Environmental Risk Management Env 7th Sem Syllabus for BE 2017 Regulation Anna Univ (Professional Elective III) detail syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env), 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 (EN8007), 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 provide knowledge related to the broad field of environmental risk assessment, important processes that control contaminant transport and tools that can be used in predicting and managing human health risks.
Unit I
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Unit II
Elements of Environmental Risk Assessment
Hazard identification and accounting – Fate and behaviour of toxics and persistent substances in the environment – Properties, processes and parameters that control fate and transport of contaminants – Receptor exposure to Environmental Contaminants – Dose Response Evaluation – Exposure Assessment – Exposure Factors, Slope Factors, Dose Response calculations and Dose Conversion Factors – Risk Characterization and consequence determination – Vulnerability assessment – Uncertainty analysis.
Unit III
Tools and Methods for Risk Assessment
HAZOP and FEMA methods – Cause failure analysis – Event tree and fault tree modeling and analysis – Multimedia and multipathway exposure modeling of contaminant migration for estimation of contaminant concentrations in air, water, soils, vegetation and animal products -Estimation of carcinogenic and non carcinogenic risks to human health – Methods in Ecological risk assessment – Probabilistic risk assessments – radiation risk assessment – Data sources and evaluation.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Applications
Case studies on risk assessment and management for hazardous chemical storage – Chemical industries – Tanneries – Textile industries – Mineral processing and Petrochemical plants -Hazardous waste disposal facilities – nuclear power plants – contaminated site remediation -Case histories on Bhopal, Chernobyl, Seveso, Three Mile Island.
Course Outcome:
- The student will gain the knowledge related to the broad field of environmental risk assessment.
- Describe the elements on environmental behavior of toxics.
- The ability to apply the methods for the risk assessment.
- Will have a basic understanding of environmental risk management.
- Will get insight on risk assessment case studies related to the industrial waste.
References:
- Cutter, S.L., Environmental Risk and Hazards, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1999.
- Kolluru Rao, Bartell Steven, Pitblado R and Stricoff Risk Assessment and Management Handbook, McGraw Hill Inc., New York,1996.
- Kofi Asante Duah Risk Assessment in Environmental management, John Wiley and sons, Singapore, 1998.
- Kasperson, J.X. and Kasperson, R.E. and Kasperson,R.E., Global Environmental Risks, V.N.University Press, New York, 2003.
- Risks and Decisions for Conservation and environmental management, Mark Burman, Cambridge University Press.
- Susan L |Cutter Environmental Risks and Hazards Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi 1999.
- Joseph F Louvar and B Diane Louver Health and Environmental Risk Analysis fundamentals with applications, Prentice Hall, New Jersey 1997
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