Landfill Engineering and Remediation Technology 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-III scheme and its subjects refer to Env Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of landfill engineering and remediation technology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
LANDFILL BASICS Waste management Hierarchy- Need for landfills -Environmental Protection by Landfills-Landfill Classification – Sanitary and Secure Landfills – Components and Configuration – Legal frame work for landfilling – Landfill Site investigation- Regional Landfills- Environmental control using site design — Landfill Design Tasks
Unit II
LANDFILL LINERS AND COVER SYSTEMS Landfill barrier system components – Design of Compacted clay liners: Factors affecting hydraulic conductivity , Water content-density criteria, Thickness, Desiccation – Geo synthetic Clay Liners and Geomembranes; types, manufacturing, handling, seaming and testing -Asphalt Barriers and Capillary barrier – Composite Liner system design- liner construction and quality control- Leakage through Liners- vapor transmission and chemical compatibility -Installation of Geo membranes – Liner Leakage Mechanism – Diffusion – Controls on advection through liners – Single phase flow advection-diffusion- Landfill cover systems- Design of Cover Systems – Daily Cover – Intermediate Cover – Final Cover – Flow through Landfill CoversDesign and Analysis of Slope Stability- Anchor Trenches- Access ramps – Erosion control
Unit III
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Unit IV
LANDFILL OPERATION AND CLOSURE Landfill Construction and Operational Controls – Fill Sequencing Plans – Cell ConstructionDozer and Compactor operations-Selection of Landfill Equipment- Landfill AdministrationRecord Keeping – Topographic mapping-Environmental Controls – Odour, Vector and Litter Control – Landfill Safety – Fire Control – Ground and Surface water Monitoring – Methane Gas monitoring – Audits of landfill environmental performance and management – Post Closure care and use of landfills – Landfill Economics- landfill construction and operational cost estimation – establishing tipping fees
Unit V
CONTAMINATED SITE REMEDIATION Contaminated sites – Fate and behavior of toxics and persistent substances in the environment – Engineering Issues in Site Remediation – Site Characterization – Framework for risk assessment at landfill sites – Remediation Principles: Source Control and Management of Migration Covers, Cutoff Walls, Solidification / Stabilization – Pump-and-Treat Systems -Solvent Vapor Extraction, Air Sparging, Soil Flushing – Bioremediation – Natural Attenuation -Remedy Selection and Risk Assessment – Geotechnical Aspects of In Situ Remediation Technology – Specific case studies in contaminated site remediation – Rehabilitation of Open dumps- Landfill Mining
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
- Have an overview of the Indian and international landfill regulations and guidelines for the design, construction, operation and management of landfills
- Understand the design and construction of landfills, processes in landfills, methods for management and treatment of landfill gas and leachate
- Have an in-depth understanding of the key pollutants in leachate and gas, their potential environmental impacts and the
- Make engineering design and study performance of control systems used to manage and treat pollutant and waste emissions from sites.
- Be able to apply a risk based assessment of contaminated sites and implement site remediation technologies
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