Air Pollution Control Engineering CH EN 5305/6305 First Examination Prof.

Geof Silcox Chemical Engineering University of Utah Open books, homework, and notes.

Problem 1.0
A long line of agricultural waste emits 0.3 g/ms particulate matter on a clear, fall afternoon with 3 m/s winds blowing perpendicular to the waste. Estimate the ground-level particulate concentrations (g/m3) 400 m downwind.

Problem 2.0
In Homework Assignment 4, Problem 6.1, p. 152, you were asked to modify the steady-state box model to allow for variation in concentration with downwind distance. Please retain that improvement and make one additional modification to allow for unsteady conditions. The result should be a partial differential equation (PDE). State the boundary condition and the initial condition for this PDE. The initial, uniform concentration in the box is c0. You need not solve the PDE.

Problem 3.0
Table 5.1 on p. 101 gives the average mixing height for a summer afternoon as 2100 m. If the temperature and pressure at ground level are 310 K and 0.85 atm, estimate the temperature and pressure at 2100 m. State any assumptions that you make.

Problem 4.0
Example 4.4, p. 74, estimated the uncontrolled particulate emission rate for a typical, modern coal-fired power plant with no emission control. Estimate the required control efficiency of the particle collector if the plant is to meet the new source performance standard (NSPS, Table 3.1, p. 45) of 0.03 lb/106 Btu. The control efficiency is defined as

mass flow in - mass flow out mass flow out = 1 mass flow in mass flow in

where flow in is that entering the particle control device and flow out is that leaving.