Physico-chemical processes for wastewater treatment

By Prof. Vimal Chandra Srivastava | IIT Roorkee

Learners enrolled: 945

ABOUT THE COURSE : This course is essential for Engineers, considering the expectation of the Industries for wastewater pollution control in their premises to comply with newer and more stringent laws and acts that are being enforced in India and globally. This course introduces the principles and physicochemical methods to control wastewater pollution. The course will be presented in a logical manner with several numerical problems and case studies so that the students may adequately understand the subject and apply the knowledge after their graduation in industry and higher studies. The topics to be covered include (but not limited to): Physical treatment, pre-treatment, solids removal by setting and sedimentation, aeration, filtration, centrifugation, coagulation and flocculation; Adsorption and ion-exchange; Membrane processes; Advanced Oxidation Processes.

PRE-REQUISITE: Nil

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Nil.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. students of Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Civil Engineering.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Energy and Environment Chemical Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	23 Jan 2023
End Date :	14 Apr 2023
Enrollment Ends :	06 Feb 2023
Exam Registration Ends :	17 Mar 2023
Exam Date :	29 Apr 2023 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction to Water Pollution and Control

Week 2: Pre-treatment & Physical treatment: Flow equalization & Aeration
Week 3: Pre-treatment & Physical treatment: Coagulation and Flocculation

Week 4: Setting and Sedimentation & Settling Chamber Design
Week 5: Filtration & Filtration System Design

Week 6: Wastewater treatment by Adsorption & Ion Exchange

Week 7: Wastewater treatment by Membrane Based Technologies
Week 8: Advanced Oxidation Processes: Introduction

Week 9: Advanced Oxidation Processes: Fenton and catalytic treatment

Week 10: Advanced Oxidation Processes: Photo-induced processes

Week 11: Advanced Oxidation Processes: Sono- and Electro-chemical Treatment
Week 12: Case studies on wastewater treatment in various process, chemical and allied industries

Books and references

1.Weber, W.J., “Physico-chemical Processess”, Wiley Interscience, 1983.

2.Eckenfelder W.W., “Industrial Water Pollution Control”, 2^nd Ed., McGraw Hill, 1999.

3.Tchobanoglous G., Burton F.L., Stensel H.D., “Metcalf and Eddy Inc.- Waste Water Engineering Treatment and Reuse”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2017

4.Arceivala S.J. and Asolekar S.R., “Wastewater Treatment for Pollution Control and Reuse”, 3^rd Ed., Tata McGraw Hill, 2007.

5.Sincero A.P. and Sincero G.A., “Environmental Engineering – A Design Approach”, Prentice-Hall, 1996.

6.R.L.Droste, “Theory and Practice of Water and Wastewater Treatment”, John Wiley, 1997.

7.S. Vigneswaran and C. Visvanathan, “Water Treatment Processes: Simple Options”, CRC Press, 1995.

Instructor bio

Prof. Vimal Chandra Srivastava

IIT Roorkee

Prof. Vimal Chandra Srivastava (emails: vimal.srivastava@ch.iitr.ac.in, vimalcsr@yahoo.co.in) is currently serving as a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India. His major research interests are in Chemical & Environmental Engg., Wastewater Treatment, Desulfurization, Solid waste management, and Valorization of spent-adsorbents/catalysts/residues. He has authored >10 book chapters, >210 papers (>202 in ISI) in peer-reviewed journals, and more than 115 papers in conferences/seminars. He has received more than 11,050 citations (as per Scopus as of June 2021) with an h-index of 50. He has guided 16 Ph.D. thesis, 11 more are in progress. In addition, he has guided 50 M.Tech. Dissertations. Dr. Vimal has several sponsored and consultancy projects (>10) to his credit with a total overlay of more than Rupees Sixty million (6 crores). He has also organized 11 short-term courses sponsored by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He was awarded the prestigious International award “Prosper.Net-Scopus Young Researcher Award 2010 – First Runner-up Prize” held at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, on 5 July 2010. This award is sponsored by SCOPUS, United Nations University, and the International Bureau of BMBF, Germany. Dr. V.C. Srivastava has been awarded numerous Top National Awards like “NASI-Scopus Award 2018” by the National Academy of Science, India (NASI) & Scopus, “INAE Young Engineers Award 2012” by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE); “INSA Young Scientist Medal 2012” by Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in the “Engineering Science Category”; “IE Young Engineer Award 2013” by Institution of Engineers, India in the “Environmental Engineering” division; “Amar Dye-Chem Award 2013”, “Hindustan Lever Benial Award for Outstanding Chemical Engineer of the Year 2020” “Sisir Kumar Mitra Memorial Award 2018” & “CSIR-NEERI Chemcon Distinguished Speaker (CDS) Award 2019” by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). Dr. Srivastava also received the “IIT Roorkee Outstanding Young Faculty Award 2017” (with Institute Research Fellowship). Dr. Srivastava is a Young Associate of INAE; Member of American Chemical Society (ACS); Fellow of Institution of Engineers, India; Life Member of National Academy of Science, India (NASI), IIChE, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and Indian Society for Electro-Analytical Chemistry (ISEAC); and The Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI).

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 29 April 2023 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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