C. F.( 2004). Principle of Industrial Waste Treatment. John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
  • Lutgens, F.K. and Tarbuck, E.J.(2013). The atmosphere:Introduction to Meterology.12thed.Pearsons publication Inc. USA
  • Sanai, V.S. (1990). Fundamentals of Soil. Kalayani Publishers, New Delhi..
  • Sharma, B.K., (2001). Environmental Chemistry. Geol Publ. House, Meerut Publication,India

SUGGESTED READINGS

  • Bhargava, S. K. (2008). Practical Methods for Water and Air Pollution Monitoring, New  Age International Pub., New Delhi.
  • Keith, L. H. (1988). Principles of Environmental Sampling. American Chemical Society.
  • Wang,K.C., Pereira,N.C.and Hung, Y.T. (2004). .Air Pollution Control Engineering. Humana Press Inc.NewJersy
  • Evans, G. (2005). Biowaste and Biological Waste Treatment. James and James (Science  Publishers) Ltd, U.K.

 

References: 

e-RESOURCES

JOURNALS:

  • Journal of Environmental Monitoring and assessment
  • Journal of Air pollution Monitoring and Environmental Sustainability
  • Environmental Science and technology letters

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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