Operation and maintenance of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants detailed syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Env students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Environmental Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Env 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to Env Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of operation and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment plants is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ELEMENTS OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Strategy for good operation and maintenance- preventive and corrective maintenance scheduling – operation and maintenance Plan – proper and adequate tools, spare units and parts – training requirements- laboratory control- records and reports- housekeeping -sampling procedureanalytical techniques- code of practice for analytical laboratories-measurement of flows, pressures and Levels -safety in O&M operations – management information system – measures for conservation of energy
Unit II
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS Operational problems, O&M practices and records of operation of reservoir and intakes -causes of failure of wells- rehabilitation of tube wells & bore wells- prevention of incrustation and corrosion – problems in transmission mains- maintenance of pipelines and leakage control- repair method for different types of pipes- preventive and corrective maintenance of water pumps – problems in the water distribution system and remedies- water quality monitoring and surveillance
Unit III
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Unit IV
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TREATMENT UNITS Operation and maintenance in screen chamber, grit chamber and clarifiers- operation issues, trouble shooting guidelines and record keeping requirements for clarifier, equalization basins, neutralization unit – chemical storage and mixing equipment – chemical metering equipment -flash mixer -filters, thickeners and centrifuges- filter press – start-up and maintenance inspection – motors and pumps – hazards in chemical handling – jar test – chlorination equipment – membrane process systems- SDI and LSI determination- process chemistry and chemical dosage calculations- SOP-case studies
Unit V
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT UNITS Construction, operation and maintenance aspects of activated sludge process, trickling filters, anaerobic digester, SBR, UASBR, MBRs- startup and shutdown procedures-DO, MLSS and SVI monitoring- trouble shooting guidelines -planning, organizing and controlling of plant operations – capacity building, case studies of retrofitting- SOP-case studies
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
- Understand the O&M issues pertaining to STP and WTP
- Understand operation and maintenance of water intakes and supply systems
- Recognize the O&M issues relevant to sewerage system
- Understand operation and maintenance of physico-chemical treatment units
- Understand operation and maintenance of biological treatment units
Reference Books:
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For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Environmental Engineering 5th Sem, visit Env 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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