Safety and Pollution Control in Chemical Industry
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Safety and Pollution Control in Chemical Industry Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Safety and Pollution Control in Chemical Industry (subject code 4340504) as prescribed for MECHANICAL · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 29 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4340504)Unit 1 Introduction to Industrial Safety and pollution control
- 1.1. Importance of Industrial Safety and pollution control
- 1.2. Significant Industrial Disaster: Bhopal gas tragedy
- 1.4. Overview of Indian and International Safety, health and Environmental Standards and Laws Air and Water quality specifications by GPCB or CPCB)
Unit 2 Hazards and Their Control
- 2.1. Describe Chemical industrial Hazards a. Chemical hazard b. Electrical hazard c. Mechanical hazard d. Biological hazard e. Radiation hazard
- 2.3. Occupational diseases and their causes
- 2.4. Hazard control hierarchy a. Elimination b. Substitution c. Engineering Controls Ventilation and lighting, Enclosure, Isolation d. Administrative Controls Work permit system, Lock Out Tag Out(LOTO) Management, Drills and table top exercises, Good Housekeeping- 5S, Color codes and symbols for safety in chemical plants e. Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs)
- 2.5. Fire hazards & their causes
- 2.6. Fire Triangle and Fire Extinguishment method
- 2.7. Classes of fire and respective suitable firefighting equipment
- 2.8. Fire extinguisher operation: PASS
Unit 3 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
- 3.1. List out various Hazard Identification methods :
- 3.2. Explain Hazard Identification Method: Hazard Operability Study (HAZOP)
- 3.3. List out various Risk Assessment Methods
- 3.4. Explain Risk Assessment method: ETA and FTA Safety and Pollution Control in Chemical Industry Course Code: 4340504
Unit 4 Air Pollution Control
- 4.1. Air Pollution Pollutants, and its sources
- 4.2. Particulate control equipments Gravity Settling Chamber, Cyclone separator, Fabric Filter, Wet Scrubber and Electrostatic Precipitator
- 4.3. Thermal incineration, stack
- 4.4. Methods for control of Sulfur dioxide emission a. Extraction of sulfur from fuels: Hydrodesulphurization of coal b. Desulphurization of flue gases by Wet processes (wet scrubbing methods)
- 4.5. Methods for control of Nitrogen Oxides a. Modification of operating condition b. Modification of design condition
Unit 5 Water Pollution Control
- 5.1. Water Pollution Pollutants, and its sources
- 5.2. characteristics of water DO, BOD,COD, VM, Suspended Matter (turbidity), TDS, pH
- 5.3. Waste water treatment method a. Primary treatment i. Pretreatment ii. Sedimentation iii. Floatation b. Secondary treatment i. Aerobic process ii. Anaerobic process: Activated sludge process iii. trickling filter
- 5.4. Suspended solids treatment methods a. Micro straining b. Coagulation c. Filtration
- 5.5. Dissolved solids and treatment methods a. Ion exchange b. Reverse Osmosis Safety and Pollution Control in Chemical Industry Course Code: 4340504
- 5.6. Chemical oxidation/Disinfection
- 5.8. Effluent treatment plant- ETP
Unit 6 Solid Waste Management
- 4.1. solid waste classification
- 4.2. Methods of solid waste disposal a. Open Dumping b. Sanitary Land filling c. Incineration d. Compositing e. Reuse, recovery and recycling
- 4.3. Public Health aspects
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