syllabus

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Subject Code 10CV757                                                                                 IA Marks : 25

No. of Lecture Hours/Week : 04                                                                    Exam Hours : 03

Total No. of Lecture Hours : 52                                                                     Exam Marks : 100

PART - A

UNIT - 1

INTRODUCTION: Definition, Land Pollution – scope and importance of solid waste management, functional elements of solid waste management. SOURCES: Classification and characteristics – municipal, commercial & industrial. Methods of quantification.                                                                                    08 Hours

UNIT - 2

COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION: Systems of collection, collection equipment, garbage chutes, transfer stations – bailing and compacting, route optimization techniques and problems.    06 Hours

                                                                                                                                                

UNIT - 3

TREATMENT / PROCESSING TECHNIQUES: Components separation, volume reduction, size reduction, chemical reduction and biological  processing problems.                                                       6 Hours

UNIT - 4

INCINERATION: Process – 3 T’s, factors affecting incineration process, incinerators – types, prevention of air pollution, pyrolsis, design criteria for incineration.                                                                 7 Hours

PART - B

UNIT - 5

COMPOSTING: Aerobic and anaerobic composting, factors affecting composting, Indore and Bangalore processes, mechanical and semi  mechanical composting processes. Vermicomposting.                   6 Hours

UNIT - 6

SANITARY LAND FILLING: Different types, trench area, Ramp and pit method, site selection, basic steps involved, cell design, prevention of site pollution, leachate & gas collection and control methods, geosynthetic fabrics  in sanitary land fills.                                                                                       8 Hours

UNIT - 7

DISPOSAL METHODS: Open dumping – selection of site, ocean disposal, feeding to hogs, incineration, pyrolsis, composting, sanitary land filling, merits and demerits, biomedical wastes and disposal. 6 Hours

UNIT - 8

RECYCLE AND REUSE: Material and energy recovery operations, reuse in other industries, plastic

wastes, environmental significance and reuse.                                                                                   5 Hours

REFERENCES

1. Integrated Solid Waste Management: Tchobanoglous : M/c Graw Hill.

2. Solid Waste Management in developing countries. Bhide and Sunderashan

3. Hand book on Solid Waste Disposal.: Pavoni J.L.

4. Environmental Engineering.: Peavy and Tchobanoglous

5. Environmental Engineering – Vol II.: S.K. Garg

6. Biomedical waste handling rules – 2000.

7. Solid Waste Engineering by Vesilind.Pa Worrell & Reinhart.D. – 2009, Cengage Learning India Private Limited, New Delhi.