S1(PCE41C01)CE

M.Tech 1st Semester End-Term Examination 2015

Applied Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology
PCE41C01
Full Marks: 100

Time: 3 hours
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
Answer any five Questions

1. (a) What is Tyndall effect?

(b) Explain the phenomenon of flocculated sedimentation used in water treatment on the
basis of colloidal characteristics.
(c) Prove that pH + pOH = 14.
(d) Find the pH of a HCl solution with concentration of 10-8(M).
3+7+5+5=20
2. (a) What is buffer capacity?
(b) Deduce the expression used to determine the pH of a buffer solution containing weak
base and its salt.
(c) With the help of one example explain the use of buffer solution in environmental
engineering.
(d) Define sol and fog.
3+8+6+3=20
3. (a) Write a brief note on Biomagnification.
(b) Write a brief note on the risk associated with the survival of bacteria by forming spore
after disinfection in water supply distribution system and also identify possible remedial
measures against it.
(c) Derive the expression for the generation time of bacterial cell with respect to numbers
of bacterial cell present in the system and also draw the graphical representation of
bacterial growth pattern.
(d) If the bacterial cells count for a culture changes from 10 3 to 109 in 10 hours, find the
generation time of the bacteria.
4+5+7+4=20
4. (a) Define the terms adsorption, adsorbate and adsorbent.
(b) What is meant by adsorption isotherm? Explain various types of adsorption isotherm
models.
(c) Distinguish emission and absorption photometry used for contaminant analysis.
(d) Draw the schematic diagram showing the principal of action of UV- Visible
spectrometer.
6+6+5+3=20
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5. (a) Write a brief note on Monod model of bacterial growth.

(b) An aerobic bioreactor, fed 1,000 mg/L glucose and containing E. coli, operated with a
6 hr retention period.
i.
Determine the specific growth rate of the E. coli in the bioreactor.
ii.
Determine the maximum mass of E. coli, if the Y = 0.49 mg VSS/mg glucose.
iii.
Determine effluent glucose concentration. Given, Ks = 4.0 mg/L glucose and
max= 3.0/hr.
iv. Determine the effluent glucose concentration with 1 hour retention period.
(c) What do mean by autotrophic, chemotropic and phototrophic bacteria? Give example.
7+8+5=20
6. (a) What is disproportion reaction? Give example.
(b) Draw a labeled diagram of paramecium.
(c) Write a brief note with the aid of examples on the application of microorganisms in
industrial wastewater treatment.
(d) What is galvanic protection? Explain in brief.
4+4+6+6=20
7. (a) What is meant by thermophilic and mesophilic bacteria?
(b) What is meant by lag phase and log phase of bacterial growth curve?
(c) Draw the schematic structural diagram for cocci and bacillus type of bacteria.
(d) Write a short note on the use of chemistry and microbiology in air pollution control.
5+5+5+5=20