EE1101: Environmental Chemistry (3-0-0: 3 credits)

Unit – I Basic Concepts of Chemistry:

Atomic weight, Valency, Oxidation state, Oxidation reduction equation, Vapour pressure, Surface
tension, Acids-Bases, Buffer, Solubility of salts, introduction to organic chemistry Langelier
saturation Index, EH-pH diagram. (6 lectures)

Unit - II Environmental Chemistry of Water:

The principles and application of aqueous chemistry to the environmental systems. Unique
properties of water, Water quality criteria and standards, water quality monitoring and
management aspects. Membrane processes: Osmosis & Dialysis, electrochemistry, Chemical
kinetics, catalysis, and adsorption. (7 lectures)

Unit - III Atmospheric Chemistry:

Structure and properties of atmosphere, Classification and chemistry of major air pollutants and
their control, Types and sources of air pollution-natural, combustion and other combustion
sources, Atmospheric photochemistry, chemical and photochemical reactions in atmosphere.
Thermodynamics and kinetics of air pollutants, atmospheric pollution due to automobile emissions
and its control, smogs, PAH, VOCs, Acid rain, Depletion of stratospheric ozone. (12 lectures)

Unit - IV Soil Chemistry:

soil properties, Acid-Base and Ion-exchange reactions in soils. Macro- and micro-nutrients,
Fertilizers and other soil amendments, Waste and pollutants in soil, Heavy metals and
radionuclides in soil, Colloidal chemistry of inorganic constituents, clays, Organic matter and soil
humus, absorption in soils - forces and isotherms, soil as cation and anion exchanger; degradation
of natural substances; remediation of metal contaminated soil. (7 lectures)

Unit - V Environmental Biochemistry:

Biosphere in stabilizing the earth system, metabolism and control in organisms, Biomolecules –
Proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, enzymes, nucleic acids, metabolic process, metabolism of
xenobiotic compounds, toxicological chemistry, effects, toxicological chemistry of inorganic and
organic substances. (6 lectures)

Books and references

1. Environmental Chemistry - Stanley E. Manahan, 5th Ed., Lewis Publishers, 1995.

2. Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Sciences (5th Ed) - CN Sawyer, PL McCarty and GF Parkin,
Tata McGraw-Hill ed., New Delhi, 2003.

3. Aquatic Chemistry -W.Stumm& JJ Morgan, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 3rd Ed., NY-1995.

4. Environmental Soil Chemistry (2nd Ed) - Donald Sparks, Academic press, Elsevier, 2003.

5. Environmental Biochemistry - Erik Hamilton, Larsen and Keller Education, 2017.

 EE1102: Water Treatment and Supply System (3-0-0: 3 credits)

Unit – I Mass and Energy Transfer:

Material Balance, Steady state conservative systems, steady state systems with non-conservative
pollutants, step function response.
(5 lectures)

Unit- II Water Resources and Water Supply:

Introduction; Water quality definition & characteristics, water quality parameters: physical,
chemical, biological, water quality standards, water quality index. Aquifers properties and ground
water flow; Hydrological characteristics of aquifers, porosity, permeability, transmissivity, specific
retention, diffusivity, Laws of ground water movement, Darcy's law, Collection basic, design and
distribution of Water.
(8 lectures)

Unit-III Water Purification in Natural Systems:

Physical, chemical, biochemical processes, responses of streams to biodegradable organic waste,

application of natural processes in engineering system.
(5 lectures)

Unit- IV Engineered Systems for Water Purification:

Water treatment plant layout and processes: Aeration, solid separation, coagulation, softening,
filtration, disinfection, dissolved solid removal.
(12 lectures)

Unit-V Advanced Water Purification Processes:

Membrane separation processes, electrodialysis, distillation, adsorption, ion-exchange, emerging

pollutants (EDCs, NPs, Pharmaceutical compounds, PCPs) and its removal technologies.
(8 lectures)

Books and references

1. Peavy, H.S., Rowe, D.R., Tchobanoglous, G. Environmental Engineering, McGraw Hills, New York 1985.

2. Masters G.M., Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, Princtice-Hall of India Pvt Ltd.
New Delhi 2001

3. Weber, W. J., Physiochemical process for water quality control, John Wiley & Sons

4. Water and Wastewater Technology by Hammer Mark J., Hammer Mark J. - PrenticeHall New Arrivals.
 EE1131: Solid & Hazardous Waste Management (3-0-0: 3 credits)

Unit -I Introduction:

Impacts on Environment, sources and types of waste, characteristics, Legislation, management and
handing rules, collection and processing, transfer stations, materials separation, material handling,
recycling of components. (4 lectures)

Unit -II Processing and disposal:

Thermal conversion, incineration, pyrolysis, gasification, pelletization, biological processing,

composting, vermiculture, chemical processing, disposal of solid waste on landfill, types of landfill,
components of landfill, landfill operation, management of landfill sites. (8 lectures)

Unit –III Leachate management and landfill gas control:

Characteristics, management system, landfill liners, collection system, detection and remediation,
recirculation, treatment, composition, gas generation estimation, gas migration, collection,
monitoring. (6 lectures)

Unit-IV Hazardous waste management and site remediation:

Hazardous waste management properties, classification, generation of hazardous waste;

hazardous characteristics - TCLP tests; transportation; labeling of hazardous waste: physical,
chemical and biological treatment of hazardous waste and disposal of hazardous waste;
remediation of contaminated sites, Biomedical waste categorization, generation, collection,
transport, autoclaving, microwaving,
Radioactive wastes: detection and analysis, classification and disposal, flyash disposal, EWaste:
source and recovery processes, Site remediation, Battery waste. (16 lectures)

Unit-V Environmental Impact Assessment:

Legal framework, purpose of EIA, Methodology, Management plan, Case studies, Environmental
audit, Risk analysis, lifecycle assessment, sustainable development. (4 lectures)

Books and references

1. Peavy, H.S, Rowe, D.R., and G. Tchobanoglous, Environmental Engineering, McGraw Hill Inc., N.York,
1985

2. Tchobanoglous G, Theisen H and Vigil SA, Integrated Solid Waste Management, Engineering Principles
and Management Issues’ McGraw-Hill, 1993

3. Khan I.H, and Ahsan N, Text book of Solid Wastes Management, CBC Publishers & Distributors, New
Delhi, 2003

4. Barthwal R. R. Environmental Impact Assessment, New Age International Publishers, New Delhi, 2012.
 EE1141: Remote Sensing and GIS (3-0-0: 3 credits)

UNIT I Introduction:

Types, Application and Importance of Remote Sensing; Physics of Remote Sensing; The
Electromagnetic spectrum; Spectal Reflectance Curves; Spectral Signatures; Resolution, Remote
Sensing Platforms: Ground, airborne and satellite based platforms; Some important Remote
Sensing Satellites.
(7 lectures)

UNIT II Sensors:

Passive and Active Sensors; Major Remote Sensing Sensors; Satellite band designations and
principal applications; Colour/False Colour, Aerial Photography/Aerial Photo Interpretation.
(7 lectures)

UNIT III Digital Image Processing:

Pixels and Digital Number; Digital Image Structure; Format of Remote Sensing Data; Image
Processing functions: Image Restoration, Image Enhancement, Image Transformation, Image
Classification and Analysis; Image Interpretation strategies.
(8 lectures)

UNIT IV Geographic Information System:

Introduction; Preparation of thematic map from remote sensing data; Co-ordinate systems; GIS
components; Hardware, software and infrastructures;

GIS data types: Data input and Data Processing; DEM/DT, generation.
(8 lectures)

UNIT V Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing:

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water resources, Urban Analysis, Watershed
Management Resources Information Systems. Global Positioning System an introduction.
(7 lectures)

Books and References

1. Remote Sensing and GIS- Anji Reddy M., The Book Syndicate, Hyderabad, 2000.

2. Principles of Geographical Information Systems-P A Burrough and R. A. McDonnell, OUP, Oxford, 1998.

3. Remote Sensing for Earth Resource – Rao, D.P., AEG Publication, Hyderabad, 1987.

4. Geographic Information System- Kang Tsung Chang, Tata Mc Graw Hill, Publication Edition, 2002.
 EE1103: Research Methodology and IPR (2-0-0: 2 Credits)

Unit I:

Meaning of research problem, Sources of research problem, Criteria Characteristics of a good

research problem, Errors in selecting a research problem, Scope and objectives of research
problem, Approaches of investigation of solutions for research problem, data collection, analysis,
interpretation, Necessary instrumentations. (4 lectures)

Unit II:

Effective literature studies approaches, analysis Plagiarism and Research ethics.

(4 lectures)

Unit III:

Effective technical writing, how to write report, Paper Developing a Research Proposal, Format of
research proposal, a presentation and assessment by a review committee.
(4 lectures)

Unit IV:

Nature of Intellectual Property: Patents, Designs, Trade and Copyright.

Process of Patenting and Development: technological research, innovation, patenting,
development. International Scenario: International cooperation on Intellectual Property,
Procedure for grants of patents, Patenting under PCT. (6 lectures)

Unit V:

Patent Rights: Scope of Patent Rights, Licensing and transfer of technology, Patent information and
databases, Geographical Indications. (4 lectures)

Unit VI:

New Developments in IPR: Administration of Patent System. New developments in IPR, IPR of
Biological Systems, Computer Software etc. Traditional knowledge Case studies, IPR and IITs.
(4 lectures)

Books and References

1. C. R. Kothari, Gaurav Garg, Research Methodology Methods and Techniques, New Age International
publishers, Third Edition.

2. Ranjit Kumar, Research Methodology: A Step by Step Guide for Beginners, 2nd Edition, SAGE, 2005.

3. Business Research Methods – Donald Cooper & Pamela Schindler, TMGH, 9th edition

4. Creswell, John W. Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approach. Sage
publications, 2013.
 EE1151: Instrumental Techniques in Science and Technology (3-0-0: 3 credits)

Unit-I Treatment of data in quantitative analysis:

Accuracy, precision, standard deviation, and types of errors, minimization of error, significant
figures, criteria for rejection of data.
(7 lectures)

Unit- II Principles of instrumentation:

Advantages, calibration of instruments, applications, and limitations of the following analytical

techniques.
(7 lectures)

Unit- III Spectrochemical Methods:

Spectrophotometry, FTIR, NMR, Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectrophotometry, Flame

Photometry, Fluorimetry, Nepheleometry, Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry and MS, XRD,
SEM, TEM, AFM, XPS etc.
(10 lectures)

Unit- IV Electrochemical Methods:

Polarography, Pulse Polarography, Ion Selective Electrodes Oscilloscopic Polarography, Cyclic

Voltametry, Anodic Stripping Voltametry.
(7 lectures)

Unit- V Chromatography:

Classification, General ideas about Adsorption, Partition, and Column Chromatography, Paper and
Thin Layer Chromatography. Gas Chromatography (GC), High Performance Liquid chromatography
(HPLC), Ion chromatography, Physical and Biological methods of Monitoring.
(7 lectures)

Books and References:

1. Instrumental Methods of Analysis - HH Willard & LL Dean, John Wiley, 1976.

2. Modern Methods of Chemical Analysis – RL. Recsok & LD Shields, John Wiley & sons, Inc, 1990.

3. Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis -GW Ewing, McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc. 1975.

4. Modern Methods of Chemical Analysis - RL Pecsok & LD Shields, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1986.

5. Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy - CN. Banwell, McGraw Hill, NY, 1990.