Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology

CSMC406 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Course Pre-requisite:
• Basic Science Courses
Course Objective:
• To work and produce most efficient, economical, eco-friendly finished products, to solve various engineering problems applying ecosystem to produce eco–friendly products.
Course Outcomes:
• To understand the basic concepts of industrial management.
• To understand the importance of air and noise pollution.
• To analyze the importance of solid and water pollution.
• To understand the importance of renewable sources of solar energy.
• To understand the environmental management in fabrication industry and solid waste management.
UNIT I (9 Hrs)
ECOSYSTEM: Structure of ecosystem-Biotic & Abiotic components- Food chain and food web- Aquatic (Lentic and Lotic) and terrestrial ecosystem- Carbon, Nitrogen, Sulphur, Phosphorus cycle- Global warming, Causes, effects, process, Green House Effect, Ozone depletion.
UNIT II (9 Hrs)
AIR AND, NOISE POLLUTION: Definition of pollution and pollutant-Natural and manmade sources of air pollu- tion (Refrigerants, I.C., Boiler)- Air Pollutants: Types, Particulate Pollutants- Effects and control (Bag filter, Cyclone separator, Electrostatic Precipitator)- Gaseous Pollution Control, Absorber, Catalytic Converter, Effects of air pollution due to Refrigerants, I.C., Boiler- Noise pollution, sources of pollution, measurement of pollution level, Effects of Noise pollution, Noise pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000.
UNIT III (9 Hrs)
WATER AND SOIL POLLUTION : Sources of water pollution, Types of water pollutants, Characteristics of water pollutants Turbidity, pH, total suspended solids, total solids BOD and COD- Definition, calculation- Waste Water Treatment, Primary methods, sedimentation, froth flotation, Secondary methods- Activated sludge treatment, Trickling filter, Bioreactor, Tertiary Method- Membrane separation technology, RO (reverse osmosis).
UNIT IV (9 Hrs)
RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY SOLAR ENERGY: Basics of Solar energy- Flat plate collector (Liquid & Air). Theory of flat plate collector- Importance of coating- Advanced collector- Solar pond- Solar water heater, solar dryer- Solar stills- Biomass: Overview of biomass as energy source- Thermal characteristics of biomass as fuel- Anaerobic digestion- Biogas production mechanism- Utilization and storage of biogas- New Energy Sources, Need of new sources- Different types new energy sources- Applications of (Hydrogen energy, Ocean energy resources, Tidal energy conversion) Concept, origin and power plants of geothermal energy.
UNIT V (9 Hrs)
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, ISO 14000 & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: Solid waste generation-
Sources and characteristics of Municipal solid waste, E- waste, Biomedical waste- Air quality act 2004, air pollution control act 1981 and Water Pollution and Control Act 1996- Structure and role of Central and state pollution Control Board- Concept of Carbon Credit, Carbon Footprint- Environmental management in fabrication industry- ISO14000: Implementation in industries, Benefits.

EC T64 - ANTENNAS AND WAVE PROPAGATION
COURSE OBJECTIVE
 To give insight of the radiation phenomena.
 To give a thorough understanding of the radiation characteristics of different types of antennas
 To create awareness about the different types of propagation of radio waves at different frequencies

SAT COMM Assignment-4
Q1. Explain optical transmitter and receiver satellite network with a block diagram.
Q2. Discuss optical beam acquisition, tracking and pointing.
Q3. Describe laser cross link analysis in detail.

Objective: The course industrial management introduces the core concept of management principles in an industrial environment. The principles of management and types of management like, financial management, production management and materials management will be covered indetail. The key aspects of sales and marketing management like advertising, sales promotion and sales forecasting will be discussed. Introduction to industrial psychology and personal management will help students get to know about the causes and remedies for fatigue, accidents and also the aspects of manpower planning and job analysis.

UNIT I Introduction to Economics- Flow in an Economy, Law of Demand and Supply, Concept of Engineering Economics–Engineering Efficiency, Economic Efficiency, Scope of Engineering Economics, Elements of Costs, Marginal Cost, Marginal Revenue, Sunk Cost ,Opportunity cost, Break-Even Analysis, P/V ratio, Elementary Economics Analysis–Structure of Market, Pricing and its related factors.

UNIT II Make or Buy Decision, Value Engineering– Function, Aims, Value Engineering Procedure, Interest formulas and their applications– Time Value of Money, Single-Payment Compound Factor, Single Payment Present Worth factor, Equal Payment Series Compound Amount Factor, Equal Payment Series Sinking Fund Factor, Equal Payment Series Present Worth Factor, Equal Payment Series Capital Recovery Factor, Uniform Gradient Series Annual Equivalent Factor, Effective Interest Rate, Examples in all the methods.

UNIT III Methods of Comparison of Alternatives–Present Worth Method of Comparison ( Revenue Dominated Cash flow Diagram, Cost Dominated Cash Flow Diagram),Future Worth Method Comparison (Revenue Dominated Cash Flow Diagram, Cost Dominated Cash Flow Diagram), Annual Equivalent Method of Comparison (Revenue Dominated Cash Flow Diagram, Cost Dominated Cash Flow Diagram), Rate of Return Method, Examples in all the methods.

UNIT IV Principles of management: Basic concepts of management–Scientific management–Henry Fayol’s Principles of management– Types and functions of management. Types of Organisation –characteristics, merits and demerits. Types of industrial ownership– Characteristics, merits and demerits.

UNIT V Financial management: Sources of finance (Internal and External)-Types of capital-Working capital-Types of investment- Preparation of Trading, Profit and Loss Account and Balance SheetTypes of Accounting and significance of each types.

TEXTBOOKS 1. Pannerselvam.R., Engineering Economics, Prentice-Hall Of India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, Feb-2013.
2. IM Pandey., Financial Management, Prentice-Hall Of India Pvt.Ltd
3. Management–Oxford University Press

REFERENCEBOOKS 1. Degaramo E.P., Sullivan W.G and Canada J.R., Engineering Economy Macmillan, Newyork.
2. GrantE.L.,IresonW.Gand Leaven worth R.S.,Principles of Engineering Economy, Ronald Press, Newyork
3. Smith G.W. Engineering Economics, Lowa State Press,Lowa