Environmental Engineering 20CEC25

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Code No.

: 20CEC25

CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Autonomous)


B.E. (Civil) VI Sem (Main) Examination May / June 2023
Environmental Engineering
Time: 3 Hours Max Marks: 60
Note: Answer ALL questions from Part-A & Part –B (Internal Choice) at one place in the
same order
Part - A
(5Q X 3M = 15 Marks)
M CO BT
1 List out various types of water demands. (3) 1 1
2 Classify various forms of application of Chlorine. (3) 2 2
3 Define self- cleansing velocity and explain its significance. (3) 3 1
4 Write notes on activated sludge process. (3) 4 1
5 How do you define atmospheric stability? (3) 5 1

Part – B
(5Q X 9M = 45 Marks)
M CO BT
6 (a) Explain the importance of domestic and industrial water demand along (5) 1 2
with their requirements along with the standards.
(b) List out the sources of water and its uses. (4) 1 1
(OR)
7 (a) The population of a city in three consecutive decades i.e, 1991, 2001, (5) 1 3
and 2011 is 568,757; 672,769 and 859,633 respectively.
Determine (i) The saturation population, (ii) expected population in
2031 and 2041.
(b) Exemplify the importance of water demand estimation and its (4) 1 2
fluctuations.

8 (a) Distinguish between slow and rapid sand filters. (5) 2 4


(b) Explain the various methods of disinfections practices. (4) 2 2
(OR)
9 (a) Explain the pressure filter with a neat sketch. (5) 2 2
(b) Design a rectangular sedimentation tank to treat 3.25 million litres of (4) 2 3
raw water per day. The detention may be assumed to be 3.5 hours.

10 (a) Determine ultimate first stage BOD for a wastewater having 5 day (5) 3 3
BOD at 20˚C, as 160 mg/l. Assume deoxygenation constant at 20˚C as
0.2 per day.
(b) Explain the phenomenon that occur self-purification of water bodies (4) 3 2
with oxygen sag curve
(OR)

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Code No.: 20CEC25

11 (a) A 30 cm diameter seer with an invert slope of 1 in 500 is flowing one (5) 3 3
third of its full depth. Calculate the velocity and rate of flow in sewer.
Is it self-cleansing? Take n = 0.014
(b) Discuss the various methods for estimating sewage flow and storm (4) 3 3
water flow.

12 (a) Design a septic tank for 200 users. (5) 4 3


(b) Mention different steps in biological sludge management and discuss. (4) 4 3
(OR)
13 (a) A trickling filter plant treats 1400 m3/day of sewage with a BOD of (5) 4 3
225 mg/l and SS of 250 mg/l. Estimate total solids production,
assuming that primary clarification removes 30 % of BOD and 65 %
of influent solids.
(b) Explain oxidation ditch with a neat sketch. (4) 4 2

14 (a) Discuss the measurements of noise and its control methods. (5) 5 3
(b) Discuss about Electrostatic precipitators with a neat diagram. (4) 5 3
(OR)
15 (a) Discuss about how to control the gaseous pollutants. (5) 5 3
(b) Explain how cyclone filter work along with a neat sketch. (4) 5 2

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