Biotechnology for Sustainable Environment Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Open Elective-1)

Biotechnology for Sustainable Environment detail syllabus for various departments, 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17BT563), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

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Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to learn

• The underlying concepts of Environment and its pollution.
• Treatment of waste water and solid waste.
• The importance of Biofuels against conservative fuels

Module 1
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Module 2

TERTIARY/ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT: Secondary/Biological treatment process, aerobic/anaerobic attached and suspended growth process, Sludge treatment & Disposal. Ultrafiltration, Filtration, Adsorption on Activated Carbon, Ion Exchange, Reverse Osmosis, Electro dialysis cell. Wastewater treatment in Industries: Paper and Pulp, distillery, Leather, Food processing such dairy and fruit processing and Textile processing.

Module 3

AIR POLLUTION AND NOISE POLLUTION: Sources, Classification, Properties of air pollutants, and Effects of air pollution on health, vegetation and materials. Air pollution sampling: Ambient sampling and Stack sampling, Analysis of air pollutants, Control methods and Equipment for particulates and gaseous pollutants, Applications to Industries: Thermal power plants, Metallurgical and Cement industries. Sources, Effects of Noise, Equipment for Noise Measurement, and Approaches for Noise Control.

Module 4
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Module 5

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Definitions, Characteristics and perspectives, Types of solid wastes, Sources of Solid waste, Properties of solid waste -Numerical problems, Solid waste Management – An Overview:-Material flow in society, Reduction in raw material usage, Solid waste generation, and reuse with materials, energy recovery. Solid waste management through Biotechnological processes involving Hazardous wastes, Biomedical wastes, Dairy wastes, Pulp industry wastes, Textile industry wastes, leather industry wastes and pharmaceutical industry wastes, petroleum wastes treatment.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

• Apply reasoning to identify the components of environmental eco systems and effect of pollutant on environment.
• Characterize the various parameters for treatment of water, waste water and solid waste from their sources to provide valid conclusions.
• Understand the impact of recovery, recycle of the useful resources from the wastes by adopting advanced techniques to demonstrate the need for sustainable development.
• Identify and demonstrate the knowledge to use suitable equipment for abatement and control of air & noise pollution.

Reference Books:

1. Fuels from Waste by Larry Anderson and David A Tillman, Academic Press.
2. Bioprocess Technology- fundamentals and applications, S O Enfors & L Hagstrom, RIT, Stockholm.
3. Comprehensive Biotechnology by M.Y. Young (Eds.), Pergamon Press.
4. Biotechnology, Economic & Social Aspects by E.J. Dasilva, C Ratledge & A Sasson, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.
5. Environmental Biotechnology by Pradipta Kumar Mahopatra.

Text Books:

1. Environmental Engineering by Howard S. Peavey, Donald R. Rowe, George Techobanolous, McGraw-Hill International Editions.
2. Wastewater Engineering – Treatment, Disposal and Reuse, METCALF AND EDDY, INC. 3rd Edition Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited.
3. Environmental Biotechnology by Foster C.F., John ware D.A., Ellis Horwood Limited.
4. Environmental Biotechnology by Indu Shekhar Thakur, IK Publishers.
5. Industrial Microbiology by L.E. Casida, Willey Eastern Ltd. Industrial Microbiology by Prescott & Dunn, CBS Publishers

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