Basic Environmental Engineering and Pollution Abatement

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Basic Environmental Engineering and Pollution Abatement
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NPTEL
Overview

Gain a comprehensive overview of the Environmental Engineering principles and concepts

Duration	12 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

Basic Environmental Engineering and Pollution Abatement
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NPTEL
Highlights

Earn a certificate upon completion

Basic Environmental Engineering and Pollution Abatement
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NPTEL
Course details

Skills you will learn

Waste Management

More about this course

The course deals with the fundamentals of environmental engineering and its application in pollution control
It is intended to impart the fundamental knowledge of environmental engineering along with the design aspect of some pollution control equipment
It will also help the young scientific professionals to keep their knowledge upgraded with the current thoughts and newer technology options along with their advances in the field of the environmental/industrial pollution abatement

Basic Environmental Engineering and Pollution Abatement
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NPTEL
Curriculum

Week 1: Introduction; Ecology, environment and biodiversity; Ecosystem services and its risk 1; Ecosystem services and its risk 2; Tutorial 1

Week 2: Pollution types and sources ; Impact/consequences of pollutants; Transmission of pollutants in environment 1; Transmission of pollutants in environment 2; Tutorial 2

Week 3: Ambient air quality and standards; Water quality and standards 1; Water quality and standards 2; Industrial pollution and standards; Tutorial 3

Week 4: Sampling and Characterization of gas/air/emission; Sampling and Characterization of water/waste water; Characterization of solid wastes and soil; Environmental law and regulatory framework; Tutorial 4

Week 5: Pollution prevention strategies and processes 1; Pollution prevention strategies and processes 2; Pollution prevention by using optimum water 1; Pollution prevention by using optimum water 2; Tutorial 5

Week 6: Air pollution control 1; Air pollution control 2; Air pollution control 3; Air pollution control 4; Tutorial 6

Week 7: Treatment of surface and ground water for drinking water generation; Treatment of domestic and industrial waste water: Schemes; Primary treatment equipment; Secondary treatment process; Tutorial 7

Week 8: Secondary treatment equipment 1; Secondary treatment equipment 2; Advances in secondary treatment process 1; Advances in secondary treatment process 2; Tutorial 8

Week 9: Tertiary treatment 1; Tertiary treatment 2; Sludge management; Pollution control in industry; Tutorial 9

Week 10: Industrial pollution control in GPI 1; Industrial pollution control in GPI 2; Industrial pollution control in GPI 3; Industrial pollution control in GPI 4; Tutorial 10

Week 11: Industrial pollution control in GPI 5 Solid waste management schemes; Solid waste transformation 1(incineration); Solid waste transformation 2 (gasification); Tutorial 11

Week 12: Solid waste transformation 3 (Pyrolysis); Solid waste transformation 4 (Anaerobic digestion); Hazardous waste management; Management of special category wastes ; Tutorial 12

Basic Environmental Engineering and Pollution Abatement
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NPTEL
Faculty details

P. Mondal

Dr. Prasenjit Mondal, is presently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. He joined the institute in 2009 as Assistant Professor. He has also worked as Process Engineer in industry for two years and as scientist in Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research, India for three years before joining IIT Roorkee.