Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE4502 : Advanced Environmental Engineering { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Prateeksha Mahamallik
Syllabus
Scientific principles of environmental issues and environmental management practices, Environmental regulations and policies Thrust areas on air and water pollution, water use and management, aquatic ecosystems, energy and climate change, biodiversity, toxic substances, solid waste management.
Microbiological concepts, charaterisation techniques, reproduction, metabolism, microbial growth kinetics and kinetics of biochemical operations Modeling of suspended growth systems, techniques for evaluation of kinetic and stoichiometric parameters. Optimal selection of water and waste water treatment chain, Engineered systems, concepts and principles of carbon oxidation, nitrification, denitrification, methanogenasis. Biological nutrient removal Anaerobic treatment and attached growth reactors.
Course Objectives
- To anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control environmental issues in a variety of sectors and industries.
- Identify environmental problems arising due to engineering and technological <br />activities and the science behind those problems.
- 2 Estimate the population - economic growth, energy requirement and demand.
Course Outcomes
1)The students are expected to be able to understand the environmental, social and economic framework in which environmental decisions are to be made. <br />2) Identify the major pollutants and abatement devices for environmental <br />management and sustainable development <br />3) Understand and apply the concepts of mass balance in various engineered <br />systems
Essential Reading
- M. J. Hammer, Water and Wastewater Technology, Prentice Hall , h6th edition, 2007
- 1. G. Fair, J. C. Geyer, D. A. Okun, Elements of Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal, John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Supplementary Reading
- G. Tchobanoglous, L. Franklin, Burton, H. D. Stensel, Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse, McGraw-Hill Higher Education , 4th edition, 2002
- Noel de Nevers, Air Pollution Control Engg, McGraw-Hill Inc , 2000.