Agricultural Waste Management Agri 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2017 Regulation Anna Univ (Professional Elective III) detail syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri), 2017 regulation is collected from the Anna Univ official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (AI8007), Category (PE), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
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Course Objective:
- To impart knowledge to students on various methods of agricultural waste management for eco-friendly energy and manure production.
Unit I
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Unit II
Composting
Definition- Solid waste suitable for composting – Methods of composting – vermicomposting -Mineralization process in composting – Biochemistry of composting – Factors involved -Infrastructure required – maturity parameters – value addition – application methods
Unit III
Biomass Briquetting
Definition – potential agro residues and their characteristics for briquetting – fundamental aspects and technologies involved in briquetting – economic analysis of briquetting – setting up of briquetting plant- appliances for biomass briquettes.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Biogas and Bio Ethanol Production
Screening of suitable lingo cellulosic substrate for biogas production -determination of bio-energy potential of agro-waste by estimating total solids – volatile solids – Calorific value- per cent total carbohydrates, moisture, lignin and cellulosic contents – preparation of feed stocks for anaerobic bio- digestion – types of digesters – factors affecting – nutrient value and utilization of biogas slurry. Ethanol production from lingo cellulosic wastes – Processing of Biomass to Ethanol -pretreatment-fermentation-distillation.
Course Outcome:
At the end of the course student will be able to understand
- Various eco-friendly methods for agricultural waste management.
- Nutritive value and energy production potential of agro wastes.
Text Books:
- Raymond C Loehr, Agricultural Waste Management- problems, processes and approaches. First edition, Academic press, 1974.
- Diaz,l.F.,M. de Bertoldi and W. Bidlingmaier. 2007. Compost science and technology, Elsevier pub., PP.1-380.
- Uta Krogmann, Ina Korne and Luis F. Diaz.2010. Solid waste technology and management (Vol 1 and2). Blackwel Pub Ltd., Wiley Online library.
- Yong Sik Ok, Sophie M. Uchimiya, Scott X. Chang, Nanthi Bolan., Biochar-production characterization and applications. 2015. CRC press
References:
- P.D. Grover and S.K. Mishra, Biomass Briquetting: Technology and Practices. Published by FAO Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, 1996.
- Magdalena Muradin and Zenon Foltynowicz, Potential for Producing Biogas from Agricultural Waste in Rural Plants in Poland. Sustainability, 2014, 6, 5065-5074.
- Biochar production from agricultural wastes via low-temperature microwave carbonization
- Qian Kang, Lise Appels, Tianwei Tan and Raf Dewil, Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Current Findings Determine Research Priorities The Scientific World Journal, 2014, Article ID 298153, 13 pages
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