Resource recovery from Waste 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 resource recovery from waste is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
MECHANICAL PROCESSING FOR MATERIAL RECYCLING Resource recovery for a sustainable development- Material and energy flow management and analysis – Systems and processes for reduction, reuse and recycling -Objectives of Waste Processing-Source Segregation and Hand Sorting-Waste Storage and Conveyance -Shredding – Pulping – Size Separation by Screens- Density Separation by Air Classification -magnetic and electromechanical separation processes- Design Criteria and Equipment selection
Unit II
BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY Mechanisms of Biological Processing – Aerobic Processing of Organic fraction – Composting methods and processes- factors affecting- Design of Windrow Composting Systems- In Vessel Composting- Compost Quality Control- Vermiculture: definition, scope and importance -common species for culture – Environmental requirements – culture methods- Applications of vermiculture- Potentials and constraints for composting in India-Largescale and decentralized plants.
Unit III
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Unit IV
THERMO-CHEMICAL CONVERSION OF WASTE TO ENERGY Principles and Design of Energy Recovery Facilities -Types and principles of energy conversion processes – Incinerator design – Mass Burn and RDF Systems- Composition and calorific value of fuels and waste, Determination of the stoichiometric air consumption, Calculation of the flue gas composition – grate firing designs, boiler design, removal of bottom ash, heat recovery- Emission Controls – flue gas cleaning, de-dusting, flue gas scrubbers, DeNOx processes, dioxins and furans – Alternative thermal processes: co-incineration, pyrolysis, gasification, plasma arc – Process characterization and control- waste heat recoveryBottom ash: Quantity, quality, treatment, utilization, disposal- Facility design- decentralized mobile plants- Planning and construction of incineration plants
Unit V
CASE STUDIES ON WASTE RECYCLING Recycling technologies for paper, glass, metal, plastic – Used Lead Acid Battery Recycling -End of Life Vehicle Recycling – Electronic Waste Recycling – Waste Oil Recycling – Solvent Recovery – Drivers and barriers for material recycling: social, legal and economic factors -Environmental impacts of waste recycling – Design for the environment: the life cycle approach.
Course Outcomes:
On Completion of the Course, the Candidate should:
- Understand the fundamental principles of existing and emerging technologies for the treatment of waste and recovery of materials and energy from waste
- Appreciate the increasing importance of waste and resource management in achieving environmental sustainability
- Be able to analyze and describe the potential of solid waste as a secondary raw material, and the associated problems and possibilities in a sustainable society.
- Understand thermo-chemical conversion of waste to energy
- Conceptualize recycling options foe waste to energy
Reference Books:
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