Biotechnology for Waste Management detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering Sandwich (Mech Sandwich) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech Sandwich 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 Mechanical Engineering Sandwich 9th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Mech Sandwich 9th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Mech Sandwich Open Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of biotechnology for waste management is as follows.
Unit I
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Unit II
WASTE BIOMASS AND ITS VALUE ADDITION
Types of waste biomass – Solid waste management – Nature of biomass feedstock – Biobased economy/process – Value addition of waste biomass – Biotransformation of biomass -Biotransformation of marine processing wastes – Direct extraction of biochemicals from biomass -Plant biomass for industrial application
Unit III
BIOCONVERSION OF WASTES TO ENERGY
Perspective of biofuels from wastes – Bioethanol production – Biohydrogen Production – dark and photofermentative process – Biobutanol production – Biogas and Biomethane production – Single stage anaerobic digestion, Two stage anaerobic digestion – Biodiesel production – Enzymatic hydrolysis technologies
Unit IV
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Unit V
BIOCOMPOSTING OF ORGANIC WASTES
Overview of composting process – Benefitis of composting, Role of microorganisms in composting -Factors affecting the composting process – Waste Materials for Composting, Fundamentals of composting process – Composting technologies, Composting systems – Nonreactor Composting, Reactor composting – Compost Quality
Course Outcomes:
After completion of this course, the students should be able
- To learn the various methods biological treatment
- To know the details of waste biomass and its value addition
- To develop the bioconversion processes to convert wastes to energy
- To synthesize the chemicals and enzyme from wastes
- To produce the biocompost from wastes
- To apply the theoretical knowledge for the development of value added products
Text Books:
- Antoine P. T., (2017) “Biofuels from Food Waste Applications of Saccharification Using Fungal Solid State Fermentation”, CRC press
- Joseph C A., (2019)“Anaerobic Waste-Wastewater Treatment and Biogas Plants-A Practical Handbook”, CRC Press,
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