JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

UNIT - I

Overview of Environmental Concepts: Global Warming - Ozone Layer & UV Radiations - Deforestation - Energy & Matter Cycles - Case Studies of Significant Environmental Problems and Disasters and the lessons learnt.

UNIT - II

Air Pollution: Natural and anthropogenic sources of pollution - Primary and Secondary pollutants - Transport and diffusion of pollutants - Gas laws governing the behavior of pollutants in the atmosphere - air sampling methods - Methods of monitoring and control of air pollutants S02 NO2, CO, SPM - Effect of pollutants on human beings – Plants – Animals - Materials and on climate - Acid Rain - Ambient Air Quality Standards - Air pollution control methods and equipment.

UNIT - III

Land Pollution: Sources and classification of land pollutants - Industrial waste effluents and heavy metals - Their interactions with soil components - Degradation of different insecticides - fungicides and weedicides in soil - Solid waste management - Process and equipment for energy recovery from municipal solid waste and industrial waste - MSW Act 2000.

UNIT - IV

Water Pollution: Types - Sources and consequences of water pollution – Physical - chemical and Bacteriological sampling and analysis of water quality – Standards - Sewage and waste water treatment and recycling ASP/STP - Water quality standard – Treatment - Utilization and disposal of sludge - Government norms.

UNIT - V

Marine pollution: Sources and nature of pollutants - Oil pollution - Metallic pollutants - Status of coastal and estuarine pollution in India - Chemicals and drugs from oceans - Sea level rise – Cause - effect.

REFERENCES:

• 1. Environmental Pollution Control Engineering. C. S. Rao, Wiley Eastern Ltd. Delhi 1991.
• 2. Management of Energy Environment Systems W. K. Foell John Wiley and Sons.
• 3. Energy Management and Control Systems M. C. Macedo, Jr. John Wiley and Sons.
• 4. Environmental Impact Analysis Handbook J. G. Rau, D.C. Wood, Mc Graw Hill.
• 5. Energy & Environment – J. M. Fowler, McGraw Hill. M. Tech. – I Year – II Sem (Energy Systems)