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Introduction to the CP Course
Degree: M.Tech in Chemical Engineering (PMS)
Title of Course: Cleaner Production (CP)
Course Number: CHE 6700
Credits: 03
Course Category: Program Elective (PE)
Pre-requisite(s): Nil
Contact Hours (L-T-P): 3-0-0
Type of Course: Theory
Course Assessment: Course Work (Home
assignments, tutorials and quizzes) (15%)
Mid-Semester Examination (1 hour) (25%)
End-Semester Examination (2 hour) (60%)
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Course Objectives - Cleaner Production
1. To impart student an understanding about
the concept of cleaner production.
2. To understand the methodologies involved
in cleaner production.
3. Financial evaluation of cleaner production
technologies.
4. To study the practical applications of cleaner
production technologies.
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Course Outcomes - Cleaner Production
At the end of the course, student will be able to:
1. Implement the concept and principles of
cleaner production.
2. Suggest different options in industrial
production process to minimize waste.
3. Identify basic methods and techniques of waste
minimization during production.
4. Propose cleaner production methods for a
given situation leading to cost reduction in the
long run.
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Syllabus -of Cleaner Production
Unit 1: Introduction to CP:
CP-definition: Area covered by CP.
Difference between CP and End of pipe
treatment,
C.P techniques - waste reduction, Good
housekeeping, Process changes: change in raw
material, equipment modification and
technology, Recycling and reuse, Product
modification.
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Unit 2: CP methodology:
Teaming for CP,
CP Assessment Steps,
Site visit,
Generating CP opportunities.
Selecting and Implementing CP solution based
on technical and environmental feasibility.
Measuring CP progress.
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Unit 3: Financial analysis of CP:
Gathering base line information,
determining the capital or investment cost,
Establishing lifetime of equipment and annual
depreciation,
Estimating change in operating cost, Assessing
project’s viability.
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Unit 4: Case studies and CP applications:
Industrial application of CP.
CP in chemical process industry,
Practical ways and means to save material loss
in unit operations and energy saving in
industries.
Selected case studies of CP.
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Text book for CP Course
Title: Identification of Cleaner Production
Improvement Opportunities.
Author: Kenneth L. Mulholland
Wilmington, Delaware
Year: 2006
Publishers: American Institute of Chemical
Engineers (AIChE) and
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.USA
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Reference Book/Manual/Guideline for CP
1. Cleaner Production Toward a Better Future by
Francisco José Gomes da Silva Ronny Miguel Gouveia,
Springer, 2020.
2. Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management
Cradle-to-cradle for Sustainable Development by Dr Salah
M. El-Haggar, Elsevier Academic Press, 2007.
3. Green Engineering: Environmentally Conscious Design
of Chemical Processes by David T Allen & David R
Shonnard, 2002, Prentice Hall Inc.
4. Preventive Environmental Management: An Indian
Perspective by Shyam Asolekar & R. Gopichandran,
Centre for Environment Education, 2005.
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Reference Book/Manual/Guideline for CP
5. Waste Minimization- A practical guide to Cleaner
Production and Enhanced Profitability by Dr Prasad
Modak, 1995, Centre for Environment Education.
6. From Waste to Profits - Guidelines for Waste
Minimization, National Productivity Council, 1995.
7. Engineers Guide to Cleaner Production Technologies by
Paul M Randall, Technomic Publication, 1993.
8. Process Integration by El Halwagi, Elsevier Academic
Press, 2006.
9. Pollution Prevention: Fundamentals & Practice by Paul
L Bishop, 2000, Mc Graw Hill.
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Reference Book/Manual/Guideline for CP
10. Pollution Prevention: Methodology, Technologies
& Practices by K Mulholland & James Dyer, 1999,
AICHE.
11. Cleaner Technologies, Issues & Options, CPCB,
1996.
12. Cleaner Production in Pulp and Paper Mills in India
by UNEP and CPCB, 1999.
13. From Waste to Profits: Guidelines for Waste
Minimization, National Productivity Council, 1996.
14.Waste Minimisation in Small Scale Industry by
MoEFCC & NPC, 2014.
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Reference Book/Manual/Guideline for CP
15. Cleaner Production: Greening of Industries for
Sustainable Development by Rajiv K Sinha & Sunil
Herat, 2005, Pointer Publishers.
16. Profits from Cleaner Production- A Self-Help Tool
for SMEs, NSW EPA, 2000.
17. Financing Cleaner Production “Towards Inclusive
and Sustainable Industrial Development”. Gujarat
Cleaner Production Centre (GCPC), 2016.
18. Cleaner Production: Training Resource Package
UNEP IE, 1996.
19. Cleaner Production Case Studies, GCPC, 2015.
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