EN3404 subject code deals with the Municipal Solid Waste Management syllabus of B.E Environmental Engineering. In the second year, it is included in the semester IV. This subject deals with the statistics and probability concepts to explore. In this article, we include textbooks and references to guide you to some more extent.
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Aim Of Concept:
- To make the students conversant with different aspects of the types, sources, generation, storage, collection, transport, processing and disposal of municipal solid waste.
EN3404 – Municipal Solid Waste Management Syllabus
Unit I: Sources And Types
Sources and types of municipal solid wastes-waste generation rates-factors affecting generation, characteristics-methods of sampling and characterization; Effects of improper disposal of solid wastes-Public health and environmental effects. Elements of solid waste management –Social and Financial aspects – Municipal solid waste (M&H) rules – integrated management-Public awareness; Role of NGO”s.
Unit II: On-Site Storage And Processing
On-site storage methods – Effect of storage, materials used for containers – segregation of solid wastes – Public health and economic aspects of open storage – waste segregation and storage – case studies under Indian conditions – source reduction of waste – Reduction, Reuse and Recycling.
Unit III: Collection And Transfer
Methods of Residential and commercial waste collection – Collection vehicles – Manpower– Collection routes – Analysis of collection systems; Transfer stations – Selection of location, operation & maintenance; options under Indian conditions – Field problems- solving.
Unit IV: Off-Site Processing
Objectives of waste processing – Physical Processing techniques and Equipment; Resource recovery from solid waste composting and bio-methanation; Thermal processing options – case studies under Indian conditions.
Unit V: Disposal
Land disposal of solid waste; Sanitary landfills – site selection, design and operation of sanitary landfills – Landfill liners – Management of leachate and landfill gas- Landfill bioreactor– Dumpsite Rehabilitation
Textbooks:
- Tchobanoglous. G., Theisen, H. M., and Eliassen, R. Solid. Wastes: Engineering Principles and Management Issues. New York: McGraw Hill, 1977.
- Vesilind, P.A. and Rimer, A.E., “Unit Operations in Resource Recovery Engineering”, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1981
- Paul T Willams, “Waste Treatment and Disposal”, John Wiley and Sons, 2005
References:
- Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management, CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, New Delhi, 2016.
- Bhide A.D. and Sundaresan, B.B. Solid Waste Management Collection, Processing and Disposal, 2001
- Manser A.G.R. and Keeling A.A, “Practical Handbook of Processing and Recycling of Municipal solid Wastes”, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, 1996
- George Tchobanoglous and FrankKreith, Handbook of “Solid waste Management”, McGraw Hill, New York, 2002
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- EN3401 Environmental Legislations
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