Pollution Monitoring and Control

Paper Code: 
DENV703
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Focus on the various methods of monitoring and equipment 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

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DENV 703

 

 

 

Pollution monitoring and control

Upon completion of this course, students will

CO73: Design monitoring  programmes for various pollutants which would help in planning a monitoring and analysis of pollutants

CO74: Develop sustainable method pollution control at using basic prin ciple of various pollution control equipment

CO75: Design pollution prevention and remediation techniques as per the requirement            of            the establishment/Industry

CO76: Formulate plan for monitoring of various environmental pollutants which would help in Environmental impact assessment

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

 

14.00
Unit I: 
Air Pollution Monitoring
  • Sources and Effects of Air Pollution
  • Atmospheric composition and stratification
  • Meteorological parameters influencing air pollution
  • Atmospheric stability and Inversion
  • Plume behavior
  • Photochemical reactions in the atmosphere (Reactions of NOx, O3, Hydrocarbons)
  • Wind roses
  • Stack sampling Technique
  • Chemistry of global warming, acid rain and Ozone depletion

 

14.00
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 equipment and good operating practices.

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Water Pollution Monitoring and Control
  • Sources of water pollution
  • Effects of water pollution
  • Characteristics of industrial wastewater and sewage
  • Treatment of sewage: Primary, secondary and tertiary
  • Attached and Suspended growth system: trickling filters, Activated Sludge process (ASP), Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) and RBC, Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR)
  • Concept of CETP
10.00
Unit IV: 
Soil Sampling and Analysis
  • Soil Profile
  • Methods of Soil Sampling
  • Types and sources of soil pollution
  • Soil microbes and their functions
  • Different kinds of fertilizers (N, P, K) and their effect on soil characteristics
  • Soil contamination by metallic pollutants
  • Soil pollution prevention and control measures

 

10.00
Unit V: 
Noise and Radiation Pollution Monitoring and Control
  • Sources of noise pollution
  • Impacts of noise on human health
  • Prevention and control of Noise Pollution
  • Sound level meter, Sound absorption coefficient, reverberation time, sound absorbing materials, Acoustic silencers, mufflers, barriers, vibration and impact isolation
  • Radioactive Pollution: Sources and Effects
  • Control of radioactive pollution

 

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: 
2023-2024
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