GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3140509
Semester – IV
Subject Name: Pollution control & Safety Management

Type of course: Humanities and social science

Prerequisite: Basic Concepts of chemistry and environmental science.

Rationale: This course is intended to familiarize students with the concepts of various traditional and
modern pollution control methods along with identifying various pollutants and prevalent industrial laws
and acts pertaining to safety, health and environment under Indian context. This course would enable
students to identify and assess hazards in any stage of operation, to quantify and manage them as well.
Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total

L T P C Theory Marks Practical Marks Marks
ESE (E) PA (M) ESE (V) PA (I)
3 0 2 4 70 30 30 20 150
Content:

Sr. No. Content Total

Hrs

1 Impact of man on the environment; ecological systems and pollution, hydrologic and 5
nutrient cycles. Various types of environmental pollution in general and in chemical and
allied industry in particular, sources and causes of environmental pollution, effect of
pollution on environment.
2 Air pollution: Classification and properties of air pollutants, Emission sources, behavior 7
and fate of air pollutants with special reference to chemical reactions in atmosphere,
reactions at the earth’s surface, photochemical smog etc., air pollution meteorology
(generation, transportation and dispersion of air pollutants). Outlines of industrial air
pollution control and particulate control equipment: selection, design and performance
analysis; cyclone separator, fabric filters, gravity settling chambers, ESPs, wet scrubbers.
Control of gaseous emissions Stack sampling and analysis of air pollutants.
3 Water pollution: sources and classification of water pollutants, Physico-chemical 6
characterization of wastewater, water quality standards, Industrial water pollution
management: Wastewater treatment processes; Pretreatment, primary and secondary
treatment processes. Advanced wastewater treatment processes. Design of sedimentation
tanks and biological treatment processes.

4 Solid waste management: sources and classification, public health aspects, methods of 4
collection, potential methods of disposal: sanitary landfill, incineration, composting,
recovery and recycling.

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Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3140509
5 Introduction to Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), Sources of exposure, exposure 7
evaluation, exposure-hazard control, Fire and explosion: types of fire, detonation and
deflagration, UVCE and BLEVE, Regulatory bodies and regulations; Safety by design-
sizing of specific devices such as, safety release valves, vents, flare systems;
Instrumentation for safety - specific devices such as alarms, interlocks, shutdown systems,
Hazard Identification Checklist procedure, Preliminary hazard analysis, What if analysis,
Failure mode effect analysis, Hazard and operability (HAZOP) studies, Hazard analysis
techniques: Fault tree analysis, Event tree analysis, General outline of DOW index.
6 Rules, regulations, laws etc. regarding environmental protection, pollution prevention and 7
control, waste disposal etc. Standards and legislation EIA, EIS and EMP. Air and water
pollution management through waste minimization. Industrial air pollution management,
Role of government, semi/quasi govt. and voluntary organizations. Industries Factory act,
concept of energy audit, environment Audit.
7 Safe industrial practices, Development of safety movement, Need for safety-general 4
introduction, historical background and growth of safety science, basic concepts of safety
audit
8 Concept of Cleaner Production(CP), End of Pipe Solution, Good House Keeping checklist, 5
CP Methodology, Barriers and Drivers in cleaner production, Principles of sustainable
developments, Principles of green chemistry, atom economy, waste prevention and
minimization of waste generation.

Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory): (For BE only)

Distribution of Theory Marks

R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level

14 26 23 7 0 0

Legends: R: Remembrance; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C:

Create and above Levels (Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)

Note: This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students and teachers. The actual
distribution of marks in the question paper may vary slightly from above table.

Reference Books:

1. Environmental Pollution Control Engineering by C.S.Rao, New Age International Publishers, New
Delhi.

2. Wastewater Engineering: Treatment & Reuse by Metcalf and Eddy, McGraw Hill Publication

3. Pollution control in process industries, S P Mahajan, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company, New
Delhi
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4. Safety and Accident Management in the Chemical Process Industries Ed. by H. Heinmann, M.
Dekker3Instrumental Methods of Analysis, B. K. Sharma, Goel Publishing house.

5. .HAZOP and HAZAN by Trevor Kletz, 4th Edition, Institution of Chemical Engineers, IChemE,
UK

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, the students will be able to

Sr. CO statement Marks % weightage

No.
CO-1 To understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and 20
societal context
CO-2 To uunderstand and apply appropriate control and preventive measures 35
for different types of pollution
CO-3 To identify major process and health hazards and apply hazard analysis 20
techniques for risk assessment
CO-4 To acquire knowledge about the various environmental and safety 25
standards and legislations

List of Open Source Software/learning website:

Preparation of power-point slides, which include videos, animations, Pictures, graphics for better
understanding theory – The faculty will allocate chapters/ parts of chapters to groups of students so that the
entire syllabus of Advanced analytical techniques is covered.

Suggested list of experiments to be performed (At least 10 experiments are to be given)

1. Characterization of a given sample of wastewater by determining its pH, conductivity, TDS, TSS.

2. To find out the quantity of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) present in the given water sample by Winkler’s
Method.

3. Determination of acidity, alkalinity & hardness of a given sample of water or wastewater.

4. To determine Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) exerted by the given wastewater sample.

5. To find out Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) of the given wastewater sample.

6. Determination of total residual chlorine in a given water sample.

7. To determine the color intensity of the dye contaminated wastewater using spectrophotometer.

8. To determine the ion exchange capacity of a given cation or anion exchanger.

9. Study of adsorption of dye from aqueous solution on any adsorbent (e.g. activated carbon ) and
examine the validity of (i) Freundlich isotherm and (ii) Langmuir iostherm

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10. Determination of composition of volatile organic compounds dissolved in water by using (i)
Refractometer or (ii) Karl-Fisher Apparatus.

11. Determination of efficiency of cyclone separator for separation of dust particles from mixtures.

12. Analysis of SOx and NOx compounds present in gaseous mixture using GC or any other
techniques.

13. Separation of mixture of dyes using thin layer chromatography.

14. Separation of metallic ions by paper chromatography.

15. Characterization of municipal solid waste (physical and chemical).

16. To study the quality of a sample of water collected or provided.

17. To make an audit of the electrical energy consumption by various household appliances.

18. Preparation/compilation and study of MSDS of certain chemicals used in your laboratory.

19. Demonstration of portable fire extinguisher and other personal protective equipments used in the
laboratories.

List of Open Source Software/learning website: Software:

PollutionTech - Air Pollution Control Software

Safety Management Software, MSDS Software, CSafe, DR software’s ChemGes, Periscope software,
MAUS OHS Planning software (Occupational, Health & Safety Planner), CINTELLATE

Students can refer to video lectures available on the websites including NPTEL

Students can refer to the CDs which are available with some reference books for the solution of problems
using softwares.

Students can develop their own programs for the solutions of problems.

Websites: www.safetyforlife.com.au , SmartOHS.com.au

https://www.cpcb.nic.in/PollutionControlLaw.pdf

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