| Course Name | Industrial Waste Treatment |
| Course Code | 23CIE352 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Civil Engineering |
| Credits | 3 |
| Campus | Coimbatore |
Nature and characteristics of Industrial wastes – prevention versus control of industrial pollution – Linkage between technology and pollution prevention – tools for clean processes – reuse, recycle, recovery, source reduction, raw material substitution, toxic use reduction and process modification – separation technologies as tools for waste minimization – Flow sheet analysis – Energy and resource audits – waste audits.
Preliminary treatment of industrial waste water – volume reduction – strength reduction – neutralization – equalization and proportioning.
Treatment of industrial waste – suitability of different techniques – disposal of industrial waste.
Effluent generation from textile industry – paper industry – dairy – fertilizer – thermal power plants – effluent characteristics – treatment.
Membrane process, ion exchange process, Reverse osmosis, Ultra filtration, electrolysis. Study of damages caused by industrial pollution in India.
Course Objectives
To discuss the characteristics of Industrial wastes and pollution prevention strategies To discuss the Preliminary treatment of industrial waste water from different industries
To discuss the Effluent generation and treatment for textile, paper, dairy and fertilizer industry,
Course Outcome
CO1: Understand the characteristics of Industrial wastes and develop a holistic view on pollution prevention strategies
CO2: Analyze and design the Preliminary treatment unit for industrial waste waters.
CO3: Analyze and design the treatment scheme for textile, paper, dairy and fertilizer industry
CO-PO Mapping
| PO/PSO | PO1 | PO2 | PO3 | PO4 | PO5 | PO6 | PO7 | PO8 | PO9 | PO10 | PO11 | PO12 | PSO1 | PSO2 | PSO3 |
| CO | |||||||||||||||
| CO1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| CO2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| CO3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Reference(s)
Nelson Leonard Nemerow, “Industrial waste treatment – contemporary practice and vision for the future”, Elsevier, Singapore, 2007
Gerard Kiely, “Environmental Engineering”, McGraw Hill, 2009.
Sincero A. P. and Sincero G. A., “Environmental Engineering – A Design Approach”, Prentice Hall, 1996. Mahajan S. P., “Pollution Control in Process Industries”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2001.
Babbitt H. E, “Sewerage & Sewage Treatment”, Nabu Press, 2010.
Abbasi S. A, and Ramasami E, “Biotechnical Methods of Pollution Control”, Universities Press (India) Ltd., 1999.
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