B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Environmental Chemistry and Non Conventional Energy Sources Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Environmental Chemistry and Non-conventional energy sources
Module 1: Air Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- A) Chemistry and mechanism of some global effects of air pollution – Acid rain, Ozone hole, Photochemical smog B) Gaseous Pollutants: i) Measurement of gaseous pollutants; ii) Methods to control emissions of sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and gaseous hydrocarbons. C) Automotive emission controls: Measurement and control, catalytic convertors.
Module 2: Water & Waste water Treatment and Management printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- A) Classification of water pollutants – Organic, Inorganic, Suspended, Radioactive, Heat. B) Monitoring Techniques and methodology for following parameters: Hardness, pH, Dissolved oxygen, Chloride (Numerical) C) Point and nonpoint sources of water pollution D) Characteristics of waste water, Acidification, Eutrophication and thermal stratification of lake water. E) Wastewater treatment: Primary treatment, Secondary Treatment – Activated Sludge Process, Tertiary Treatment F) Relevance of determining Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) with reference to waste water treatment process, numerical
Module 3: Solid and Hazardous Waste Management printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- A) Integrated solid waste management; Waste hierarchy; Rules and regulations for solid waste management in India. Definition and Composition Hazardous waste. B) Hazardous waste management: Control Methods: - i) Physical Methods – Sedimentation, Adsorption, Ion exchange methods, Electrodialysis, Reverse Osmosis ii) Chemical Methods – Neutralization, Chemical precipitation, chemical oxidation- reduction, biological treatment, incineration
Module 4: Introduction to non- conventional (Renewable) energy sources printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- A) Need of non-conventional energy sources. B) Renewable Sources of Energy such as Hydro, Solar, Wind, Biomass, Tidal and Geothermal - their availability and limitations.
Module 5: Non- conventional Energy sources printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- A) Biomass Energy: - i) Definition, ii) Sources of Biomass – Wood, Agricultural crop, Animal waste, Algae, Sewage waste iii) Advantages and disadvantages of Biomass, iv) Important Biomass processes – Pyrolysis, Gasification, Anaerobic decomposition, – v) Uses of biomass (Direct) for heat generation and (Indirect) for conversion to biofuel B) Hydrogen fuel cell
Module 6: Sustainable Practices printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Content
- A) Energy Resources available B) Consumption practices in different parts of the world. C) Natural Resource management & Environmental Ethics D) Importance of Responsible Consumption. E) Introduction to concept of Energy Audit
Recommended Books
- 1 Engineering Chemistry, Jain and Jain, Dhanpat Rai Publication
- 2 A textbook of Engineering Chemistry, S. S. Dara, S. Chand and Company
- 3 "Energy Resources: Conventional & Non-Conventional" by R. K. Rajput
- 4 Engineering Chemistry, O. G. Palana, Tata McGraw Hill Publication
- 5 Environmental Chemistry, A. K. De, Tenth edition, New Age International,
- 1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/wastewater- management
- 2 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355204245_Biomass_Energy
- 3 https://nelda.org.in/sustainable-living-practices/
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module 1 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 2 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 3 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 4 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 5 is printed as Module Detailed Content; Module 6 is printed as Module Detailed Content. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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