Subject Code: CE6L012 Name: Advanced Environmental Engineering L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Prerequisite: None

The air pollution system: Gases and particulate; Atmospheric sources, sinks, transport; Effects of health and environment; Criterial pollutants, ambient and source standards. Characterization of aerosols, size distributions. Gaseous Pollutants, Control systems. Air quality management, dispersion modeling. Industrial and Vehicular sources of air pollution; Behaviour of pollutants in atmosphere; Emission factors, regulations, control strategies and policies; Monitoring of air pollutants, Particulate and Gaseous Pollutant Control, Control technologies for removal of SO2, NOx, VOC, Control technologies for motor vehicles.
Solid waste management: Sources, Composition and Properties of Municipal Solid Waste, Engineering principles; Generation, Onsite handling, storage and processing including segregation; Collection, Transfer and transport; Processing technique and equipment; Recovery of resources; Conversion products and energy; Composting; Recycling;  Incineration and pyrolysis; Disposal of solid waste including sanitary landfill, planning, siting, design, closure and post-closure monitoring; Regional/Integrated solid waste management related issues.
Biomedical waste: Regulatory framework, categorization; generation, collection, transport, treatment and disposal.
Hazardous Waste Fundamentals,   Definition, Classification, Generation, Regulatory process, Current Management Practices, Treatment and Disposal Methods, Physicochemical processes, Biological processes, Stabilization and solidification; Thermal methods;  Land disposal, Remediation of Contaminated Sites.

Text/Reference Books:

  1. Peavy H. S., Rowe D. R. and Tchobanoglous G. Environmental Engineering, McGraw-Hill.
  2. Nevers N. D. Air Pollution Control Engineering, McGraw-Hill.
  3. Tchobanoglous G., Theisen H. and Vigil S. A. Integrated Solid Waste Management:  Principles and Management Issues, McGraw-Hill.
  4. LaGrega M. D., Buckingham P. L. and Evans J. C. Hazardous Waste Management, McGraw-Hill.
  5. Martin E. J. and Johnson J. H. Hazardous Waste Management Engineering, van Nostrand-Reinhold.
  6. Wentz C. A. Hazardous Waste Management, McGraw-Hill.
  7. Buonicore A. J. and Davis W. T. Air Pollution Engineering Manual, van Nostrand-Reinhold.
  8. Flagan R. C. and Seinfeld J. H. Fundamentals of Air Pollution Engineering, Prentice Hall.