CES336 Syllabus - Environmental Quality Monitoring And Analysis - 2021 Regulation - Open Elective | Anna University

CES336 Syllabus - Environmental Quality Monitoring And Analysis - 2021 Regulation - Open Elective | Anna University

CES336	ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING AND ANALYSIS	L T P C

3003

OBJECTIVES:

• to understand and study the complexity of the environment in relation to pollutants generated due to industrial activity.
• To analyze the quality of the environmental parameters and monitor the same for the purpose of environmental risk assessment.

UNIT I	ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND STANDARDS	9

Introduction- Environmental Standards- Classification of Environmental Standards- Global Environmental Standards- Environmental Standards in India- Ambient air quality standards- water quality standard- Environmental Monitoring-Need for environmental monitoring- Concepts of environmental monitoring- Techniques of Environmental Monitoring.

UNIT II	MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS	9

Current Environmental Issues- Global Environmental monitoring programme-International conventions- Application of Environmental Monitoring- Atmospheric Monitoring - screening parameters – Significance of environmental sampling- sampling methods – water sampling - sampling of ambient air-sampling of flue gas.

UNIT III	ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING	9

Classification of Instrumental Method- Analysis of Organic Pollutants by Spectrophotometric methods -Determination of nitrogen, phosphorus and, chemical oxygen demand (COD) in sewage; Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)- Sampling techniques for air pollution measurements; analysis of particulates and air pollutants like oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon; Introduction to advanced instruments for environmental analysis

UNIT IV	ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME (EMP) & RISKASSESSMENT	9

Water quality monitoring programme- national water quality monitoring- Parameters for National Water Quality Monitoring- monitoring protocol; Process of risk assessment- hazard identification- exposure assessment- dose-response assessment; risk characterization.

UNIT V	AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING	9

Data Acquisition for Process Monitoring and Control - The Data Acquisition System - Online Data Acquisition, Monitoring, and Control - Implementation of a Data Management System - Review of Observational Networks -Sensors and transducers- classification of transducers- data acquisition system- types of data acquisition systems- data management and quality control; regulatory overview.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES: After completion of this course, the students will know

CO1 Basic concepts of environmental standards and monitoring.
CO2 the ambient air quality and water quality standards;
CO3 the various instrumental methods and their principles for environmental monitoring
CO4 The significance of environmental standards in monitoring quality and sustainability of the environment.
CO5 the various ways of raising environmental awareness among the people.
CO6 Know the standard research methods that are used worldwide for monitoring the environment.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Environmental monitoring Handbook, Frank R. Burden, © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
2. Handbook of environmental analysis: chemical pollutants in the air, water, soil, and soild wastes / Pradyot Patnaik, © 1997 by CRC Press, Inc

REFERENCES:

1. Environmental monitoring / edited by G. Bruce Wiersma, © 2004 by CRC Press LLC.
2. H. H. Willard, L. L. Merit, J. A. Dean and F. A. Settle, Instrumental Methods of Analysis, CBP Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 1988.
3. Heaslip, G. (1975) Environmental Data Handling. John Wiley & Sons. New York.