SPPU Civil Engineering (Semester 7)
Environmental Engineering-II
December 2016
Total marks: --
Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


Solve any one question from Q.1(a,b) & Q.2(a,b)
1(a) Define treatability index. Write wastewater treatment option with respect to treatability index.
4 M
1(b) Write the procedure to determine total volatile solids and its significance in wastewater treatment.
6 M

2(a) Explain pumping of sewage with respect to need, location and types of pumps.
5 M
2(b) Design a mechanically cleaned radial flow circular settling tank for treating sewage from a population of 25000 persons. Give
Maximum hourly flow = (1/14) of the daily flow
Volume of sludge = 1.19 1/c/d
Water consumption = 135 1/c/d
5 M

Solve any one question from Q.3(a,b) & Q.4(a,b)
3(a) Write the difference between preliminary treatment and primary treatment.
5 M
3(b) Write a short note on the self-purification of streams.
5 M

4(a) Calculate the efluent BOD of a two stage trickling filter with the following data
i) Flow = 2.30 m3/min
ii) BOD5 = 300 mg/1
iii) Volume of filetr 1 = 900 m 3
iv) Volume of filter 2 = 900 m3
v) Filter depth = 2m
vi) Recirculation ration for both the filter = 1.5 Use NRC formula.
6 M
4(b) With the help of a neat sketch, explain the activated sludge process.
4 M

Solve any one question from Q.5(a,b) & Q.6(a,b)
5(a) what do you understand by oxidation pond? Where it is used? What is its principle?
8 M
5(b) Explain aerated lagoon with respect to its working principle,design parameters and applications.
8 M

6(a) Write short note on phytoremediation for wasterwater treatment.
8 M
6(b) Design an oxidation pond for a colony of 3000 population. The sewage flow is 1001/p/d. BOD5 is 300 mg/1. Assume necessary required data.
8 M

Solve any one question from Q.7(a,b) & Q.8(a,b)
7(a) Design a sludge digestion tank with the following data
i) Average flow of sewage = 60 MLD
ii) Total suspended solids in raw sewage = 350 mg/1
iii) Volatile suspended solids = 250 mg/1
iv) Moisture content in the digested sludge = 87%
v) Removal from PST = 65%
vi) Moisture content in fresh sludge = 95%
8 M
7(b) Draw a flowchart of package sewage treatment plant and explain its working principle. Write its advantages and disadvantages.
8 M

8(a) Design a gravity thickeners for thickening the combined primary and activated sludge from a treatment plant for 150000 population.
8 M
8(b) Write working principle of USAB. Enlist design parameters of USAB and its limitations.
8 M

Solve any one question from Q.9(a,b) & Q.10(a,b,c)
9(a) Enlist different units used in preliminary primary and secondary treatment in industrial wastewater treatment. Write its significance for which impurities to be removed.
9 M
9(b) Explain equalization and neutralization unit process with respect to its working principle, need, factors affecting the process and application.
9 M

10(a) Draw a neat sketch showing the points where spent wash is generated in the distillery.
6 M
10(b) Discuss the characteristics of dairy industry.
4 M
10(c) Draw a flow chart showing various treatment units used to treat sugar industry wastewater. Explain the important units.
8 M



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