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POLLUTION MONITORING AND CONTROL [1]

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

Course objectives

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

Environmental pollution monitoring and control

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

CO29:Identify monitoring criteria for various pollutants which would help in planning a monitoring programme

CO30:   Discuss the working principles of various pollution control equipments

CO31: Demonstrate pollution prevention and remediation techniques

CO32: Formulate plan for monitoring of various environmental pollutants 

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
  • Instruments for sampling gaseous pollutant
  • 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 Minearological 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, reverbration time; Acoustic silencers, mufflers, barriers, vibration and impact isolation

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Baird, C. and Cann, M.( 2008). Environmental Chemistry. W.H. Freeman and Company.
  • Bhargava, S. K. (2008). Practical Methods for Water and Air Pollution Monitoring, New  Age International Pub., New Delhi.
  • 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
  • Evans, G. (2005). Biowaste and Biological Waste Treatment. James and James (Science  Publishers) Ltd, U.K..
  • Gurnham, C. F.( 2004). Principle of Industrial Waste Treatment. John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
  • Keith, L. H. (1988). Principles of Environmental Sampling. American Chemical Society.
  • Lutgens, F.K. and Tarbuck, E.J.(2013). The atmosphere:Introduction to Meterology.12th ed.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
  • Wang,K.C., Pereira,N.C.and Hung, Y.T. (2004). .Air Pollution Control Engineering. Humana Press Inc.New Jersy

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021 [2]

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