Syllabus

1. Determination of dissolved oxygen (DO) in a given water sample.
2. Determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in a given water sample.
3. Determination of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) in a given water sample.
4. Determination of turbidity and sulphate content of given water sample.
5. Determination of Total dissolved solids (TDS) and Total suspended solids (TSS) in water/effluent sample.
6. Determination of alkalinity and acidity of the given water sample.
7. Determination of Total organic carbon (TOC) in a given water sample.
8. Determination of chloride concentration in a water sample by Mohr’s method.
9. Potentiometric determination of fluoride concentration in water sample using ion selective electrode.
10. Determination of SPM, PM10, and PM2.5 content of polluted air sample.
11. To study the operation of a cyclone separator and finding it’s efficiency.
12. Determination of adsorption isotherm of acetic acid on activated charcoal.
13. To study the fixed bed column adsorption of Malachite green dye on Reduced graphene oxide functionalized beta-cyclodextrin epichlorohydrin (RGO-BCD-ECH) composite.

To be familiar with sampling techniques and analytical methods for determining the contaminant levels in water and air.

To analyze the characteristics and performance of cyclone separator.

To analyze the characteristic and performance of fixed bed adsorption column

1. To determine the water/waste water characteristics like, alkalinity, acidity, dissolved oxygen, TDS, TSS, TS, TOC, COD, BOD, dissolved chlorides and residual chlorine, pH, conductivity, turbidity.
2. To determine the air quality indicators like SPM, PM10, and PM2.5
3. To handle the analytical instruments like UV-Vis-spectrophotometer, TOC analyzer, ion analyzer etc.
4. To characterize and analyze the performance of cyclone separator in separating particulate matter(PM) from polluted air.
5. To characterize and analyze the performance of fixed bed adsorber in removing water pollutants.

Radojevic M. and Valdimir N.B.,, Practical Environmental Analysis,, RSC publishing , 2006