JNTUK B.Tech Environmental Biotechnology gives you detail information of Environmental Biotechnology R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
UNIT I : FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROORGANISMS
Microbial flora of soil, growth, ecological adaptations, Interactions among soil microorganisms, biogeochemical role of soil microorganisms.
LO: To demonstrate microbial flora of soil and interactions among soil microorganism.
LA: Assessment by analyzing the type of microorganism and interaction between them.
UNIT II: BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER – AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC SYSTEMS
Biological processes for domestic and industrial waste water treatments; Aerobic systems – activated sludge process, trickling filters, biological filters, rotating biological contractors (RBC), Fluidized bed reactor (FBR),expanded bed reactor, Inverse fluidized bed biofilm reactor (IFBBR) packed bed reactors air- sparged reactors; Anaerobic Systems – contact digesters, packed column reactors, UASB.
LO: To demonstrate various water treatment methods.
LA: Assessment by treating various water samples by these methods.
UNIT III: BIO REMEDIATION
Introduction, constraints and priorities of Bioremediation, Bio stimulation of naturally occurring microbial activities, Bio augmentation, in situ, ex situ, intrinsic & engineered bioremediation, Solid phase bioremediation – land farming, prepared beds, soil piles, Phytoremediation. Composting, Bioventing & Biosparging; Liquid phase bioremediation – suspended bioreactors, fixed biofilm reactors.
LO: To explain different process involved in bio remediation in other biological treatments.
LA: Assessment by degradation of various samples by these processes of waste materials.
UNIT IV: HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Introduction – Xenobiotic compounds, recalcitrance, hazardous wastes – biodegradation of Xenobiotic: Simple, aromatics, chlorinated, polyaromatic, petroleum products pesticides and surfactants -biological detoxification –biotechnological Applications of hazardous waste management, Bio-hazard Monitoring and Control Risk assessment, hazard monitoring, remedial measures, techniques and control strategies.
LO: To demonstrate biological waste management of hazardous materials.
LA: Assessment by treating of hazardous waste materials by these above mentioned methods.
UNIT V: EXPLAINING THE OIL RECOVERY PROCESS USING BIOTECHNOLOGY TECHNIQUES
Biotechnology processes for oil recovery (microbial), toxic wastes treatment, petroleum waste treatment etc.
LO: To study various extraction methods biological oil recovery.
LA: Assessment by extraction of oils from various sources by the above mentioned methods.
UNIT VI: BIO FUELS
Giving outlines about various sources of Biofuels and their production) Waste as an energy core, energy recovery systems for urban waste, technology evaluation, concept of gasification of wastes with molten salt to produce low -BTU gas; pipeline gas from solid wastes by syngas recycling process; conversion of feedlot
wastes into pipeline gas; fuels and chemicals from crops, production of oil from wood waste, fuels from wood waste, methanol production from organic wastes.
LO: To demonstrate types in methods of preparation of bio fuels.
LA: Assessment by production of various biofuels.
TEXT BOOKS
- John E. Smith Biotechnology. 5th edition Cambridge low price editions.2009
- S. K. Agarwal Environmental Biotechnology by.4th edition Ashish Publications 2005.
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