Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency - Management, Engineering and Application, Master (PO-2026)
| Unique module number | ETechn-9610-M |
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| Module number / code | W-JNTUH-02 |
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| Module name | Ecological Aspects of REEE |
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| Type of module | Elective module |
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| Learning outcomes, acquired competencies and qualification goals | After their successful participation in the course Environmental Pollution and Control, students will be able to:
- Identify pollutant types and their source and monitor their environmental effects.
- Outline the technologies for pollution control.
- Construct the framework of environmental legislation and policies.
- Develop strategies for pollution prevention and sustainable environmental management.
After successful participation in the course Waste Management and Recycling, students will be able to:
- Understand integrated solid waste management principles: reuse, recycling, and energy recovery.
- Analyse landfill planning, including siting, design, operation, and post-closure maintenance with a focus on gas and leachate management.
- Explain the necessity of integrated solid waste management and apply strategies for reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery, and disposal.
- Classify and manage hazardous wastes, addressing regulatory and policy aspects of dangerous and e-waste management in India.
- Discuss agricultural environmental issues and demonstrate knowledge of hazardous waste classification, treatment, and regulatory compliance.
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| Course types | VLmP (2 SWS); VLmP (3 SWS) |
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| Content | Environmental Pollution and Control
- Introduction to Environmental Pollution
- Environment and Ecosystems
- Air Pollution
- Indoor air pollution
- Air Pollution Control
- Noise Pollution
- Solid Waste
- Solid Waste Management
- Water Pollution
- Industrial Wastewater Management
Waste Management and Recycling
- Integrated Solid Waste Management
- Sources of Waste Generation and Characterisation
- Landfills
- Landfill Method of Solid Waste Disposal
- Process Effluents
- Separation and Processing of Solid Waste
- Wastewater Treatment
- Environmental Issues in Agriculture
- Management of Hazardous Wastes Found in Municipal Solid Waste
- Hazardous waste management and treatment
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| Title of courses | Environmental Pollution and Control
Waste Management and Recycling |
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| Teaching and learning methods | lecture (Environmental Pollution and Control)
lecture (Waste Management and Recycling) |
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| Usabilitiy in other programs | |
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| Duration | 1 Semester |
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| Frequency of module offer | annually in winter semester |
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| Teaching language | English |
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| Recommended (knowledge) prerequisites | |
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| Required prerequisites for participation | none |
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| Student workload | 210 hours (75 h course attendance, 135 h self-study) |
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| Required course work | none |
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| Prerequisites for examination(s) | none |
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| Module examination(s) | Examination P1: Environmental Pollution and Control - written exam (90 min)
Grade weighting P1: 43%
Examination P2: Waste Management and Recycling - written exam (90 min)
Grade weighting P2: 57% |
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| Credit points (ECTS) | 7 cp |
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| Teaching unit | Elektrotechnik |
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| Responsible person | Prof. Naik |
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| Lecturer(s) | N.N. |
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| Media used | black board and beamer, lectures and presentations |
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| Recommended literature |
- Goel, P.K. Water pollution: causes, effects, and control. New Age International, 2006.
- Environmental Pollution Control Engineering, C. S. Rao, Wiley Eastern Ltd., Delhi, 1991.
- Municipal Solid Waste Management Manual Part I and II: An Overview, Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO), 2016.
- Industrial Solid Waste Management and Landfilling Practice, M. Dutta, B.P. Parida, B.K. Guha and T. R. Sur Krishnan. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi (1999).
- Control Engineering, C.S. Rao, Wiley Eastern Ltd. New Delhi (1995).
- Waste Management Practices: Municipal, Hazardous and Industrial, John Pichtel (2014), 2nd Ed., CRC Press, USA
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| Comments | 7 cp (3 cp - Environmental Pollution and Control; 4 cp - Waste Management and Recycling) |
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