air, noise and solid waste management
Course Name:
air, noise and solid waste management
Programme:
M.Tech (Environmental Engineering)
Semester:
First
Category:
Programme Core (PC)
Credits (L-T-P):
04(3-1-0)
Content:
Air pollutants, Sources, classification, emission, Effects on Health, vegetation, materials and atmosphere, Reactions of pollutants in the atmosphere and their effects. Particulate emission control and other removal methods like absorption, adsorption, and precipitation etc., Air quality models. Noise Pollution- sources, mitigation. Municipal Solid Waste: Generation, Rate Variation, characteristics (Physical, Biological and Chemical); Management Options for Solid Waste, Waste Reduction at the Source, Collection techniques
References:
1. Wark Kenneth and Warner C.F, Air Pollution its Origin and Control. Harper and Row, Publishers, New York
2. Sincero A.P. and Sincero G.A. Environmental Engineering, Prentice Hall.
3. Manual of Solid Waste Management, Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India.
Department:
Civil Engineering