Module 1: Fundamentals of Industrial Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization (8 hours)
• Principles and techniques for industrial pollution prevention
• Nature and characteristics of industrial wastes
• Prevention vs. control of industrial pollution
• Source reduction tools and techniques:
o Raw material substitution
o Toxic use reduction and elimination
o Process modification and procedural changes

Module 2: Waste Audits, Management Strategies, and Cleaner Technologies (8 hours)
• Waste audits and emission inventories for process industries
• Waste management hierarchy
• Material balance approach
• Material and process mapping approach
• Opportunities and barriers to cleaner technologies
• Pollution prevention economics

Module 3: Emission Control and Resource Conservation (8 hours)
• Identification of emission sources
• Estimation of fugitive emissions
• Environmental impact of VOCs
• Energy and resource (material and water) audits for efficient usage and conservation

Module 4: Pollution Prevention in Unit Operations and Process Optimization (8 hours)
• Unit operations in separation technology
• Pollution prevention for:
o Boilers and Heat Exchangers
o Storage tanks
o Distillation columns
• Application of separation technologies for pollution prevention
• Process optimization for cleaner industrial processes:
o Flow sheet analysis (qualitative and quantitative approaches)
o Mass exchange networks
o Thermodynamic constraints to waste minimization

Module 5: Industrial Ecology, Environmental Performance, and Case Studies (8 hours)
• Holistic and critical technology assessment
• Environmental performance indicators
• Concept of industrial ecology and symbiosis of eco-industrial parks
• Case studies on industrial applications of cleaner technologies in:
o Chemical industry
o Metallurgical industry
o Pulp and paper
o Textile
o Electroplating
o Leather
o Dairy
o Cement and other industries

To impart knowledge on principles, tools, and techniques for industrial pollution prevention and waste minimization.

To develop an understanding of cleaner technologies, emission control strategies, and resource conservation approaches for sustainable industrial operations.

To equip students with practical skills in waste audits, process optimization, and industrial ecology concepts through case studies from various industries.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Analyze the nature and characteristics of industrial wastes and differentiate between pollution prevention and pollution control strategies.
2. Apply source reduction techniques, waste audits, and emission inventories to minimize industrial pollution.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of cleaner technologies and resource conservation methods for various industrial processes.
4. Design process optimization strategies using separation technologies, mass exchange networks, and thermodynamic constraints for waste minimization.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of industrial ecology and eco-industrial parks through real-world case studies of cleaner production in different industries.

P.E. Bishop, Pollution Prevention: Fundamentals and Practice, McGraw Hill

H. M. Freeman, Industrial Pollution Prevention Handbook, McGraw Hill

D.T.Allen and K.S.Rosselot, Pollution Prevention for Chemical Processes, John Wiley

D.T.Allen, N. Bakshani and K.S.Rosselot, Pollution Prevention: Homework and Design Problems for Engineering Curricula, Lewis Publishers