Assignment Ce703c Iwm
Assignment Ce703c Iwm
1. Discuss the physical, chemical and biological properties of municipal solid waste.
2. Explain in detail any two major sources of solid waste along with the characteristics and
remedial measures followed to reduce the impact on the environment.
3. With neat schematic diagram explain hauled container system and stationery container system.
4. What are the different biological and chemical techniques adopted for energy and resource
recovery? Describe each of them in detail.
5. Explain briefly about different types of Transfer Station and also explain the factors to be
considered in the design of transfer station.
6. With neat sketches explain the following: i) Garbage Chutes ii) Route Optimization
7. What is volume reduction and write a short note on mechanical volume reduction?
8. With a neat sketch, explain the working of conventional municipal solid waste incinerator.
9. Explain the mechanism of 3T's to control the high temperature in an incinerator.
10. Explain with neat sketch about the Indore method of composting the municipal solid waste.
11. Determine the landfill area required for a municipality with a population of 50,000 given the
following details. i) Solid waste generation - 1500 gm/person/day ii) Compacted Density of soil
waste in landfill - 500 kg/m³ iii) Average compacted depth of solid waste - 3m
12. Write any two of the following: a) Characteristics of solid waste b) Recycling and recovery of
waste management c) Pit method of sanitary land filling d) Deep well injection
13. Estimate the density of a solid waste sample, on a discarded basis.
14. From the following data estimate the waste generation rate per day for a residential area
consisting of 1200 houses. The observation location is a transfer station that receives all the
waste collected for disposal. The observation period is one week. Also estimate per capita
generation rate assuming 4 persons per house.