AT1674 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI 600 025
CURRICULUM 2005 – FULL TIME MODE
M.TECH APPAREL TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

AT1674 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 3 0 0 100

1. Industrial policy of India. Pollution monitoring and control – Functions and activities of Ministry of environment, Central and State pollution control boards. Environmental clearance. Environmental clearance and guidelines for industries. Environment impact assessment. Fiscal incentives for environmental protection. Environmental auditing. 10
2. Waste water characteristics. Waste water treatment objectives, methods and implementation considerations. Recycling of effluents. 10

3. Identification and reduction of pollution sources in textile wet processing. Pollution control in man-made fibre industry. Analysis of textile processing effluents – colour, odor, pH, total solids, suspended solids, total dissolved solids, BOD, COD, total alkalinity, chloride, sulphates, calcium and chromium. Tolerance limits for effluents. Bio-degradability of textile chemicals and auxiliaries. 10

4. Technical regulations on safety and health aspects of textile materials – Banned dyes and chemicals, Eco labeling. Eco friendly textile processes, machines and specialty chemicals. Natural dyes and environmental considerations. 10

5. Air pollution in textile industry. Solid waste disposal. 5

TOTAL : 45 Hours

REFERENCES

1. R.K. Trivedi, Handbook of Environmental laws, Acts, Guidelines, Compliances and Standards, Vol. 1, Enviro Media, India, 1996.
2. George Thobanoglous, Franklin L.Burton, Waste Water Engineering – Treatment, Disposal, Reuse (Metcalf & Eddy Inc., California), Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing company Limited, New Delhi, 1995.
3. C.S. Rao, Environmental Pollution control Engineering, Wiley Eastern Engineering Limited, New Age International Limited, New Delhi, 1994.
4. N. Manivasakam, Treatment of Textile Processing Effluents (including analysis), Sakhi Publications, Coimbatore, 1995.
5. Pollution Prevention Workshop: The Fundamentals of Pollution Prevention, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1995.
6. Eco-Textiles : Regulations, Labels, Processing and Testing, A Special Report by The Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai, 1996.
7. Symposium Proceedings on Eco-Friendly Textile Processing, Department of textile Technology, Indian Institute of Textile Technology, New Delhi, 1995.
8. Proceedings of Seminar on TDS Removal From Textile Effluents, Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University, Chennai, 1998.