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CLE2018 INDUSTRIAL WASTES TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL

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Syllabus version
Pre-requisite CLE1006 Environmental Engineering
1.0
Course Objectives:
1. To provide an understanding of the industrial wastes treatment and disposal methods
2. To know the sources of various industrial wastes and its treatment methods
3. To understand the design and operation of disposal of industrial wastes
4. To know the various processes of wastewater treatment and its engineering requirements
5. To provide adequate knowledge about pollution phenomena of various industries including
gaseous pollutants.
Expected Course Outcome:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to
1. Apply waste minimization concepts in managing the industrial wastes
2. Identify and justify the selection of various treatment methods for industrial wastewater
treatment
3. Understand concepts in industrial solid waste management
4. Implement the sophisticated wastewater supply technology
5. Execute solutions for biological treatment
6. Implement new techniques for collection, recycling and disposal of solid wastes and sludge
Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): 2, 9, 10
Module: 1 Sources and types of Industrial wastes 3 hours SLO: 2
Liquid, solid, and gaseous waste - effects of industrial effluents on streams, sewer, land, sewage
treatment plants and human health
Module: 2 Recent trends in Industrial waste management 3 hours SLO: 2, 9, 10
Cradle to Grave concept - life cycle analysis - clean technologies
Module: 3 Treatment of specific pollutants in industrial waste 4 hours SLO: 2, 9
Fluoride – cyanide - Toxic organics - Heavy metals – Radioactivity
Module: 4 Liquid Waste Treatment 6 hours SLO: 2, 9
Equalization – Neutralization – Modern treatment techniques: removal of suspended and dissolved
organic solids - Removal of dissolved inorganic solids
Module: 5 Industrial Solid Waste Treatment 6 hours SLO: 2, 9, 10
Physico-chemical treatment – solidification – incineration – Secured landfills – Legal Provisions
Module: 6 Gaseous pollutant treatment 3 hours SLO: 2, 9
Absorption – scrubbing – catalytic oxidation – thermal treatment
Module: 7 Various Industrial Pollution Control 3 hours SLO: 2, 9
Treatment processes of selected industries- textiles, tanneries, dairy, sugar, paper, distilleries, steel
plants, refineries, fertilizer and thermal power plants.
Module: 8 Contemporary issues 2 hours
Total Lecture hours 30 hours
Text Book(s)
1. V. V. Ranade, V. M. Bhandari, Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Recycling and Reuse, Elsevier
Publications, 2014.
2. W. Wesley Eckenfelder, Davis L. Ford, Andrew J. Englande, Industrial Water Quality, 4th Ed. Tata
McGraw 2009.
Reference Books
1. Patwardhan A.D, Industrial Waste Water Treatment, PHI Learning Private Limited-New Delhi
(2009)
2. Arcievala, S.J., “Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control”, Tata McGraw Hill, (2006)
3. Nelson, L. Nemerow, Liquid Waste of Industry, Theories, Practices and Treatment, Addison-
Wesley Publishing Company, London, (2008).
Mode of Evaluation: Continuous Assessment Test, Quizzes, Assignments, Final Assessment Test
Recommended by Board of Studies 04.03.2016
Approved by Academic Council 40th ACM Date 18.03.2016

Project Titles (J component) (2,9,10) 60hrs

Challenging projects for Individual or a group will be given based on the basic and
advancements in the course content.