Frequency and Power factor meters, Potential and Current Transformers, D.C. and A.C.
potentiometer, Instrumentation amplifiers. Transducers ‐ strain gauges, inductive and
capacitive transducers, piezoelectric and Hall‐effect transducers, Temperature sensors,
photo‐diodes & transistors, digital transducers, signal conditioning and telemetry,
introduction to smart sensors and MEMS, Data Acquisition Systems.
Textbook:
1. A.K. Sawhney, A course in Electrical and Electronics Measurements and
Instrumentation, Dhanpat Rai and Sons, New Delhi, 2006.
References:
1. Doebelin, E.O., Measurement systems: Application and Design, 5th ed., McGraw hill,
2003.
2. Golding E.W. and Widdis F.E., Electrical measurements and measuring instruments, Sir
Issac Pitman and Sons pvt ltd, 1995.
3. Albert D. Helfrick, William D. Cooper, Modern Electronic Instrumentation and
Measurement Techniques., Prentice Hall of India Private Limited.
CH311
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
(2 ‐ 0 ‐ 0) 2 credits
Awareness of the impact of environment on quality of life – natural resources – biological
systems – bio‐geo chemical cycles – chemical processes; water treatment operations, water
sampling, storage, quality measurement – oxygen demand – detection of pollutants – current
environmental issues; pollutants, global warming, causes and consequences, air pollution,
organic and inorganic air pollutants, smog‐acid mine drainage, accumulation of salts in water
– soil formation; micro and macro nutrients in soil, pollutants in soil – green chemistry: an
alternative tool for reducing pollution – engineering interventions; flow sheets, waste
minimization, e‐waste management, ASP, reverse osmosis, trickling filter – environmental
management; solid, liquid waste management, hazardous wastes, ISO standards – Kyoto
protocol, Montreal protocol, Euro norms.
Textbook:
1. Rao, V., Textbook of Environmental Engineering, Prentice Hall of India (2002).
References:
1. Baird, C. and Cann, M., Environmental Chemistry, 3rd ed., W. H. Freeman and Company
(2005).
2. Manual on Water Supply and Treatment, CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban Development, GOI
(1999).
3. Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Development, CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban
Development, GOI (1993).
4. Hauser, B. A., Practical Hydraulics Hand Book, Lewis Publishers (1991).
5. Hammer, M. J., Water and Wastewater Technology, Regents/Prentice Hall (1991).
6. Sharma, J. P., Comprehensive Environmental Studies, Laxmi Publications (2004).
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