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Sem 8 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING – II


MG University B.Tech Syllabus S8 Civil
Module 1
Introduction: Storage of water – effect of storage on quality of water, general layout of treatment plant – surface water and ground water. Aeration, purpose of aeration. Sedimentation – plain sedimentation, theory of sedimentation, continuous flow sedimentation tanks. Chemically aided sedimentation – necessity, theory of coagulation and flocculation – generally used coagulants, dosage, feeding, mixing devices, clariflocculators, design of flash mixers clarifiers and clarifloculators.
Module 2
Filtration – Theory of filtration, filter media – sand for filtration. Classification of filters – design, construction, control, operation and maintenance of rapid sand filters and slow sand filters. pressure filters, dual media & multimedia filters.Disinfection: requirements of a good disinfectant, chlorination – action, application, and dosage chlorine demand, pre chlorination, post chlorination, double chlorination, super chlorination, breakpoint chlorination, chloramination. Other disinfectants. Miscellaneous treatment methods: color, odour and taste removal, iron and manganese removal, deflouridation, removal of hardness, desalination.
Module 3
Introduction: Objectives of waste water treatment – Effluent standards, KSPCB Standards, BIS Standards. Layout of conventional treatment plant – preliminary, primary, secondary and tertiary treatments in general. Preliminary process: screens – types of screens, design, disposal of’ screenings; comminutors, grit chamber – function, design, construction and operation, disposal of grit , detritus tank, skimming tank -function, design and operation, disposal of skimmings Sedimentation: Theory of sewage sedimentation – design, construction and operation, rectangular and circular tanks, disposal of sludge.
Module 4
Biological process: principle and theory of biological treatment. Sewage filtration: Trickling filters – design, construction and operation. Activated sludge process: Design, construction and operation of conventional and extended aeration, aeration methods. Miscellaneous methods- Stabilization ponds, Oxidation ditch, Aerated lagoons, rotating biological contactors; disinfection of sewage effluents.
Module 5
Sludge treatment and disposal: quantity of sludge, characteristics of sludge, sludge thickening, digestion, conditioning and disposal, design of sludge digesters only. Septic Tanks: Design (as per Ministry of urban development) construction, disposal of effluents, cleaning of tanks, Imhoff tanks.
Sewage treatment by high rate anaerobic methods: Anaerobic digestion, suspended growth, contact process, UASB, attached growth, filters, expanded bed – only basics (Ref. Wastewater Engineering by Metcalf and Eddy – 3rd Edn.)
References
Peavy, Rowe, Tchobanoglous, Environmental Engineering, Mc Graw Hill International Editions.
S. K. Garg, Environmental Engineering Vol. l & ll, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
B.C. Punmia, Water supply Engineering, Arihant Publications, Jodpur.
B.C. Punmia, Waste water Engineering, Arihant Publications, Jodpur.
Metcalf & Eddy, Waste water Engg. 3rd Edn., Mc Graw Hill International Editions.
Mark J Hammer, Water and waste water technology, John Wiley and sons, Inc.