Hazardous Waste Management Syllabus for B.Tech 7th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Hazardous Waste Management B.Tech (R13) seventhsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
To impart knowledge on the identification, characterization, source reduction, storage, transport, processing and safe disposal of hazardous wastes.
UNIT I : WASTE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARECTERISATION [9 hours]
Hazardous waste definition – Physical and Health hazards wastes – Hazardous Waste Management and Handling Rules – Characterization of hazardous wastes – Analytical– Analytical methods –Hazardous waste inventory- Source reduction of hazardous wastes
UNIT II : STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND PROCESSING OF WASTES [10 hours]
Handling and storage of Hazardous wastes –Waste Compatability Chart – Hazardous Waste Transport- Manifest system – Transboundary movement of wastes – Basal Convention – Hazardous waste treatment technologies – Physical, chemical and thermal treatment of hazardous waste – Solidification – Chemical fixation – Encapsulation – Incineration
UNIT III : SECURE LANDFILLS [9 hours]
Hazardous waste landfills – Site selections – landfill design and operation – Regulatory aspects – Liner System- Cover system- Leachate Collection and Management – Environmental Monitoring System- Landfill Closure and post closure care
[TOTAL : 45 PERIODS]
OUTCOMES: The students completing the course will have
- an insight into the characterization of hazardous wastes and the role of different
stakeholders under the national legal framework - ability to plan minimization of hazardous wastes
- ability to design facilities for the storage, transport, processing and disposal of hazardous wastes
TEXTBOOKS:
- Hazardous waste management Charles A. Wentz. Second edition 1995. McGraw Hill International.
- Environmental Sciences by Daniel B. Botkin and Edward A. Keller, Wiley student, 6th edition- 2009.
- Harry M. Freeman, Standard handbook of Hazardous waste treatment and disposal McGraw Hill 1997.
REFERENCES:
- Hazardous Waste (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, 1989
- Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, 1998
- Electronic Waste Management and Handling Rules, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi, 2011
- Guidelines and criteria for hazardous waste landfills and hazardous waste treatment disposal facilities, Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi, 2010
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